Marketing Communications Manager jobs in District of Columbia

• Collaborate across departments to maintain style guides, message house, and organizational voice/messaging protocols to promote consistency in communications and content.
• Lead collaboration and manage projects to ensure compliance with our brand guidelines and appropriate messaging is used for a diverse range of stakeholder audiences.
• Develop and manage content production and monitor milestones that support strategic communications and regular cycles of content needs.
• Manage the approval process for posting to our website and other digital properties (as they are launched).
• Manage email list segmentation and serve as an internal consultant to boost engagement metrics.
• Manage the production and development of critical external-facing multi-channel content that reflects and supports the organizational mission.
• Build skills to provide guidance and recommend guidelines to ensure c3/c4 compliance in communications and marketing activities.
• Provide the VP of Strategic Partnerships with insights and recommendations that help identify ROI/KPIs tied to the growth and efficacy of our Strategic Communications work, as well as propose ROIs/KPIs specific to this role.
• Travel to offsite meetings and other Equity Fund events.​​​​​​
• Other duties as assigned.

​​​​​​Behavioral Competencies for All Staff: These are detailed key behaviors necessary for each employee to perform effectively across the organization.​​​

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, cost-effective results.
• Collaboration: Builds constructive working relationships with clients/customers/grantees, other work units, community organizations, and others to meet mutual goals and objectives; behaves professionally and supportively when working with individuals from various ethnic, social, and educational backgrounds.
• Communication: Conveys and receives information and ideas through various media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener, helps them understand and retain the message, and invites response and feedback. Keeps others informed appropriately; demonstrates good written, oral, and listening skills.
• Commitment to Equity: Has lived experience and has a systems-level understanding of equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Cultivates opportunities through diverse people; respects and relates well to people from varied backgrounds; understand various worldviews and is sensitive to group differences; sees diversity as an opportunity; challenges bias and intolerance. Appreciates and leverages all individuals' capabilities, insights, and ideas, working effectively with individuals of diverse styles, abilities, and motivations.
• Teamwork: Participates as an active and contributing team member to achieve team goals. Works cooperatively with other team members, involves others, shares information as appropriate, and shares credit for team accomplishments.

​​​​​​Behavioral Competencies for the Strategy Manager Job Family: These are detailed key behaviors necessary for each employee to perform effectively in their specific role.

• Adaptability: Adapts workflow to accommodate changes when opportunities arise or work priorities shift. Adjusts plans on a quick timeline when needed. Accepts changes as part of the process to meet goals and is willing to engage in tension that might arise. Remain optimistic when changes occur.
• Detail-Oriented: Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing tasks. Tracks multiple pieces of information at the same time. Ensures the accuracy of work. Is aware of processes and timelines and engages in work promptly. Accomplishes tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; shows concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checks processes and tasks.
• Decision-Making/Problem-Solving: Breaks problems into components and recognizes interrelationships; makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions. Compares data, information, and input from various sources to conclude; acts consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Program Planning: Identifies desired outcomes, determines program resource requirements, and identifies equipment, materials, and people needed for program success. Effectively coordinates with internal and external partners to break down goals into key markers of progress, milestones, strategies, and tactics to achieve program goals in a complete and timely manner.
• Relationship Management: Effectively manages collaborative relationships to provide service to support the organization’s success and to facilitate accomplishing work goals.
• Strategic Thinking: Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.