Description Position at Yachad
Position Summary:
Yachad seeks a Communications & Marketing Specialist to help bring our mission to life through compelling storytelling, strategic communications, and collaborative marketing support. This position is ideal for a curious, relationship-oriented communications professional who enjoys discovering meaningful stories, building relationships across the organization, and transforming those stories into communications that inspire connection, engagement, and action.
Responsibilities:
Storytelling & Content
- Build relationships across Yachad to identify meaningful stories and communications opportunities.
- Interview participants, families, volunteers, donors, educators, and staff.
- Write articles, newsletters, emails, website content, annual report stories, speeches, campaign materials, and other organizational communications. Help maintain Yachad's voice across all communications.
Campaigns & Projects
- Own assigned communications projects from concept through completion, including content development, stakeholder coordination, production, review cycles, and final delivery.
- Coordinate communications for campaigns, fundraising initiatives, events, and special projects.
- Partner with creative services and external vendors to develop communications materials and keep projects moving through production.
- Manage project timelines, reviews, approvals, and revisions.
Editorial Planning
- Maintain the editorial calendar and identify upcoming communications and storytelling opportunities.
- Gather stories and communications needs from across the organization.
- Identify new storytelling opportunities and support organizational priorities.
Program Support
- Provide communications guidance and editorial support to all Yachad departments (development, IVDU, Summer, JUF and Regions).
- Develop messaging frameworks, editorial resources, and sample communications.
- Brainstorm communications ideas and provide messaging guidance.
- Provide editorial guidance and, when appropriate, draft and edit communications that support organizational initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, English, Public Relations, or a related field.
- 4 to 7 years of communications experience, preferably in a nonprofit or mission-driven organization.
- Outstanding writing and editing skills.
- Demonstrated experience interviewing individuals and developing compelling human-interest stories.
- Strong project management, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong initiative and attention to detail.
- Highly motivated self-starter who can initiate, prioritize and motivate.
- Has the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Needs to be able to manage numerous projects simultaneously and be solutions oriented.
- Experience collaborating with designers, photographers, creative services, or external vendors is a plus
- Passionate about the mission of Yachad
Salary & Benefits:
The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $90,000, commensurate with experience.
Health, Dental & Vision Insurance:
The OU offers health insurance through an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA). Instead of a single group plan, employees have the freedom to choose their own health insurance plan that fits their personal and family needs. The OU contributes a generous monthly amount directly toward your premium, making coverage more flexible, affordable, and tailored to you.
Employees enrolled in our health plan also receive an annual BeniComp stipend, a supplemental benefit that reimburses eligible medical, pharmaceutical, dental, and vision expenses.
In addition, the OU offers employees group dental and vision insurance through MetLife.
Additional Benefits and Perks:
- 10 paid sick days
- 10-15 paid vacation days
- Paid Jewish and Federal holidays
- Short Fridays to accommodate for Sabbath observance
- Free life and disability insurance
- Discounted continuing education opportunities
- 403(b) retirement plan with a 5% employer match after 3 years (requires a minimum 2% employee contribution)
