VOLUNTEER your time and talents to our mission

We are seeking talented, self-motivated individuals with marketing communications experience to join our team of volunteers.  Specifically, we are looking for one or more folks who can help us with the following:

Manage our Social Media, including:

• Help the board develop a cohesive strategy to use social media to grow and engage our followers, get them excited about our mission, and hopefully energize them to donate or get involved.
• Develop and regularly post engaging approved content to our social media   platforms, which currently include Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  These will include interesting historical and novel facts about the Lighthouse and how it fits into the larger story of Chicago’s development as well as updates on about the progress of our organization, as we e xecute on our mission. 
• Further the conversation that develops around our social media postings by engaging with followers and commenters.

Produce a monthly newsletter for our growing constituency of followers, funders and friends of the organization.

• Engage with the board on story ideas.
• Content creation and newsletter layout, using a standardized template.
• Use Constant Contact to publish and distribute board-approved newsletters.

Triage and respond to inbound email queries.

• Management of email distribution list(s) using Constant Contact.

Establish, organize and manage an online archive of digital assets including photos, videos etc.

For this role, we are looking for experienced marketing communications professionals who can hit the ground running and ideally commit to four to eight hours per week. We understand that it may require more than one communications volunteer to accomplish the activities outlined above, so it’s a plus if you have experience with and interest in coordinating the efforts of a small team. If everything about this role, except team coordination excites you, please don’t let that stand in your way—we’d still love to hear from you.