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<div>California School Employees Association
Senior Communications Specialist - San Jose, CA
CSEA is a public employee union representing over 250,000 classified school employees who work in 750 school districts and community colleges in California. We are seeking a Senior Communications Specialist to work in our Communications Department in our headquarters in San Jose, CA.
The Communications Department is responsible for messaging, branding, and public relations. The Communications Department creates our website, video production, publications, social and digital media, and operates an on-site print shop that delivers over 6 million print jobs a year.
This position writes and edits CSEA publications in print, electronic and digital media formats.
Examples of duties and responsibilities:<ul><li>
Acts as project lead/coordinator for editorial projects</li><li>
writes and edits material related to organizing, recruiting members, promoting services and supporting political campaigns</li><li>
formats appearance, readability, headlines and story content</li><li>
promotes the CSEA brand and image</li><li>
writes stories, special publications, news releases</li><li>
coordinate work flow between graphic design and print production to ensure on-time, high quality delivery of materials</li></ul>
Knowledge of:<ul><li>
newspaper or magazine writing</li><li>
marketing, advertising and public relations</li><li>
email marketing and best practices</li><li>
speechwriting</li><li>
storytelling</li><li>
community, grassroots and worksite organizing</li><li>
social media campaigns on various platforms</li><li>
popular culture, new advertising trends and techniques</li><li>
Grammar, AP style, Chicago Manual of Style, and/or Strunk and White&rsquo;s Elements of Style for creative and imaginative writing</li><li>
web formatting tools
</li><li>digital content management systems</li><li>
data analysis</li><li>
project management</li></ul>
Ability to:<ul><li>
be creative, imaginative, and curious</li><li>
ability to quickly understand complex information and paraphrase for a broad audience</li><li>
write with clarity in a simple, crisp style under tight deadlines</li><li>
adapt style to a variety of voices, on many different subjects, to a variety of media</li><li>
problem-solve with a team of creative people</li><li>
take critical feedback</li><li>
improve, enhance member satisfaction</li><li>
remain calm and think clearly under pressure
</li><li>work independently, show initiative and sound judgment</li><li>
absorb traditional best practices and adapt to future trends</li><li>
conduct research using multiple sources, interviewing subject matter experts, and summarizing information or data</li><li>
show strong attention to detail</li></ul>
Experience and education<ul><li>
Three years recent experience in communications, digital and print publications, or social media</li><li>
Bachelors degree in journalism, communications or related field</li></ul>
Benefits of working at CSEA
CSEA has a proud history of fighting for social and economic justice to make a difference in our members lives. We are dedicated to fighting for income equality, affordable healthcare, quality education, and secure retirements for our members. We seek a creative candidate who is passionate about standing up for members, students and unions.
The salary range is $97,238 - $120,461. Starting salaries are typically at the first step on our salary range. Consideration may be given for exceptional qualifications and experience. We offer 19 paid holidays, 3 weeks vacation to start and 5 weeks after 7 years, medical benefits for you and your family, life insurance coverage and a pension plan.
Only applications on our web site will be considered. Go to: www.csea.com/careers, upload your resume and write a cover letter that tells us why this ad caught your eye and why we should hire you! 
 
Questions? Contact HR at HREmail@csea.com. Please do not send resumes or other documents to this email.
CSEA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to building and supporting a diverse workforce.
This is an exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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