Senior Associate - Postsecondary Communications

December 9

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Whiteboard Advisors

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education technology • K-12 education • higher education • education innovation • investment

11 - 50 employees

📚 Education

🤝 B2B

💰 Funding Round on 2017-01

Description

• Entrepreneurial communications professional supporting higher education and workforce clients • Providing excellent project management and client service in strategic communications and PR • Creating strong drafts of press releases, op-eds, and other written materials • Conceptualizing story ideas that resonate with the media

Requirements

• Approximately 3-5 years of professional experience • Strong preference for experience in a communications agency or similar role balancing multiple client projects • Demonstrated success in media relations • Strong project management skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at once • A track record of successful client or project management • Strong relationship-building and communication skills • Experience managing basic scheduling and administrative tasks • Willingness to learn new skills and develop subject matter expertise • Familiarity with education, workforce development, or social impact strongly preferred

Benefits

• Highly-competitive salaries and a firmwide performance-based incentive program • Hybrid working environment, with regular in-person touch points at W/A office in Washington’s historic Georgetown neighborhood • 401(k) retirement plan with generous employer match • Paid health, dental, and vision insurance benefits for employees (100% paid premium for employees and 50% premium subsidization for dependents) • Company-paid basic term life insurance equal to two times your annual salary • Company-paid long-term disability insurance • Unlimited/flexible vacation plan • Extensive paid time off including 14 paid annual holidays and two week-long company recesses in July and December • Monthly phone/data reimbursement • Pre-tax employee payroll contributions for commuter transit benefits • Monthly health and wellness stipend • Professional Association and Licensing Fees reimbursement with manager approval