Marketing Communications Assistant

Description

The Peconic Land Trust is approaching our 41^st anniversary of protecting Long Island’s working farms, natural lands, and heritage. We are excited to offer an entry-level Marketing Communications Assistant opportunity for someone who wants to be a part of conserving what makes Long Island unique: our fresh locally grown food; healthy woodlands and meadows and our beautiful shorelines. Come grow with us. The Trust has a strong track record of promoting within.

The function of the Marketing/Communications/Events Department is to provide the Peconic Land Trust with support for all public facing interactions on a consistent and timely basis; deepen the connection between the community and the land trust by focusing on the “impact” of conservation through storytelling; engage the community in the Trust’s work through fundraising and friend-raising events; educational and recreational programs; provide consistent messaging – and information – across multiple communication channels (print, radio, online, social)

Reporting to the Vice President and in close coordination with the Marketing team and other departments, the Marketing Communications Assistant will provide support for preparing materials and coordinating activities – including event production, collateral development, website development, including maintenance and updates, social and electronic media, and public relations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Administrative

• Scheduling meetings and taking minutes for meetings and acting as a backup for organization-wide phones and mail.
• Maintain collateral files – archive, update, purge materials.
• Merchandise ordering and inventory tracking.

Events

• Manage event registrations. Update the database for Connections/Event registrations, as well as follow up post-events to update donor records.
• Provide support leading up to special events and attend several throughout the year - some occur during the weekend.
• Assist in outreach to volunteers and organizations to expand access to the Trust properties and programs.

PR/Website/Social:

• Conduct a periodic review of the local press contacts to update our press list.
• Assist in maintaining press clippings (print and digital)
• Manage placements of ads, monitor budget, assist with layout

We Offer

• $23-$24 per hour
• 35 work hours per week Monday-Friday, with a hybrid work schedule after 90 days.
• Health benefits, FSA and employer funded HRA.
• Employee contributed 403b plan.
• Employer funded Profit-sharing pension plan.
• Annual Bonus and salary increase potential.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• And Other Benefits.