What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing and Communication Contractor position at Maryland Nonprofits?
This position is ideal for an experienced marketing and communications professional who can help support a short-term grant-funded project, “The Empower Project,” over the period of March 2025 through March 2027. We are seeking a marketing and communications contractor with several years experience in graphic design, digital marketing, and video editing.
Arts for the Aging is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit recognized nationally for its best practices, program design, and outcomes. The organization’s mission engages regular arts participation to improve physical, cognitive, and emotional health. It connects older adults and caregivers with arts experiences and equips professional artists with curriculums, trainings, and skills to ignite self-expression and social connection vital to healthy aging and caregiving. We imagine a world where participatory arts programming is accessible to all older adults and caregivers, and becomes a standard model in healthcare. On cultural equity: We are in the early stages of fulfilling our responsibilities as a cultural organization in terms of promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) internally. A board equity committee comprised of key internal stakeholders meets quarterly to guide implementation of a comprehensive organizational assessment on cultural equity. We are actively focusing administrative and fundraising efforts to help us set up an environment welcoming to a more diverse staff and board.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The marketing and communications contractor will report to the Program Director and collaborate with staff to support Arts for the Aging’s communications, marketing, and messaging for The Empower Project.
Through this project Arts for the Aging will build sustainable programming and a new arts-in-health workforce to strengthen community connection and health equity across generations. With our partners, the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) and Jewish Council for the Aging Heyman Interages Center (Interages), we will identify artists living in affordable housing communities and train them in creative aging teaching methods. This new cohort of resident artists will be paired with youth and Arts for the Aging Teaching Artist Faculty (TA) as professional mentors to lead therapeutic arts programs for older adults and caregivers and create intergenerational connectivity.
The marketing and communications contractor will help us build project and brand awareness, project participation, and visibility for Arts for the Aging through print and digital media optimization. The contractor will be responsible for designing templates for advertising project workshops, social media content celebrating the project, and e-newsletters to project stakeholders. These templates must be in a software and format for staff to update content as needed. The contractor will create project reports, infographics, and edited video content for Arts for the Aging supporters and followers, and a broader general audience. The ultimate goal is to communicate the results of The Empower Project while friend-raising and amplifying organizational fundraising.
Perform other project-related marketing activities as mutually agreed upon during the contract period.
Project Timeline And Deliverables
Planning Phase
March – April 2025
Budget for Contractor Fees: $5,000
Deliverables
May 2025 – March 2027
Budget for Contractor Fees: $22,000
Quarterly Deliverables
May-August 2025 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
No deliverables anticipated at this time.
January – April 2026 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
No deliverables anticipated at this time.
January – April 2027 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
Preferred Qualifications
Ada Specifications
Arts for the Aging operates on a hybrid telework and office schedule. The office is located in Gaithersburg, MD, with the organization’s administrative headquarters housed in a dynamic shared office space at Launch. The role is primarily sedentary, but may require the ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 25 pounds and transport them to another location.
Arts for the Aging is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or other protected class status.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
ANTICIPATED HIRE DATE: spring 2025
Application Instructions
Send your cover letter, including what makes you a good fit for this role, provide samples of work from different platforms, digital, print, social, and your resume to info@AFTAarts.org. Attention/Subject: marketing and communications contractor search. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No phone inquiries or snail mail applications, please.
Compensation/Benefits
This is a contract position with no benefits.
Arts for the Aging is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit recognized nationally for its best practices, program design, and outcomes. The organization’s mission engages regular arts participation to improve physical, cognitive, and emotional health. It connects older adults and caregivers with arts experiences and equips professional artists with curriculums, trainings, and skills to ignite self-expression and social connection vital to healthy aging and caregiving. We imagine a world where participatory arts programming is accessible to all older adults and caregivers, and becomes a standard model in healthcare. On cultural equity: We are in the early stages of fulfilling our responsibilities as a cultural organization in terms of promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) internally. A board equity committee comprised of key internal stakeholders meets quarterly to guide implementation of a comprehensive organizational assessment on cultural equity. We are actively focusing administrative and fundraising efforts to help us set up an environment welcoming to a more diverse staff and board.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The marketing and communications contractor will report to the Program Director and collaborate with staff to support Arts for the Aging’s communications, marketing, and messaging for The Empower Project.
