Communications Manager

About Activating Change
Activating Change’s mission is to end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and Deaf people. People with disabilities and Deaf people are victimized, criminalized, and incarcerated at disproportionately high rates in the United States, and the rates are even higher for people with disabilities and Deaf people from communities of color. But they have long been excluded from the solutions to these problems. Activating Change centers people with disabilities and Deaf people and the safety and justice issues they face in social justice movements.

We believe disability, survivor advocacy, and criminal justice reform movements play critical roles in securing freedom and safety for people with disabilities and Deaf people. Yet, none of these fields are currently working to systematically address the high rates of victimization, over-policing and over-incarceration of people with disabilities. These fields are disconnected, often mis-aligned, and lack the capacity needed to work together toward collective impact. We foster alignment, build capacity, and support greater coordination across these social justice movements to realize our goals of freedom and healing – not harm and punishment - for people with disabilities and Deaf people. We collaborate with disability and Deaf communities across the country and work in close partnership with government and advocacy leaders to implement change.

The Position
The Communications Manager position reports to the Executive Director. The Communications Manager will play an important role in increasing visibility and awareness of Activating and our work, and in supporting our program teams achieve their goals through email, social media, blog posts, and web content. We are looking for a creative storyteller to collaborate across internal teams and external partners to coordinate engagement priorities, develop strategies for elevating opportunities and learnings, and lead the production of content – including outreach materials, social media posts, blog posts, and impact stories – to support the success of these programs and our organization. 

Responsibilities

• Manage Activating Change’s communications platforms including Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
• Collaborate with Activating Change’s leadership and programmatic teams to identify and uplift content to advances our goals and amplify learnings and impact. 
• Write copy and design graphics for email blasts, social media, blog posts and websites to increase awareness of Activating Change, advance our programmatic goals, and reflect commitment to racial, disability, and language justice.
• Promote Activating Change’s events by developing outreach and engagement strategies; developing email and social media content and graphics; and …