Communications & Brand Manager
Communications & Brand Manager
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07-09-2025
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Yearly Salary
USD 55000 - 65000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
07-09-2025
Job Description
ProsperUs Detroit is a community-driven initiative transforming neighborhood economies across Detroit and surrounding Wayne County communities. Our mission is to advance economic equity in under-resourced communities by equipping entrepreneurs with the opportunities and capital to build businesses generational wealth and vibrant neighborhoods. We deliver radically supportive and culturally competent training financial coaching business services and capital always rooted in the belief that residents businesses and community organizations are the drivers of their own revitalization.
Purpose of the Role at ProsperUs
As the Communications & Brand Manager you will lead ProsperUs storytelling brand stewardship and marketing communications strategies to advance our mission and vision. You will manage the voice visuals and reputation of ProsperUs with care ensuring communications are consistent equity-centered and aligned with organizational priorities. Partnering across teams you will strengthen internal and external communications support fund development and amplify the stories of entrepreneurs and communities we serve.
Responsibilities
While demonstrating a high energy and passion for ProsperUs work including our clients partners mission and values you are also able to do or know the following:
ProsperUs is looking for candidates who have the following qualities and experiences:
Status: Exempt Regular Full-Time Personnel
Hiring Process and Timeline
Application Deadline: September 21 2025
Interview includes:
Benefits
The salary range for this position is $55000 to $65000; in addition we offer these supports to help you manage your mental emotional and physical health:
ProsperUs Detroit provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status weight amnesty or status as a covered veteran under applicable federal state and local laws. We seek a broad and diverse pool of candidates and strongly believe that our organization benefits from the perspectives and talents of a diverse staff who understand the unique needs of entrepreneurs in Detroit Hamtramck Highland Park and Inkster.
Purpose of the Role at ProsperUs
As the Communications & Brand Manager you will lead ProsperUs storytelling brand stewardship and marketing communications strategies to advance our mission and vision. You will manage the voice visuals and reputation of ProsperUs with care ensuring communications are consistent equity-centered and aligned with organizational priorities. Partnering across teams you will strengthen internal and external communications support fund development and amplify the stories of entrepreneurs and communities we serve.
Responsibilities
- Brand Development
You will...- Steward the ProsperUs brand by managing voice visuals and guidelines across all programs and partners.
- Lead the narrative framework and marketing communications strategy with an equity lens aligning annual communications priorities with organizational goals.
- Collaborate with the Collaborative Partnerships Director on strategic communications that elevate ProsperUs mission and vision.
- Manage the organization-wide communications calendar coordinating with program teams and fund development.
- Build templates and toolkits (e.g. one-pagers slide decks) and coach staff to tell stories with consistency and care.
- Support fund development by crafting data-informed strategies grant narratives and impact stories with organizational leadership.
- Reputation Management
You will...- Lead media relations by maintaining press lists pitching stories and preparing spokespeople.
- Manage thought leadership by cultivating speaking engagements awards op-eds and executive visibility opportunities.
- Coordinate issues and crisis communications by monitoring risks preparing holding lines managing approvals and delivering timely updates.
- Marketing
You will...- Oversee social media strategy and storytelling while managing a digital marketing provider for execution.
- Build a people-centered storytelling pipeline and deliver content packages (interviews video photos blogs).
- Plan and evaluate paid and organic campaigns with clear goals budgets and KPIs; aligning conversion paths with program needs.
- Lead email marketing including newsletters segmentation automations and list growth.
- Manage the website improving accessibility SEO and content management.
- Coordinate content production and asset management overseeing workflows and asset libraries.
- Some other activities you will do to support ProsperUs
You will...- Manage internal communications request intake triage and project management; facilitate ProsperUs Storytelling Circle.
- Lead quarterly communications analytics integrating digital provider reports and recommend next actions.
- Collaborate with the Operations Manager to advance language access in communications.
- Continue to deepen knowledge of equitable entrepreneurship community development and race equity.
