Senior Communications Manager

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🕒 July 16

🏛️ District of Columbia, New York – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $80k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

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Spark Microgrants

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

Spark Microgrants is an organization focused on empowering communities to drive local change and determine their own paths out of poverty. They provide communities with the opportunity and tools to improve their own lives through innovative approaches and community driven development. Headquartered in New York, they work with various communities, emphasizing the capability of people to lead and govern themselves with adequate resources and support. Their mission includes developing strong, self-reliant communities through partnerships and impactful programs.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement a comprehensive donor communications strategy for current, past, and prospective donors • Design and execute multi-channel campaign strategies supporting fundraising goals • Elevate community voices and encourage innovation in communications and donor engagement • Refresh Spark’s external narrative and voice • Translate complex programs, research, and evidence into clear stories, case studies, and audience-specific talking points • Ensure storytelling centers on community experiences, dignity, and leadership • Oversee design and brand execution across external materials • Develop a narrative and brand toolkit integrating core messages, voice, and visual identity • Equip staff and Board members to communicate Spark’s mission, approach, and impact • Curate events and online interactions with partners and the global community • Maintain Spark’s website and social media platforms • Leverage AI tools for communications pilots • Pilot new formats, messages, and creative approaches • Collaborate with leadership, department heads, and country teams across Rwanda, Malawi, Ghana, and beyond • Report to the Growth Director

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in communications and marketing in an entrepreneurial, mission-driven environment • Strong storytelling and copywriting skills, particularly in an advertising setting • Experience building and doing email campaigns, social media, and brand assets differently from the norm • A creative eye and instinct for what inspires action • Comfort experimenting and learning in public • Ability to balance speed with trust and clarity • Passion for social impact paired with creative confidence • Commitment to ethical, community-centered communications • Exceptional writing, presentation, and organizational skills • Judgment and initiative to move ideas from concept to execution

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health insurance premiums for employees • 50% health insurance coverage for dependents • 401(k) plan with a 3% employer contribution • Generous paid leave • Professional development stipend • Comprehensive benefits package