Healthy Babies Bright Futures seeks PT Communications Director (Remote)

Communications Director 
Location: Any US location 
Status: Part-time 

Position Summary: The Communications Director is responsible for the development, execution and management of all HBBF communications efforts working collaboratively with HBBF leaders and reporting to the National Director

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks

• Working in an integrated communications environment; developing and executing plans that advance HBBF goals and its mission as an alliance

• Developing a command for HBBF issues – and the communications landscape open to them – including a knowledge of relevant media

• Understanding partner organizations and supporting integrated and coordinated communications efforts that benefit HBBF and partner organizations

• Building and managing collaborative relationships to serve the needs of internal program leads and HBBF partners

• Being an ongoing contact on HBBF's behalf to media, developing strong relationships, generating quality results

• Managing website, blog and social media content and developing strategies to drive traffic to the website and the blog and to maximize consumer engagement on social channels

• Developing and editing high quality, mistake-free content including news releases, pitch letters, social media content and general client correspondence

• Developing targeted pitch lists for print, broadcast and social media outlets to cover original studies and content by HBBF and partners. Targeting, pitching, securing and tracking media coverage through in-depth use of Cision and Meltwater.

• Ensuring deadlines are met while handling multiple projects

• Managing freelancers and vendors to ensure on-time, on budget and high-quality outputs

• Managing communications budget