- Assist with special projects and other tasks necessary to advance ProsperUs mission and goals.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
While demonstrating a high energy and passion for ProsperUs work including our clients partners mission and values you are also able to do or know the following:
- You have experience within neighborhoods and communities like those that ProsperUs serves. You are familiar with community-based organizations (CBOs) community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and nonprofits in Detroit and the region.
- You are a strong writer and editor who can turn complex programmatic work into clear people-centered stories across web email and social.
- You are skilled at managing multiple priorities and timelines; you plan campaigns and events with intention communicate changes early and deliver on time.
- You are interested in working with technology systems and you can learn and use new software and tools as required. Experience with Salesforce is a plus and training will be provided.
- You have a personal and professional commitment to intersectional equity including the dismantling of racism and other forms of oppression that exist in the communities ProsperUs serves specifically Black Latinx Arab immigrant and low- to moderate-income communities.
- You can manage timelines and understand how to communicate your needs to others including team members partners and other stakeholders.
- You want to find a solution. You can demonstrate proactive entrepreneurial approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
- You are self-motivated and able to work independently but you also have practice working with internal or external teams and appreciate collaboration.
- You must be excited about finding solutions to challenges or barriers faced by those we serve.
ProsperUs is looking for candidates who have the following qualities and experiences:
- Familiarity with and/or knowledge of entrepreneurship and community economic development is helpful.
- At least three years experience in communications or marketing; nonprofit experience preferred. A bachelors degree in a related field is a plus.
- Strong technical skills and experience working with WordPress Mailchimp Trello Later or other similar communications tools.
- Project management experience leading timelines deliverables and cross-functional coordination.
- Intermediate creative skills producing digital assets for web social media and other visual communications collateral (e.g. simple video edits graphics and presentations).
- Vendor management experience with photographers videographers web designers and digital marketing providers (scoping feedback and deadlines).
- Strong copywriting skills including adapting existing copy for multiple platforms (web email social print).
- Flexibility in days and hours available for scheduled work including regular evening engagements and occasional weekend commitments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. The ability to communicate in Spanish Arabic French or Bangla is a plus.
Status: Exempt Regular Full-Time Personnel
Hiring Process and Timeline
Application Deadline: September 21 2025
Interview includes:
- Screening Call with Selected Candidates
- In-Person Interview with Team
- Skills-Based Project with Hiring Manager
- Final Interview with CEO
Benefits
The salary range for this position is $55000 to $65000; in addition we offer these supports to help you manage your mental emotional and physical health:
- Holidays: You will have 11 nationally recognized holidays an additional floating holiday to be used when you choose and more time to rest around the winter holidays.
- Paid Time Off: When you join you will have 15 days of paid time off (PTO) that you can use 90 days after joining the team.
- Benefits Plans: You can choose to join the organizations benefits plan with health insurance (mostly paid by organization) org-paid vision and org-paid dental.
- Retirement Savings: You can invest in the org-sponsored 401(k) and ProsperUs will match a portion of your contributions.
- Parental Leave: You will have access to parental leave for giving birth adoption fostering and supporting a partner who is giving birth.
- Family-Friendly: ProsperUs is a family-friendly work environment with accommodations for nursing parents respect for childcare needs and practices parental leave and other supports.
- Continuous Learning: We care about your success. You will create professional development goals to collaborate on with your supervisor and we regularly check-in about how its going with Quarterly Conversations focused on goals and values.
- Flexible Schedule: Team members must be available 9 AM 3 PM Eastern Time. We participate in a variety of events and collaborations so we encourage team members to work additional hours with a schedule that works for them.
- Flexible Work Environment: We encourage hybrid home / office work. Team members primarily work in-person with two remote workdays allowed per -person events and engagements are a regular responsibility of all roles at ProsperUs.
ProsperUs Detroit provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status weight amnesty or status as a covered veteran under applicable federal state and local laws. We seek a broad and diverse pool of candidates and strongly believe that our organization benefits from the perspectives and talents of a diverse staff who understand the unique needs of entrepreneurs in Detroit Hamtramck Highland Park and Inkster.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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