Through this project Arts for the Aging will build sustainable programming and a new arts-in-health workforce to strengthen community connection and health equity across generations. With our partners, the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) and Jewish Council for the Aging Heyman Interages Center (Interages), we will identify artists living in affordable housing communities and train them in creative aging teaching methods. This new cohort of resident artists will be paired with youth and Arts for the Aging Teaching Artist Faculty (TA) as professional mentors to lead therapeutic arts programs for older adults and caregivers and create intergenerational connectivity.
The marketing and communications contractor will help us build project and brand awareness, project participation, and visibility for Arts for the Aging through print and digital media optimization. The contractor will be responsible for designing templates for advertising project workshops, social media content celebrating the project, and e-newsletters to project stakeholders. These templates must be in a software and format for staff to update content as needed. The contractor will create project reports, infographics, and edited video content for Arts for the Aging supporters and followers, and a broader general audience. The ultimate goal is to communicate the results of The Empower Project while friend-raising and amplifying organizational fundraising.
Perform other project-related marketing activities as mutually agreed upon during the contract period.
Project Timeline And Deliverables
Planning Phase
March – April 2025
Budget for Contractor Fees: $5,000
Deliverables
- Create basic graphics and visuals templates for project support materials for programs, events, and promotions. (Estimated five templates - postcard, flyer, e-newsletter, brochure, business card)
- Design materials and eight templates for the Arts for the Aging blog and for social media to highlight the project, engage audiences, and advertise opportunities with support from the program and communications coordinator
- Design an Empower Project webpage for the Arts for the Aging website (sample viewable here)
May 2025 – March 2027
Budget for Contractor Fees: $22,000
Quarterly Deliverables
May-August 2025 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
- Training handout templates (estimated three)
- One annual report design (samples viewable here)
- Two social media posts with video about pilot portion of The Empower Project
No deliverables anticipated at this time.
January – April 2026 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
- Design materials and templates for four work samples featuring The Empower Project
- Design infographics for reporting 2025 program statistics, participant demographics, and evaluation data
- One annual report design (samples viewable here)
- Two social media posts with video about year two of The Empower Project
- Update project communications templates as needed
No deliverables anticipated at this time.
January – April 2027 - $5,500 payment for invoiced deliverables
- Design infographics for reporting 2026 program statistics, participant demographics, and evaluation data
- Design materials for The Empower Project final report (TBD with funder)
- Creative thinker with strong content production skills
- Knowledge experience using Microsoft Office Suite, social media, SEO skills, content management systems
- Ability to tell stories with visuals, graphics, and photos in compelling way
- Ability to design for social, digital, and print platforms
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in digital
Preferred Qualifications
- Five (5) years of directly related experience in nonprofit communications or marketing
- Clear and culturally equitable visual sensibility
- Detail oriented with a dedication to accuracy
- Experience in working to meet diverse needs within a social service organization
Ada Specifications
Arts for the Aging operates on a hybrid telework and office schedule. The office is located in Gaithersburg, MD, with the organization’s administrative headquarters housed in a dynamic shared office space at Launch. The role is primarily sedentary, but may require the ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 25 pounds and transport them to another location.
Arts for the Aging is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or other protected class status.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
ANTICIPATED HIRE DATE: spring 2025
Application Instructions
Send your cover letter, including what makes you a good fit for this role, provide samples of work from different platforms, digital, print, social, and your resume to info@AFTAarts.org. Attention/Subject: marketing and communications contractor search. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No phone inquiries or snail mail applications, please.
Compensation/Benefits
This is a contract position with no benefits.
Salary : $22,000
