Community Engagement Coordinator

LINK Media is looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator to help us engage with our community - our supporters and donors. We need someone with experience in development, events, networking, communications and donor engagement. We're a startup, so everyone we hire is a critical member of the team, and must be willing to work quickly, accept that we don't have everything figured out, remain flexible, and above all else, understand that what we are creating is bigger than any one person, or personality. 

Salary: $35,000 - $40,000 per year, plus benefits

What We Expect from You:

• Take ownership of donor engagement for all donors - small-dollar and major gifts - creating touchpoints, opportunities for additional involvement, and thanking donors
• Work with marketing partners to execute regular fund drives for the NKY Community Journalism Fund
• Develop donor and community engagement events to encourage feedback on LINK’s products, content, and mission
• Plan and execute regular Friends of LINK events in the community 
• Develop and promote sponsorship packages for all LINK events with current and potential sponsors
• Work with our marketing team to promote community engagement events on digital, social media and in print
• Write and follow up on grants to support LINK’s work
• Attend networking events in NKY and Cincinnati to promote LINK and find new potential LINK partners
• Attend daily sales Work in Progress meeting and weekly sales meeting

Skills We Need You to Have:

• Experience in customer service required
• Experience in fundraising and donor engagement  required
• Strong writing and speaking skills required
• Social media/multimedia knowledge preferred (websites, photo, audio, video editing)
• Comfortable at social, government, and networking events

What You Can Expect from Us:

• Full benefits package - medical, dental, vision and life
• PTO and paid holidays
• All the equipment you need to do your job
• Training and support on LINK's internal style and our culture
• A large office full of tiny desks in downtown Covington, KY

You'll Need to Share Our Mission and Uphold Our Guiding Principles

Mission: With a focus on the public interest, LINK Media advances the Northern Kentucky Metro in the region, the commonwealth and the nation by providing transformative coverage of the news of the day with focus on the deeper issues that matter most to our community.

Guiding Principles:

We are:

Solutions-Focused: We don’t just report the news of the day. We dig deeper, informing our audience about how our community might solve its biggest issues. 

Unapologetic NKY Fans: We believe in this community—in what it is today, and what it has the potential to become. We want to see this community advance, and we understand the part that we play in that advancement. 

Inclusive: We explore the issues that affect all of Northern Kentucky, and give a voice to all segments of our diverse community.

Good Stewards: It is our responsibility to make good use of our resources and to maintain a sustainable business model, so that we may serve the community long into the future.  

Independent: The publication does not make endorsements, and has a commitment to fact-based reporting about the issues that are facing Northern Kentucky. In addition to our reporting, outside opinions from multiple viewpoints will be sought, and clearly marked as such, in order to provide the robust debate that our community needs to make critical decisions about our collective future.

Salary : $35,000 - $45,000