Digital Marketing & PR Coordinator

Entry Level Position

Light of Loving Kindness: Chicago, IL

Who We Are

Light of Loving Kindness is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization. Our goal is to empower a new generation of conscious leaders by providing access to tools of mental wellness and social emotional skill building through mindfulness-based interventions. We do this through our unique blend of specialized programming, focusing on self-love, self-care, self-awareness, and self-expression through the arts, nature, human connection, introspective experiencing, mindfulness solutions, and other holistic wellness tools that cultivate the self-compassion and confidence needed to pursue their life’s purpose.

Your Role

You are a visionary creator who is not afraid to think as if there is no box. You’re a digitally expressive individual who is willing to use your intellect, skills, and imagination to create amazing virtual campaigns. You are already cultivating your own mindfulness practice, and you are ready to step into new, exciting things as a member of our team.

Social Media is the prime outreach of our organization. Our Digital Marketer & PR Coordinator works to stay fresh, positive, and active on our social media platforms. You’ll build our social media awareness by attracting new and engaging existing users. You will have the opportunity to engage local communities, create and post content, create challenges, broadcast updates, create digital designs, cross promote with other non-profit organizations, create a monthly newsletter, and create PR projects. Creativity and passion are a must for this role. Accountability and time management skills are essential.

Is This You?

Creative out of the box thinker
Good organizational skills
Self-starter who’s willing to try new things
Strong problem solving and trouble-shooting skills
Firm commitment to quality
Strong user of technology
Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
Respect for all levels of the organization and outside partners
Strong customer service orientation
Work well with teams and independently
Experience with funders, communities, and young adults (teens) is a plus.

What You’ll Do:

Research, create, prepare, and release compelling social media graphic designs
Coordinate ad campaigns for our programs and events
Create a once monthly newsletter
Engage in a friendly and professional manner with our local communities, businesses, practitioners, and others
Have a great eye for visual aesthetic and uniformity
Make recommendations for quality improvements
Learn about & understand LOLK’s community
Build social media presence that increases followers
Develop an understanding of holistic health and mindfulness solutions for youth, our community base, and strategic partners
Research, review, and report on engagement analytics
Have good communication and interpersonal skills
Display sharp attention to detail
Create online challenges
Create viral-type interest around LOLK’s work
Help to create a community buzz around mental health & wellness
Desire to work with a grassroots community
Other duties as requested

Skills:

Good organizational skill
Goodtime management skills
Good written and spoken communication skills
Accuracy and attention to detail
A calm and professional manner
Good computer skills
Flexible and adaptable approach to work
Self-starter
Tact and discretion for dealing with confidential information
Time management skills
Ability to remain calm in quick turnaround situations
Ability to partner well with a team or to work independently
Ability to work in a self-paced, self-motivated environment
Ability to research
Willingness to learn new tools, skills, and software

Education and Experience:

Creativity is not something that can be taught, but rather, it derives naturally and is enhanced by higher education. For that reason, we require a high school diploma minimally with 3+ years of experience, an Associates or Certificate degree with 2+ years of experience, or a Bachelors’ degree with 1+ year of experience.

Benefits:

Develop professional workplace standards
Develop networking skills
Opportunity to attend large events and interact with youth, community, other orgs, and donors
Develop interpersonal and intrapersonal communication skills
Ability to learn more about mindfulness-based modalities, mental health, and social-emotional skills
Ability to give back to communities that are considered to be underserved, underrepresented, low income and violence and trauma-affected

Compensation:

46 hours/month

$1000/month salary

Benefits package begins at 3 months on the job, including paid vacation, paid time off, holidays, and flextime scheduling.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to sit for long periods of time and lift up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is performed in a virtual/hybrid work environment
LOLK uses flextime for scheduling non-essential work time
Some evenings and weekends may be required

Light of Loving Kindness (LOLK)

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