Communications Manager

About Immerse Arkansas

Immerse Arkansas was founded in 2010 with the mission of transforming youth from crisis into overcomers. The nonprofit organization serves youth between the ages of 14 and 24, whose past trauma and challenges have created barriers to becoming independent, healthy, successful adults.

Immerse Arkansas works with these youth and families to address the underlying trauma resulting from abuse or neglect. We believe that when we surround youth from crisis with unconditional relationships, a vision for their restored future, and tools that anticipate their needs and dreams, we create a climate for healing, growth, and transformation.

Immerse is a collaboration of redemptive innovators who pair ambitious faith with strategy in all pursuits, especially anything labeled as “impossible.” We’re hungry for healing for all, and we’re especially interested in those who have been counted out.

We are looking for someone who fits our values of with, worship, and scrappy and who can fully embrace our statement of faith and affirmations. All employees will be thoroughly committed to Immerse’s mission. The ideal candidate will embrace Immerse’s values of WITH, worship, and scrappy.

Position Role Description

Reporting to the Director of Development, the Communications Manager will:

1. Cultivate and expand agency impact and community awareness through engaging interpersonal, written, and online external communications including but not limited to individual in-person visits, phone calls, written acknowledgements, and emails, as well as mailed newsletters, emails, social media, website content, and press releases for wider audiences. This includes developing clear strategic communication plans for the organization as well as executing strong delivery of concepts.
2. Direct a growing donor-centric annual giving program, working closely with the Director of Development to ensure that these efforts are integrated with all of Immerse’s existing development and communications work.
3. Monitor weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual data to achieve annual giving fundraising and communication goals.
4. Work with Communications and Marketing focused team members to ensure all development and agency internal and external communications materials are on brand, on message and on strategy. This includes managing Immerse’s website and social media accounts, as well as overseeing program and development marketing materials.
5. Ensure that all aspects of donor giving are accurately recorded and reported and that all donor/prospect tracking is consistent with protocols.
6. Serve as a member of the development team and participate in selected program and other job related internal meetings.

Qualifications

All candidates should have the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a preference in a communications or marketing related field
• 2+ years of developing strategy and executing written communications in nonprofit or marketing settings required
• Entrepreneurial and creative approach to fundraising and communication.
• Voracious commitment to learning.
• Strong people skills. Able to form effective working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Strong written skills. Able to communicate both professionally and relationally in a manner which reflects Immerse values and branding.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to drive multiple simultaneous projects to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and research skills.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience with working in Mailchimp, Square Space (or alternative), Social Media platforms (Facebook and Instagram), and Word required.
• Experience with working in Excel and fundraising databases is highly desirable.
• Prior experience working in a non-profit is highly desirable.
• Must demonstrate a commitment to the value of cultural competency.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Must be willing and able to travel within the assigned region on a daily basis.
• Must successfully complete a background check and drug screen.
• Must maintain current certification in CPR, First Aid, and other certifications as determined by the program.

*Note: The Communications Manager is a full-time, salaried position & an on-site position.

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