Job Description

Reports to: Director, Marketing, Communications, & Brand

Organizational Overview

Jumpstart Kids is the leading early childhood literacy nonprofit. Since 1993, we have trained caring individuals to support the work of teachers and families, using a research-based, play-based approach that helps young children build literacy, language, and life skills. To date, our programming has reached hundreds of thousands of children in early learning settings nationwide.

Position Overview

The Communications and Content Coordinator supports Jumpstart Kids' marketing and communications work by building and executing the recurring production that keeps our social media, email, and website channels running on schedule. This role brings Jumpstart Kids’ established voice and visual identity to life across channels, working from existing templates, calendars, and direction set by the Director of Marketing, Communications, and Brand.

This is a production-focused role, designing and editing graphics and short-form video, posting content, building and sending emails, and publishing website updates with accuracy, consistency, and reliable turnaround. Success in this role looks like consistent, on-time execution, with content and emails going out accurately and on schedule, campaigns free of broken links or formatting errors, and quick turnaround on feedback and revisions.

Key Responsibilities

Social Media Production (~8 hours/week)

Create 1–2 social media posts per week (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook)
Adapt organizational content, including but not limited to contributed stories, media placements, op-eds, partner posts, timely events, and speaking moments, into platform-appropriate social and email content
Source or select photography, and/or create simple graphics and short form video existing templates
Schedule posts across platforms and monitor basic engagement
Route content for review and approval per established workflows

Email Communications (~8 hours/week)

Draft and design email campaigns (approximately 1 per week)
Build emails in Constant Contact; QA for links, formatting, and mobile rendering
Segment audiences per direction and schedule email sends
Maintain email templates and design consistency

Website & Digital Updates (~4 hours/week)

Implement monthly content updates (copy and content adjustments, minor SEO fixes)
Manage website change requests and content management system (CMS) publishing
Support rebrand and design adjustments to collateral templates
Pull performance metrics from Sprout, Constant Contact, GA4, and Shopify into a monthly snapshot

Qualifications

Required:

2+ years of experience in digital marketing, communications, content creation, design, or similar field
Proficiency with social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook)
Experience with a social media scheduling/management platform (e.g., Sprout Social, Hootsuite, or similar) to schedule and monitor content across multiple profiles
Experience with email design tools (Constant Contact or similar)
Comfortability with using Canva for basic graphic design
Basic short form video creation and editing experience
Basic copywriting ability; can adapt to a provided voice and messaging framework
Ability to work from brand guidelines and templates and follow direction
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Reliable and self-directed; able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously

Preferred

WordPress familiarity (jumpstartkids.org)
Google Analytics 4 familiarity
Understanding of nonprofit marketing or the education sector

Travel

Less than 5% travel.

Start Date

Target onboarding: as soon as possible following offer acceptance

Location

Remote, flexible within the U.S. Boston, Atlanta, NYC preferred.

Salary & Benefits

Hours: 20–25 hours/week

Duration: 8-10 month temporary position with potential to renew.

Compensation: $32/hour

Benefits: This temporary, part-time position is not eligible for the organization's standard employee benefits, including company-sponsored PTO, vacation, or holiday benefits, except to the extent required by applicable law.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, temporary

To Apply

Please complete an online application. A cover letter and resume are required to complete your application. Applications without a cover letter may not be considered. Candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please upload/attach your resume and cover letter to your applicant profile.

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital or parental status, amnesty, political affiliation, veteran status, military service, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, applicants may request accommodations needed to participate in the application process.

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