Administrative Associate
Do you thrive on taking care of things the right way the first time? When you say, “I’ll take care of it,” does everyone know it will definitely get done? Feel proud when you know you’ve made someone else’s day easier? If you want to use your smarts, exceptional problem solving skills and outstanding attention to detail to work for a cool company with amazing clients… Spoke needs you!
We are seeking an experienced administrative associate to help keep Spoke humming. We’ll keep you on your toes, juggling multiple tasks daily, from directing phone calls and visitors, to maintaining our administrative systems, assisting with clerical tasks and providing direct support to our founder. You will be expected to comfortably communicate with all levels of staff, vendors and freelancers to cajole, wrangle or persuade them to get you that invoice, submit that expense report, or give you the answers you need to get your job done.
Sound like your cup of tea? Please apply today!
Hours + Compensation:
This is a full-time position. Pay will start at $17 per hour DOE with full benefits after a standard three-month probation period.
No phone calls or drop-ins please.
To Apply:
Send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references to hello@spokeconsulting.com with “Your Name-Admin Associate” in the subject line.
No phone calls or drop ins please.
Women, people of color and LGBT candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Spoke Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Benefits:
Full benefits after standard 3 month probation period.
Junior Project Associate
If you want to use your smarts, exceptional communication skills, and outstanding attention to detail for good… Spoke needs you!
We are seeking a junior project associate to support the Spoke team in conceiving and rolling out traditional and digital communications strategies. Our ideal candidate will feel comfortable multi-tasking, be proactive, and enjoy taking on new challenges in a creative environment.
Please only apply if you are a media, digital, and social good geek. Loving our work and our clients is what makes Spoke great at what we do.
You will be expected to comfortably communicate with all levels of staff, vendors, freelancers, and clients, in-person, through email and via video meetings.
Ready to help Spoke’s clients change the world?
Responsibilities:
A Spoke Junior Project Associate is responsible for assisting our team with various media, digital, and research activities. Essential responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Monitoring news media coverage and social media and analyzing results
- Utilizing online metrics tools to report on statistics for websites, social media sites, email campaigns and online advertising
- Conducting research on a wide array of issues, campaigns and organizations
- Researching contacts for targeted pitches and to build media lists
- Compiling, producing and distributing summaries of media coverage
- Conducting stakeholder interviews
- Crafting targeted pitch emails and making pitch calls
- Drafting press materials and online content
- Developing presentations and designing materials using tools such as PowerPoint, Keynote, and Photoshop
- Copyediting
- Updating client websites and social media accounts
- Participating in client meetings/events and taking notes
- Sharing cool finds about media, good causes, and new tools that can help improve our work
Skills + Experience:
- 1 year of communications experience, social good sector preferred
- In love with writing – we’re talking seriously stellar writing skills with an expert level understanding and use of style, conventions, and grammar
- Comfortable asking lots of good questions, but entirely capable of identifying goals, mapping out the right steps to achieving success, and executing independently
- Happy and productive working in an open office without walls and sound barriers
- Proficient with major social media tools, online communications resources (Google Apps, Basecamp, MailChimp, Harvest, Vocus etc) and with the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT)
- Mac-o-Philes only please
Hours + Compensation:
This is a full-time position. Full benefits after a standard three-month probation period.
To Apply:
Send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references to hello@spokeconsulting.com with “Your Name-Junior Project Associate” in the subject line.
No phone calls or drop-ins please.
Women, people of color and LGBT candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Spoke Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.