Marketing and Communications Specialist

Cleveland Animal Protective League

Job Description

Cleveland Animal Protective League is looking for a marketing and communications professional with experience utilizing InDesign, Photoshop, WordPress, and email marketing programs to join our team!

How you’ll impact our mission?
The Cleveland Animal Protective League believes in maintaining the human-animal bond whenever possible. This is an important role develops and creates all marketing, event, and public relations communications.

If you believe in delivering the best animal and client service possible, want to be an active part of a team that saves the lives of homeless animals and works together to make quality pet care accessible to pet owners facing financial challenges, you may be just the person we need!

What you’ll do?
• Develops and creates all marketing, event, and PR communications for external collateral materials and web-based platforms.
• Assesses the Cleveland APL’s online presence and makes recommendations for/implements strategies for improvement with existing strategies and expansion into new online arenas.
• Responsible for Web-based communications that intersect with the Cleveland APL’s social media accounts. Monitors other internal communications for appropriateness.
• Creates graphics for marketing & communication needs using Photoshop or InDesign.
• Addresses new needs and growth on the Cleveland APL website
• Acts as liaison to senior staff for content management posting on APL website.
• Coordinates content creators from across the organization.
• Acts as liaison with APL hardware, software, and network vendor to address issues that affect the website and its availability.
• Produces and monitors a variety of written communication materials.
• Assist in writing, editing and proofreading materials such as, but not limited to, direct mail letters, internal/external newsletters, donor acknowledgment letters, press releases, brochures, & e-blasts.
• Produces annual report. Pet Patter, Calendar and other communication pieces (including Capital Campaign) as assigned in InDesign.
• Works with Annual Fund and Database Manager to arrange a schedule for and to help draft direct mail and fund-raising blasts and works with Gift Processing and online donation service to create donation pages to link e-blasts to.
• Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

What we’re looking for:
• Associates degree; technical certification; or equivalent in demonstrated work experience.
• Strong knowledge and Proficient with WordPress platform; knowledge of HTML5 strongly desired
• Ability to work with: Photoshop, InDesign, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flicker, Instagram
• Strong writing skills: demonstrated experience in business writing & communications; must have command of grammar, vocabulary; punctuation; and spelling.
• Proven ability to write with clarity of thought, conciseness, and is articulate with use of simple language and sentence structure.
• Minimum 2 years administrative experience
• Minimum 2 years of copy writing, business communications, and/or PR/marketing collateral materials
• Valid Ohio Driver’s License and insurable driving record

Location: 1729 Willey Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113

Remote Position: required to be available for onsite and offsite organization events, employee meetings, employee training, etc., on an as needed basis.

Salary: $50,000 - $55,000 yearly

Link to Full Job Description: https://clevelandapl.org/about-us/employment/marketing-and-communicatio…

This is a full time job