Employer: Humane League
WHO WE ARE
The Humane League (THL) is a global nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, we’ve grown to a staff of 90+ talented individuals dispersed across the country and around the world.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for an experienced communicator and strategic thinker who can create effective and persuasive messaging for a corporate audience, advocating for meaningful animal welfare reforms. As the Corporate Communications Specialist, you will join a team of high-impact advocates who engage with the country’s largest food companies on the most pressing issues affecting farmed animals.
As a Corporate Communications Specialist, your writing and communication expertise will underpin our Corporate Engagement work. Your position plays a critical role in ensuring that the messaging we share with food companies about animal welfare effectively engage them, whether that be through the creation and management of educational websites, scientific reports, corporate presentations, newsletters, or other media. We want you because you know how to motivate audiences who might not think like you. You’re ready to recognize corporations that make progress for animals and call out those that fail to stop cruel practices. This position will report directly to THL’s Corporate Projects Manager.
This is a full-time, remote position. This position requires domestic travel that is equivalent to approximately 0-3 trips per year. We are only able to consider applicants who reside in the United States and possess United States work authorization.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create resources to educate corporate executives about animal welfare issues and collaborate with the Corporate Engagement team to plan the distribution of the materials.
- Collaborate with The Humane League’s Communications and Corporate Engagement teams to identify opportunities to improve and expand our current resources to make them more effective for a corporate audience.
- Support, develop, and manage new innovative communication strategies—from national reports and heavily promoted websites to individual email concepts—that will influence corporations and their top executives. Collaborate with cross-departmental teams to execute these strategies.
- Collaborate with Communications staff to develop promotional advertising campaigns and other promotional plans that educate and influence food industry leaders about animal welfare improvements.
- Build expertise on corporate communications and marketing strategies used within the food industry. Act as a subject matter expert on effective corporate messaging to other THL departments, volunteers, coalition groups, outside vendors, and other stakeholders; this requires frequent professional communication.
- Comprehend and stay up to date on the broader industry landscape on animal welfare issues and the nuances of the individual animal welfare policies we are requesting of companies.
- Leverage a variety of digital tools and platforms to keep our data and information organized and accessible, such as G Suite, Asana, Slack, CRMs, and others.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Clear and compelling written communication: able to present our message professionally and convincingly in reports, websites, and other content designed for high-level executives and public audiences, with consideration for the differing motivations of executives, activists, and the general public. Candidates should have experience demonstrating these skills.
- Ability to be strategic: the right approaches will come as a result of deeply comprehending motivations and hurdles for corporations, as well as our organization’s goals. When each choice is a strategic one, the impact of all judgments can increase.
- Organization and long-term planning: managing a large number of projects—many of which may have long-term strategies and implications for your own work—requires exemplary organizational skills, including effective cross-departmental project management skills, daily use of Google Drive, online communication tools like Slack, spreadsheets, and project management software.
- Self-motivation: the ability to set and manage your own schedule and to-do lists and carry them out in a timely, efficient manner to achieve as much as possible for animals in the limited amount of time that you have each day. You must be comfortable working both objectively and as a part of a fully remote team.
- Cooperation: Although this position is highly independent, the success of this role relies on your ability to work cooperatively and collaborate with team members, as well as other NGOs and stakeholders, and contribute to an inclusive, collaborative work environment.
- Comfort with uncertainty and experimentation: working in a relatively small movement means it’s necessary to develop novel, unproven tactics. Due to the nature of this work, you won’t often have direct external feedback on the effectiveness of your ideas.
- Efficiency: the ability to take advantage of the tools and resources available and work to accomplish more with less, as well as successfully handle multiple tasks and projects at once, amidst multiple priorities.
Starting salary $53,000 or salary to commensurate with experience.
Employees enjoy full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) retirement plan, optional pet insurance, working from home, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, paid holidays, flexible vacation time, professional development, and the supportive environment at The Humane League!
At The Humane League (THL), animal welfare is at the forefront of our everyday work. As such, many of our staff are vegan by personal choice, and all of our THL-hosted events offer fully vegan menus. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.