Hours: Full-time (4 days, 32 hours/week)
Start Date: Immediately. Applications accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Job Location: Remote location reporting to our Washington, DC office.
Salary: $43,000-$48,000
Benefits: generous paid leave, medical, dental, disability, vacation, sick days, paid holidays, 4-day work week.
Supervisors: Editor in Chief and Green Business Network Membership & Marketing Manager
Green America, founded in 1982, is a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating a socially just and environmentally sustainable society by harnessing economic power – the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace. Our key program areas include clean energy and climate action, regenerative agriculture, fair labor, responsible finance, and green living. We carry out our work in three strategic and overlapping hubs: 1) Consumer & Corporate Engagement Programs, 2) Green Business Network, and 3) Center for Sustainability Solutions focused on large supply chains.
Our unique approach involves working with consumers, investors and businesses. The Green Business Network® (GBN) works directly with socially and environmentally responsible businesses to help them emerge and thrive. Our workplace reflects our goal of creating a more cooperative, environmentally sound economy.
The primary responsibility of the Associate Editor role is to assist the Editor in Chief and the Communications Team to report, write, copy edit, and fact-check our publications (Green American, and Your Green Life), online content, and other materials.
The primary responsibility of the Green Business Communication Specialist role is to assist the Green Business Network team in maintaining and growing the network; telling the stories of the members of the Green Business Network by writing blogs, articles and other social media content and by soliciting guest blogs from business members; ensuring green-certified members receive a timely response and quick access to and support for creating their profiles at GreenPages.org. The position is a great opportunity to learn more about small- to medium-sized eco-businesses and how they work to deepen their actions in environmental and social responsibility.
Associate Editor Responsibilities - 50%
1. Editorial and Writing: Work with Editor and the Communications Teams to create content for our publications and communications.
- Write features and columns for our publications.
- Find/choose photos for print and web.
- Write blog posts and green living content for web as assigned.
- Work as part of a team with the editorial team on the copyediting, proofreading, and photo permissions for each publication.
- Assist in the fact-checking and proofreading processes for each publication as needed.
- Assist with preliminary research and outlining of each publication.
Green Business Communications Associate Responsibilities – 50%
1. Digital Marketing and Content Creation:
- Working with Membership & Marketing Manager and the Communication Team, post regular updates to GBN’s Facebook and Twitter pages and engage with members and prospective members.
- Run paid social media promotions to direct traffic to the GBN website/blog. Report out on performance metrics and make adjustments as needed to ensure maximum reach and engagement.
- Research and write blog posts about emerging issues related to green business and social entrepreneurship.
- Conduct interviews with Green Business Network members to tell the green economy story in our ongoing business spotlight series.
- Assist with the production of mass email communications to members.
2. Member Services and GreenPages.org Support:
- Working with Membership & Marketing Manager, execute member communications strategy (emails, phone calls) to encourage certified members to build out their Member Profiles on GreenPages.org.
- Assist members as needed with Member Dashboard and GreenPages.org functions, including how to add a listing description, choose categories, populate keywords, add logos, add photos, etc.
- Work independently to populate Member Profile data (including keywords) as necessary.
- Provide additional support for Membership & Marketing Manager as needed.
Other Responsibilities
All Green America positions also include:
- Participate in Cross Departmental Teams: The success of our organizational work includes the voluntary participation of staff members from all levels of the organization in cross departmental teams addressing a range of issues to strengthen our impact and planning, as time and other work commitments allow
- Participate in all staff meetings and departmental meetings as needed.
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills
- One year+ interviewing, writing, and editing experience
- Excellent proofreader, familiarity with AP style is a plus
- Experience using a CMS (we use Drupal 9) is a plus
- Experience using a CRM (we use Salesforce) is a plus
- Experience using an email marketing platform (we use Act-On) is a plus
- Basic to moderate HTML skills
- Passion for green-economy work
To apply: please send resume, cover letter, and 2-3 writing samples for a general audience, not academic papers, to CommsAssociate@greenamerica.org. Applications submitted through third-party jobs sites (Indeed, etc.) will not be reviewed.
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Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding, or reproductive health disorders), age (18 years of age or older), marital status (including domestic partnership and parenthood), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, citizenship status, credit information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic is included as a form of discrimination and is strictly prohibited.
