Content Writer and Multimedia Specialist in Boston, Massachusetts at Suffolk University

Job Overview

Are you a refined and savvy technical writer who has a captivating and inspiring voice? Do you have a strong background in womens health and a commitment to gender justice? Would you be excited to join an intersectional feminist organization dedicated to generating and sharing evidence-based health and sexuality information, for women and gender-expansive people?

Our Bodies Ourselves seeks a creative, collaborative, and detail-oriented professional to amplify our impact through compelling multimedia design and promotion. The Content Writer and Multimedia Specialist will develop essential communications for an organization that ignited the global womens health movement and whose website has millions of visitors.

Responsibilities:

The Content Writer and Multimedia Specialist will educate and engage diverse audiences, expand our organizations impact, and support fundraising efforts, while building organizational capacity. Their work will be on-trend and cohesive across all channels. Guided by the organizations communications, marketing, and content strategies, they will create content that is dynamic, share-worthy, and cuts through the online noise.

The Content and Multimedia Specialist will create and manage clear and compelling, factually accurate multimedia communications for our website and social media channels. This individual will write lucid text and design powerful graphics to convey our organizations perspective and values, using a distinctive voice that builds brand awareness. They will reach and expand target audiences, using data to adapt tactics and strategies. They will also collaborate on publicity for meaningful public programming, community outreach, and partnerships.

We seek a candidate who can demonstrate:

Success in creating high-quality content for diverse public audiences

Significant background knowledge of womens health

Outstanding time management, project management, and interpersonal skills

Affinity for both collaborative and independent work

Strong multicultural and cross-cultural competence in verbal and written communications

Well-developed critical and ethical judgement to navigate potentially controversial topics and sensitive contexts

Strong initiative and creative problem-solving abilities

A commitment to gender, racial, reproductive, and economic justice

Ongoing engagement with, and interest in, politics and popular culture

3+ years of experience working with non-profit and/or community-based organizations

You will also have well developed, specific communications skills:

The ability to use consistent branding, messaging, tone, and style that align with an organizations mission and voice

Excellence in writing, developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading

Experience with multiple social media platforms and social media management

Advanced graphic design, videography, and video editing skills

Familiarity with website content management systems

Facility with G-suite and MS Office suite software

Bachelors degree in a relevant field (such as Health Communications, Journalism, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) or equivalent experience

Additional qualifications and skills of value:

Experience with media relations

The ability to adapt complex health information into accessible formats like posts and factsheets

Background in public health, community health, health equity, health education, global health,, racial justice, and/or education generally

Fluency in languages additional to English

An advanced degree in a relevant field

About Our Bodies Ourselves

Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS) is an educational, activist initiative supporting the health and sexuality of women and gender-expansive people. For over a half-century since the early publication of our landmark book, "Our Bodies, Ourselves," OBOS has grown into an intersectional and global feminist force. We carefully curate trustworthy, evidence-based resources and compelling personal stories, all framed by incisive feminist analysis on our freely accessible website. Alongside this trove of information, we advocate for sexual and health equity and reproductive justice. We are located at the Center for Women's Health & Human Rights, Suffolk University, Boston.

To apply

Please submit a cover letter and resume. Also include an example of communications work youve created recently. All submissions will be kept confidential.

Compensation

Salary: $65,000-$80,000