MISSION:

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity (PPHFH) brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

PPHFH seeks a Communications Manager who: can tell a compelling story in 280 characters; use art and design to engage and inspire; leverage hashtags, emojis, and GIFs appropriately and effectively; and apply communication modes and digital media tools to amplify PPHFH’s mission, brand, and build relationships.

The Communications Manager works with the Assistant Director of Strategic Partnerships to develop and conduct media and community relations as well as communications activities throughout El Paso County, Colorado. Primary duties include researching, writing, and posting press releases, news briefs, media alerts, and web articles; responding to media queries and developing relationships with key media outlets; tracking media coverage; coordinating public relations events, such as press conferences; serving as a media contact; contributing to the organization’s social media portfolio
and related content; coordinating ReStore digital marketing strategy; serving as the affiliate webmaster; and managing Habitat for Humanity branding guidelines and appropriate usage among PPHFH departments.

The Communications Manager will need to engage with diverse audiences through multiple channels, and is as comfortable doing so online as in person. Through strategic thinking and creative storytelling, the Communications Manager will help PPHFH elevate our mission and convey the Habitat for Humanity story in a manner that authentically
connects with our stakeholders: donors, ReStore customers, volunteers, vendors, future homeowners, Board of Directors, El Paso County community members, the media, and other collaborators.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

The following briefly describes knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics associated with this position, including any required experience, education, licensure, certification or combination thereof:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in journalism, public relations, communication, or marketing; strong writing and editing skills; experience in working with print, broadcast, and interactive/multimedia
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment and enthusiasm for affordable housing and the mission of PPHFH
• Proficiency in working autonomously, under tight and changing deadlines
• Good working knowledge of website editing
• Demonstrated experience working within corporate/organization brand guidelines
• Possessing personal contacts with key El Paso County/regional community stakeholders, members of the media, charity work
• Understanding of media/public engagement processes, as well as the legislative process and those activities that could impact the public’s perception, appreciation, and need for affordable housing and the role of PPHFH
• An ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge and experience in using the following applications, tools, and platforms:

o Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, etc.
o Basic video editing and/or digital media production skills
o A high degree of familiarity with WordPress and Mailchimp
o Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Canva, MS Office Suite, Dropbox
o Experience working with Hootsuite or other social media management platform a plus