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UNITE HERE Local 11

JOB OPENING: Bilingual Communications Organizer

UNITE HERE Local 11 represents 32,000 hospitality workers across Southern California and Arizona. Our local is the fastest growing in the private sector. We’re looking for a creative and energetic communications organizer to strategize and implement campaigns.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Field press requests, write media advisories and press releases, build relationships with reporters, and pitch reporters about events and campaigns
  • Work with organizing teams to identify powerful worker testimonials and earned media opportunities; prepare spokespeople
  • Create simple flyers and other promotional materials
  • Manage social media editorial calendar for multiple platforms to maximize post engagement and reach. Create post content, take photos and/or short videos, go live, and assemble simple graphics
  • Strategize and build online actions to engage and grow email lists of members and potential allies
  • Strategize, write, and implement messages and campaigns for email, broadcast text, and peer-to-peer texting; monitor performance, engage with responses, and train others
  • Write for diverse audiences, e.g. websites for union members or consumers, online ads for the general public, social media posts for hospitality industry workers generally
  • Update website content as needed
  • Report on and evaluate online actions, emails, and texts

Qualifications:

  • Some experience in field or online organizing or political campaigns
  • Some experience in media relations, communications, or marketing
  • Demonstrated passion for progressive politics and social justice
  • Ability to write concisely, clearly, and quickly with minimal oversight or copyediting.
  • Technological savvy and ability to learn new databases, online platforms, etc. relatively quickly.
  • Experience shooting and editing short videos is a plus but not required
  • Bilingual in oral and written English and Spanish

This is a full-time position. Compensation based on experience.

How To Apply

Please send your resume to [email protected] with “Communications Organizer” as the subject of your message.

UNITE HERE Local 11 is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. People of color, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.