Digital Marketing & Communications Associate

Thank you for your interest in joining the Coastal Community Foundation team. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is an Equal Opportunity Employer with offices in North Charleston and Beaufort, as well as three affiliate foundations. We serve all nine counties on South Carolina's coast : Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper counties.

Established in 1974, Coastal Community Foundation works to create vibrant communities by identifying the challenges facing the region and bringing together resources to address them. Coastal Community Foundation is the largest community foundation in South Carolina, managing more than 700 charitable funds established by individuals, families and organizations and awarding tens of millions of dollars in grants and scholarships each year.

Financial resources are among the many tools we employ in our effort to create vibrant communities. Throughout our history we have served as conveners to bring residents and leaders together to facilitate solutions to community-wide challenges such as housing affordability, economic mobility, quality education and physical and mental well-being. We also have a long history of helping nonprofits build their capacity, and incubating grassroots causes to provide them with structural support, so they grow into fully operational organizations.

Why Work for Us?

When you join Coastal Community Foundation, you join a dedicated staff and Board of Directors who have earned the trust of donors and grantees alike, helping them advance positive outcomes in the communities they seek to serve and adapting to their evolving needs so that our region thrives together.

We take that same approach and dedication to supporting our staff members to ensure their success at work and outside of the work environment. We offer a competitive salary and a full benefits package, including Paid Time Off, Holidays, Insurance (health, dental, vision, life, disability), 401(k), and professional training and development opportunities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

Inclusion with equity is one of our four core values at Coastal Community Foundation, so we not only work to recruit diverse candidates, we work to ensure our team members have all the tools they need to be successful. Our purpose is most effectively fulfilled through proactively supporting the values of equity, inclusion, and diversity. Diversity may be measured by, but is not limited to, differences in age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic circumstance, class, religion, disability, geography, and profession. We acknowledge and respect the many differences that comprise thriving communities and seek diversity in our staff to ensure that a range of perspectives, opinions and experiences are recognized and acted upon in achieving our purpose.

It is our intention to promote a fully equitable philanthropic sector that justly represents and serves all our constituencies. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of color, of LGBTQ identity and of other historically marginalized communities.

About this Position

The Digital Marketing and Communications Associate will play a critical role working alongside the Sr. Director of Marketing and Communications and Sr. Marketing and Communications Officer to advance strategic initiatives that elevate Coastal Community Foundation's work and impact in communities we serve.

The Associate will assist the Sr. Director and Sr. Officer in establishing the CCF brand as a philanthropic leader in key markets, with localized content and relationship cultivation with key stakeholders, donors, grantees and members of the regional media. The Digital Marketing and Communications Associate will support the goals and activities of the Communications and Marketing team by producing quality content and design work for CCF publications, marketing materials and performing additional departmental administrative duties.

The Associate will agree with and demonstrate respect for the Foundation's belief that "diversity" means the active inclusion of the entire community as welcomed participants in all Foundation activities; support the Foundation's practice of encouraging diversity, equity and inclusiveness as the cornerstones of all that the Foundation does.

Brand, Marketing and Creative Responsibilities

• The Digital Marketing and Communications Associate is responsible for assisting with the development, scheduling and production of marketing and communications projects and materials. The position also works across departments to coordinate outreach and communications for a variety of Community Foundation initiatives.
• As part of the Marketing and Communications team, be one of the key brand champions of the Foundation by adhering strictly to the CCF brand guide and help ensure consistent brand identity is employed throughout CCF materials and content, including those that originate in other departments.
• Craft clear and visually compelling digital content to illustrate CCF's impact, including blogs, digital ads, newsletters, annual reports and social media, that resonates with various stakeholder groups, including donors, community members and partners.
• Manage, through cross-departmental collaboration, CCF's internal website, ensuring information is up to date and that all relevant organizational messaging is accurate and engaging.
• Overseeing the organization and maintenance of an email subscriber list, assisting in crafting and sending targeted email campaigns and ensuring effective communication with various audiences through email channels
• Provide general Foundation website support with periodic updates and timely content development, adding new pages as needed, fixing broken links, optimizing search engines and monitoring analytics.
• Establish and manage an editorial calendar to plan and organize content creation efforts coordinating all projects within the department, through development of comprehensive project plans, task lists, and periodic progress check-ins.
• Execute social media strategies, under direction of Sr. Officer, to boost brand awareness and drive engagement of CCF's presence on all social media platforms, including developing, posting and scheduling content, as well as monitoring performance and reporting key trends.

Administrative Responsibilities

Required Skills / Abilities

Education and Experience

Physical Requirements

Please provide writing samples and any relevant content designed or created for traditional and digital channels.