Communications Organizer

Oakland Rising

Communications Organizer

Overview

Oakland Rising (OR), a fiscally sponsored project of the Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund, is a collaboration of social justice organizations that have a long-term, shared vision for winning a community-based political infrastructure and governing majority in Oakland that centers racial, economic, and environmental justice. Over the past eight years, OR's political operation has grown into one of the largest, longest-lasting, and most sophisticated programs in the area.

It has built a voter base in Oakland's working-class, immigrant, and communities of color neighborhoods that makes up more than 25% of the city's electorate. OR has helped to craft and win policies for racial, economic, and environmental justice while promoting a vision for transformational governance in Oakland and beyond.

In order to advance the work of OR, we are looking for someone who will bring to the Communications Organizer role a personal connection to the communities in which we organize as well as a commitment to the advancement of racial, economic, and environmental justice. . The successful candidate will confidently support the cultivation and building of the relationships necessary to sustain and grow the OR projects and understand the importance of aligning and building the power of movement organizations.

Who We Are

OR works to build the power of working-class families, immigrants, and people of color in Oakland to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice. OR plays three key roles to achieve our mission:

• Builds and exercises progressive electoral power through integrated strategies, including base-building and policy advocacy.
• Aligns and coordinates citywide and regional progressive forces through our collaborative model to build power & profile for the social justice movement.
• Recruits, trains, advances and supports progressive leaders who lead in a collaborative, accountable and values-based way that centers social justice.

Oakland Rising's partner organizations include:
Asian Pacific Islanders for Environmental Justice (APEN), Causa Justa/Just Cause (CJJC), Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA), Parent Voices Oakland (PVO), and St. Mary's Center. UA).

The Opportunity

The Communications Organizer will work closely with the Communications Coordinator and the Program Team to raise and strengthen OR's work and utilize a communications and on-the-ground strategy to provide political education and calls to action while building relationships with working-class, poor, and formerly-incarcerated Black, Indigenous, and people of color in flatland communities in Oakland and Alameda County. The Communications Organizer will support with Communications and Program team projects and collaborate with other OR teams, such as Operations, and Fundraising Teams.

The Communications Organizer reports directly to the Communications Coordinator.

Communications Strategy Implementation and Support

• Create and edit content:
  Responsible for creating and editing content for a variety of channels, including social media and other marketing materials.
• Find and build relationships with online leads and turn them into "offline" or on-the-ground leaders.
• Run digital ads:
  Support in planning and executing digital advertising campaigns on Facebook, Instagram and Google Ads.
• Utilize digital tools and platforms to mobilize and organize supporters around specific causes and campaigns. Ability to drive online advocacy using Action Network or other applications to amp up support.
• Track and analyze metrics to measure the success of campaigns and adjust strategies as needed.
• Support with graphic design projects, creating design elements in Canva, Adobe, or similar applications, and support design projects for which consultants are hired.
• Support on contributing to content for all communications assets including social media, e-blasts, websites, toolkits, press releases, advisories, statements, voter guides, letters to the editor, op-eds, and other communications materials as needed.
• Collect stories from staff, volunteers, collaborative members, and others impacted by our work to bring the power of narrative to our campaigns
• Support the coordination, maintenance, and updating of the organizations' CRM database.
• Support external communications:
  Support Communications team with implementing external communication strategies that promote the organization's brand, reputation, and key messages.
• Collaborate with other departments within the organization to ensure consistency of messaging and brand voice.

Organizational Participation

• Participate in quarterly and annual evaluations and workplanning for the Communications Team
• Participate in the Communications Team to support overall communications strategy and follow through on communications workplan, goals and objectives
• Be able to…