Reports to: Director of Communications

Location: Remote

Salary Range: $71,500 - $81,000 (Depending on Experience and Location; this salary is based on California, New York and Washington DC)

Agency Overview

Dream.Org closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity into the green economy. We bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom and dignity for all. We are working to build a future wherein “we the people” means all of us.

Purpose:

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a growing team at the ground floor. You will have chances to learn, grow, and advance as a communications and press relations professional while working for a world beyond prisons, pollution, and polarization.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Creating and distributing press materials, including press releases, media advisories, talking points, and other materials.
• Implementing press relations campaigns, including pitching reporters and editors, coordinating between journalists and Dream.Org staff, and maintaining databases of reporters and pitches.
• Research, including the development of press lists and compilation of relevant background information, to support PR objectives.
• Responding to media inquiries in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitoring media coverage and recommending strategies to tap into relevant news cycles.
• Support of messaging efforts through social media, website and digital communications as needed.
• Preparing executives for media appearances and managing press conference coordination as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, English or relevant history of internships and/or volunteer leadership roles in communications.
• 1-2 years of experience in media relations, journalism, communications, sales, or related field.
• Relationship-building and networking abilities.
• Commitment to working with unlikely allies to find common ground and create change.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen well and positively represent the organization and its mission, flexibility, and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and stay on deadline
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google tools

Preferred Education/Skills/Experience:

• This is a people-first job. We are looking for energy, passion, and a genuine desire to build common ground with people from diverse communities across the country
• Familiarity with policy responses to the climate crisis and mass incarceration.
• Experience proactively building relationships with reporters and editors, and in successfully positioning issues with the media to achieve high-impact placements.
• Skill with Canva, Asana, Slack, MuckRack, Cision, design software, blogging software, and social media platforms preferred.
• Experience with crisis management and rapid response communications.
• Comfort with working with diverse stakeholders to advance policy goals, such as faith organizations, organized labor, and business communities

Location

• This position is remote, and applicants from anywhere in the US are encouraged to apply.

This position will be reviewed starting June 3rd, 2024 until a candidate is hired.

Employee Benefits

All full-time employees receive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage. Dream.Org pays 100% of premiums for employee, spouse and dependents. Part-time employees receive 50% coverage. After a 6 month waiting period, employees can contribute to our retirement plan. Currently, Dream.Org offers up to a 5% match. We also offer a flexible spending, pre-tax program for medical expenses, dependent care expenses, transit expenses and parking expenses. All full-time Dream.Org employees accrue 4 weeks of vacation time off and 12 days of sick time off over the first year of employment. Part-time employees accrue time off on a prorated basis. In addition to 10 paid holidays, Dream.Org also provides paid time off from December 24th through January 1st each year.

Dream.Org is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, sex, gender identity, age, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or record of arrest or conviction. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strive for a workforce that reflects the populations that we serve. Additionally, upon job offer, each candidate is required to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the United States.