Marketing Communications Specialist
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with the Department Director to promote healthy living, social responsibility, and youth development. Serves as a role model for other staff and participants.
- Creates press releases, media advisories, and community announcements. Develops signage, flyers, and digital materials to drive participation and awareness.
- Collaborates with program directors, development staff and executive leadership to create marketing efforts that align with organizational priorities.
- Develops and maintains marketing materials, digital content, and promotional collateral. Manages the YMCA's social media and digital content presence, including weekly newsletters.
- Manages promotional and communication needs for YMCA events and programs and supports fundraising campaigns.
- Plans and executes community engagement and recognition events.
- Tracks marketing metrics and engagement analytics to assess effectiveness and inform strategy.
- Maintains organized content archives, photo libraries, and communication records.
- Creates and maintains positive relationships with media outlets and community partners.
- Gathers and shares impact stories that highlight the YMCA’s work and community benefit.
- Ensures consistent use of the YMCA brand voice, messaging, and visual identity across all communications. Ensures all marketing efforts are fully compliant with the YMCA branding guidelines.
- As a Mandated Reporter, recognizes signs of abuse or neglect and reports to supervisor and the appropriate authorities.
Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs other tasks and projects as assigned.