Every person deserves compassion dignity and the safety of a place to call home.
Homelessness is the largest social and public health crisis in California. Illumination Foundation (IF) is a growing nonprofit organization dedicated towards disrupting the cycle of homelessness by providing targeted interdisciplinary services in our recuperative care centers emergency shelters housing services and childrens and family programs. IF currently has 13 facilities with 22 microcommunities scattered across Orange County Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire.
Job Description:
The Marketing Coordinator will play a key role in implementing marketing and communications
strategies that support our mission programs and fundraising initiatives. This position is responsible for
creating compelling content managing digital platforms supporting campaigns event promotion
and outreach efforts to engage donors volunteers and the community. This position will also work
closely with staff to gather meaningful stories and testimonials that showcase our impact. The ideal
candidate will be a creative detailoriented professional passionate about social impact and
nonprofit work.
The pay range for this role is $2024 per hour.
Responsibilities:
Content Creation & Social Media Management:
- Develop write and schedule social media content across platforms (Instagram Facebook LinkedIn etc.)
- Community management on social media. Including prompt management of comments and mentions and alerting management of potentially sensitive issues.
- Draft and distribute email newsletters announcements and donor communications
- Maintain and update website content using CMS platform e.g. WordPress
- Design basic graphics flyers and promotional materials using tools like Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.
- Help ensure all content across all department aligns with Illumination Health Homes brand and voice.
Campaign & Event Support:
- Assist in planning and executing marketing campaigns for events fundraisers and awareness initiatives including digital (social media email website) and traditional (print flyers newsletters).
- Coordinate the production and distribution of promotional materials.
- Coordinate photography and film shoots.
CrossDepartment Collaboration:- Work closely with program development and admin staff to identify gather ad document
- client stories volunteer spotlights program milestones and organizational achievement.
- Commute to Illumination service locations to collect stories testimonials and photos for marketing materials.
- Collect and compile program statistics and impact data for marketing materials reports and campaigns.
- Maintain a content library of stories testimonials photos and program metrics for use in marketing and fundraising efforts.
Administrative & Reporting Duties:
- Track and report on marketing metrics and analytics (social media website traffic email open rates)
- Manage digital asset libraries email lists and marketing calendars.
- Support the development team with donor communications and campaign collateral.
Qualifications:
Required
- Bachelors degree in Marketing Communications Public Relations or related field or
- equivalent experience
- 12 years of relevant experience in marketing communications or administration.
- Strong writing editing and storytelling skills
- Valid California drivers license reliable transportation and the ability to travel between
- service locations as needed
- Must thrive on diverse assignment and deadlines.
- Proficiency with social media platforms and scheduling tools
- Experience with Canva Adobe Creative Suite or similar design tools
- Basic knowledge of email marketing platforms (e.g. Mailchimp Constant Contact)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable collaborating across departments and working with diverse stakeholders
Preferred
- Experience working in nonprofit or missiondriven environment
- Familiarity with website CMS platforms (e.g. WordPress Squarespace) and Google Analytics
- Experience in using donor databases or DRM systems (e.g. Salesforce Raisers Edge
- Bloomerang or similar)
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance funded up to 91% by Illumination Foundation (Kaiser and Blue Shield) depending on the plan
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life AD&D and LTD Insurance funded 100% by Illumination Foundation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional Development Reimbursement
- 401K with Company Matching
- 10days vacation PTO/year
- 6 days of sick pay/year
- Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSFL) for federally qualified loans.
Required Experience:
Manager