Audience Outreach & Communications Lead

Public Relations Spec,Sr

Project ECHO has an exciting opportunity for a new Audience Outreach & Communications Lead to join our Communications & Marketing Team! This position will focus on audience outreach as Project ECHO continues to grow. This individual will be critical in raising awareness of Project ECHO’s programs and supporting fundraising initiatives.

• Using Adobe Illustrator, creating various marketing collateral including PowerPoint presentations, graphics, flyers, etc., for fundraising and other outreach, as needed.
• Designing promotional materials for events and marketing campaigns using Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Developing video, audio, and other promotional content that elevates the ECHO brand, used in Impact Reports, on the ECHO website, and in other funder-focused channels.
• In collaboration with contractors, staff, and appropriate principals, overseeing complex written and multimedia projects.
• Overseeing a variety of communications and marketing projects, including executive communications, fundraising outreach, newsletters, videos, events, and writing projects, that support the message and brand identity of Project ECHO.
• Leading the development of newsletters and other communications for funders and other key audiences.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to co-create marketing materials for funders, partners, collaborating organizations, and others.
• Creating and distributing newsletters to funders, potential partners, collaborating organizations, and other audiences.
• Reviewing analytics and developing content based on data-informed decisions.
• Planning, writing, and designing various online tools and content for external audiences, including funders, partners, and collaborators.
• Working with assigned stakeholders to develop and write reports for a variety of external and internal stakeholders, including funders.
• Developing digital and print products to support audience-specific campaigns, including collateral materials and web landing page.
• Collaborating with fundraising team to ensure funder contact lists are accurate and up-to-date.
• Leading pre- and post-event promotion as needed, including the Voices that ECHO virtual series;
  MetaECHO community partner events; hosted side events at significant convenings such as Skoll World Forum, UN General Assembly, World Cancer Congress, and Global Digital Health Forum.
• Leading speaker content development and support for key events.
• Reporting on event outcomes and recommending new strategies to improve those outcomes.
• Developing presentations for key stakeholders, including executives, fundraising team, and key leaders, to present to internal and external audiences.
• Presenting to various internal and external groups, including the executive team, fundraising team, ECHO partners, as well as funders and potential collaborators.
• Writing, designing, editing, and coordinating various written materials for newsletters, websites, and other publications.
• Writing news releases announcing key funding and project partnerships.
• Writing case studies and funder profiles for website and other publications.

This role requires strong interpersonal skills and extraordinary competency in verbal and written communication. This position requires flexibility and excellent prioritization skills; it suits one who performs well with minimal supervision, with the ability to thrive and problem solve in a fast-paced working environment with competing deadlines. A successful candidate will be a relationship and community builder who is passionate about the organization’s mission and values.

Project ECHO is committed to democratizing implementation of best practices in healthcare, education and other areas where first mile professionals need support. We do this by training universities, nonprofits, and dedicated individuals on facilitation skills and how to set up robust virtual communities of practice to be able to scale their own expertise and missions to the benefit of their local communities.

Over the past 20 years, Project ECHO and our partners have trained more than 1,000 partners who make up our global network of Universities, ministries of health, and NGOs around the…