Senior Communications & Development Associate

As champions for Washington's children and families, Start Early Washington builds on two decades of deep expertise in home visiting and advancing strong early childhood systems statewide. We focus on informing early childhood systems, driving innovation, supporting a diverse, well-supported early childhood workforce, and culturally responsive prenatal-to-five early experiences, and ensuring all families have access to high-quality services for our youngest residents.We are recruiting individuals who want to join us in this mission and share a commitment to our core values of appreciation & respect, empowerment, diversity, excellence, learning, and communication.Become part of our rewarding, mission-driven culture! We want our employees to feel empowered, motivated, energized, and passionate about the work they do!The Senior Associate, Communications and Development supports the implementation of strategic internal, external communications and marketing efforts to drive external awareness and engagement with potential supporters and people working in early childhood and related fields. This position works across Start Early Washington teams, including Policy and Advocacy Program, Operations, and includes coordination and collaboration with Start Early National Marketing and Communications and Development teams. Additionally, this role supports ongoing fundraising and donor engagement efforts for Start Early Washington.Reporting to the Director Development & Communication, SEWA, you will:Internal and External Communications:In partnership with the Director of Development & Communication, ensure consistent and audience-appropriate messaging across all internal and external communication channels including:Building and maintaining brand awarenessExecute integrated stakeholder engagement strategy to expand SEWA’s reach and influence in early childhood and related fields with practitioners, policymakers, advocates and potential fundersCoordinate content generation and website support with internal Start Early teams including drafting and maintaining SEWA team member BIOs and Blog profilesUpdate web content and create/coordinate new landing pages for blog posts, event pages, donation forms, other as needed in coordination with national Mar-Comm team leadsWorking with the Policy and Advocacy Team, ensure that updated Policy content is finalized, formatted and shared publicly through multiple venues (may include weekly Bill Tracker, Notes from Olympia newsletter and other resources in a responsive and timely mannerProvide content development (writing blog posts, newsletter content and other web copy as needed) Follow SEO best practices when developing new web contentMaintain website assets including Policy documents, Home Visiting and SEWA contentPrepare and execute relevant press releases in partnership with national Communications teamUpdate and maintain external communication press and media lists, including separate funder and prospect contact listsMarketing:In partnership with national Digital team, manage day-to-day support of social media channels – including developing social copy, creating social graphics, posting, community management and tracking and measurement.Responsible for maintaining SEWA social media, editorial and associated marketing and communications calendars in coordination with national team calendarCoordinate and execute SEWA emails in Marketing Cloud, building and testing sends and reporting out on performance. Oversee email calendar and partner cross-functionally to maintain proper spacing for sends by WA and national audience (Funder newsletter, WA Newsletter, serve as backup for Notes from Olympia, etc.)Support the maintenance of brand assets and help with internal socialization of new materials (visual guide, branded templates, images, etc.). Serve as SEWA’s HomeRoom intranet content managerSupport development of new digital creative and other marketing materials as needed for campaigns (website graphics, external creative, etc.). Project manage campaign asset development (develop timelines, identify external support if needed, route for feedback, etc.)Development:Provide support for new grant proposals and annual Funder reports including research, drafting, coordinating with other team members, and project management.In partnership with the Director of Development & Communication provide prospect research (including funding history, timeline for submittals, etc.)Provide support for funder communication, future campaign development and support