Communication Strategist (Children and Family Focus, Contractor)

About You:

You want to make the world a better place for kids. You’re an independent contractor who is a thoughtful strategist focused on children and families. You have at least five years of experience working with issues of children and families, top notch PR credentials and a portfolio of winning outreach campaigns, and you’re excited to join a constellation of teammates who share your same passion for kids, high-quality work and smart strategies. 

• You’ve earned results. You know how to set up and lead successful communication campaigns and have the metrics to prove it. 
• You would never create a communications plan that targets the general public. You understand audience targeting and values-based messaging. 
• You love teamwork. You work best when you’re working together. While you’re great at owning the work, you also love to bounce ideas off of other smart people and make things better, together. 
• “Settle” is not in your vocabulary, and you’re always curious to see what works best. You have extensive experience with communication campaigns and know how to monitor progress. 
• You love data. You never make a recommendation without reasons, and you love using research to back up your ideas. 
• You’ve got impeccably high standards for yourself. You have an incredible attention to detail and intolerance for errors. Mistakes happen, of course, but you fail gracefully and with humor. 
• You get us. You’ve got strong writing skills and ability to write creative, engaging copy in an authentic brand voice. 
• You love people! You have an insatiable thirst for relationship-driven online outreach that builds meaningful connections. 
• You identify with our mission. You have a love of kids and a dedication to making them successful. This means you have a background in K-12 education and/or child and family-focused advocacy work. 

About Us: 

At Forthright Advising, we work exclusively with organizations that love kids. We help child and family-focused nonprofits, education organizations and public school districts create thoughtful outreach strategies that deliver a clear message straight to the audiences who need to hear it. Our all-remote team is located across the United States, so we are poised to serve our clients wherever they are. Through research, strategic planning, data-driven messaging and targeted communications, we take our clients’ long-term goals and make them a reality. Because our team specializes in children, families and education, we’re experts in the field. As a matter of fact, we have more than 115 years of combined experience. We use that expertise to translate our clients’ programmatic complexity into accessible and powerful messaging that works for their audiences. We’re looking for a strategist to join account teams and support our team leads. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting to one or more account leads, a Forthright Strategist plays a critical role in ensuring our clients are successful. Strategists provide support to our clients and client teams by: 

• Creating materials for our clients such as communications audits, materials reviews and outreach materials (letters, blog posts, social media posts, FAQs) 
• Drafting messaging based in client audience values 
• Editing and providing feedback on client-created materials, always checking for style, tone and errors 
• Owning the creation of specific client deliverables or campaigns, working alongside teammates to ensure on-time and error-free deliverables 
• Creating media lists, press releases, media alerts and other press outreach strategies 
• Researching topics and best practices on behalf of clients, as well as preparing quantitative and qualitative research such as surveys or stakeholder interviews  
• Providing administrative functions such as scheduling, preparing meeting agendas, reports and presentations
• Developing close working relationships with clients, ensuring our clients have what they need to succeed

Hours & Rate: 

Approximately 20 hours a week (across various projects) at an average rate of $50 per hour. Potential opportunity for additional projects as available and mutually agreed upon. 

To apply: 

The only way to be considered for a contract with Forthright is to fill out our independent contractor interest form: https://forms.gle/452JzDnUvBrzJPGK7

To learn more about Forthright Advising visit www.forthrightadvising.com/about 

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