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Media and Events Director

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Remote
Full-time

NutritionFacts.org is looking for a Media and Events Director who will be responsible for developing an overarching marketing and publicity strategy for NutritionFacts.org and Dr. Greger, refining and ensuring consistent messaging across the organization, and managing Dr. Greger’s speaking tour and interviews. Detailed responsibilities are listed below. This is a remote position, so the ability to maintain a consistent work schedule and ethic while working independently is important.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Marketing and Outreach

  • Develop comprehensive marketing strategy that streamlines branding and messaging for NutritionFacts.org, Dr. Greger and How Not to Die
  • Ensure communication strategy is consistent and reflects the organization’s strategic vision
  • Refine core messaging to ensure organizational consistency in all aspects of communication
  • Develop and maintain press materials
  • Identify key influencers (such as bloggers and others with a social media presence) and cultivate relationships and engagement opportunities with them
  • Maintain knowledge of changing trends and current events in media and lifestyle medicine/public health sectors
  • Cultivate media contacts
  • Craft press releases to distribute to media contacts
  • Work with media relationships to build NutritionFacts.org outreach strategies for both our English and Spanish site

Speaking Event and Interview Coordination

  • Manage all logistics of Dr. Greger’s upcoming 100+ city speaking tour
  • Manage all logistics of Dr. Greger’s interviews
Skills/Experience: 

Qualities

  • Genuine interest in media relations and growing NutritionFacts.org’s reach
  • Ability to think outside the box and work creatively to strategize and implement new ways to bring NF to a larger audience
  • Passionate and mission-drive
  • Maintains a positive attitude in the face of challenges and last-minute changes
  • Self-directed and approaches all work and tasks with high level of integrity
  • Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
  • Consistently demonstrates reliability in completing assignments on time, responding to communications efficiently and following up on detailed projects
  • Meticulous attention to detail with demonstrated organizational skills

Requirements

  • Two years experience in communications
  • Experience in the non-profit or lifestyle medicine field preferred
  • Spanish fluency preferred
  • Experience with Latin American markets preferred
  • Ability and desire to work with a remote team
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and manage time effectively
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Exquisite organizational skills, work ethic, and professionalism
Compensation/Benefits: 

The salary for this position is negotiable within the range of $37,000-47,000. The position is completely remote, and we offer medical insurance and access to a 403(b) which NutritionFacts.org offers a 5% match.

Organization Info

NutritionFacts.org

Overview
Headquarters: 
Remote
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
2011
About Us
Mission: 

NutritionFacts.org is a strictly non-commercial, science-based public service providing free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. There are more than a thousand videos on nearly every aspect of healthy eating, with new videos and articles uploaded every day. NutritionFacts.org is a completely remote non-profit. The founder and Chief Science Officer of NutritionFacts.org, Dr. Michael Greger, is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. His recent book, How Not to Die, became an instant New York Times bestseller.

Why Work For Us?: 

NutritionFacts.org is a rapidly growing organization - in the last 2 years we have gone from 2 to 12 employees, and have expanded our reach to a Spanish-speaking audience. We are a completely remote non-profit whose employees are located all around the country (and internationally) dedicated to employee development and wellness. Working for NutritionFacts.org is fast-paced and consistently changing, where employees are encouraged to think outside the box and new ideas to better the organization so that we can help as many people as possible gain access to evidence-based nutrition.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Apr 10 2018
Active Until: 
May 10 2018
Hiring Organization: 
NutritionFacts.org
industry: 
Nonprofit