MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Department/Program: Advancement
Primary Shift: M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Job Classification: Full -Time
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Salary: $43,000 - $47,000 per year
Travel Required (Y/N, %): Y, 40%

• Collaborates with the Advancement team to fully understand all marketing and communication needs.
• Composes draft speeches for senior management and assists with finalizing speeches.
• Schedules and develops film scripts and production.
• Evaluates the success of campaigns when completed.
• Attends trade shows and community fairs and staffs the company booth.
• Writes, produces, edits, coordinates, and secures approvals for visual and editorial content across all communications and marketing channels, assuring a unified voice and consistent image for the agency.
• Expands CCSOMO’s storytelling capacity by identifying and capturing stories from all programs within the organization and across the region.
• Pitches/places stories in traditional and non-traditional media as well as Hispanic media.
• Creates, develops, and maintains the CCSOMO website and content, which includes but is not limited to, developing a strategy for marketing the website, and monitoring website analysis using Google Analytics.
• Manages CCSOMO’s social media channels – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
• Manages CCSOMO photo library and artwork.
• Builds relationships and maintains contacts with area media, prepares press releases and PSAs, and proactively seeks story ideas to increase awareness of CCSOMO work in the community.
• Secures media participation in support of CCSOMO events.
• Implements awareness campaigns on topics specific to CCSOMO’s programs; works collaboratively with other staff to develop an integrated approach to such campaigns.
• Helps fulfill public relations needs as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned
  Catholic Social Teachings
  Possesses a strong commitment to the mission of Catholic Charities, including the understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and the ability to demonstrate the philosophy and values of the agency. The identity of the agency is clearly Catholic, and as such, Catholic Charities adheres to the social and moral teachings of the Catholic Church.