Help Homeless Veterans!! Marketing Volunteer Needed for the Seattle Stand Down

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This opportunity is ideal for those interested in pursuing a career in Marketing and provides numerous opportunities for education, professional development, and career growth.

The Seattle Veterans Stand Down is focused on doing a two day event aimed at homeless Veterans but embracing all veterans who find themselves in need by:

• Aligning One Community to aggressively prevent and eliminate homelessness among veterans.
• Fostering Camaraderie amongst active duty and prior services members by reconnecting them to the welcoming spirit of their military family.
• Empowering our heroes and their families with resources necessary in order to overcome uncertainty and attain a future worthy of their sacrifice regardless of their length of service or discharge status.

Core Responsibilities

Online Marketing Coordinator - Job duties include creation, management and incorporation of appropriate and continuous marketing. Will use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Hootsuite and MailChimp to regularly update and engage our volunteers, donors, supporters and team members. You will coordinate with the Seattle Stand Down Director and operations team to support our varied initiatives including awareness, fund raising, direct marketing, and promotion of the Seattle Stand Down and our ongoing operations.

Responsibilities and activities will include:

• Identify channels for outreach through the media, social networks, associations and develop partnership programs

• Prepare marketing materials (including email newsletters, website copy, brochures, etc.) for community and volunteer outreach

• Manage a schedule of in person and online events - from initial concept through execution and evaluation

• Contribute to the overall marketing strategy of the organization over a one and three year horizon.

Recommended skills and qualifications include:

• Flexibility, creativity, energy and initiative to work effectively in an entrepreneurial nonprofit environment

• Exceptional writing and some design experience. The ideal candidate will have some experience using these skills either in corporate or academic environments to engage, motivate, and drive readers to action.

• Familiarity with common computer software packages (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint etc.). Experience with some elements of design (e.g., Photoshop) and/or web software (e.g., html) is useful

We expect the volunteers to commit for 1 year; spend about 2 - 3 hours of their time each week; and attend planning meetings and/or provide reports on progress.

This is an all volunteer, unpaid position.