Communications Specialist, Argentina (Remote Buenos Aires)

Change.org is searching for a Communications Specialist to join our small but mighty team in Argentina. Every day, dozens of petitions are started on Change.org in Argentina. Our Argentine communications team is uniquely placed to offer media support to make campaigns more visible in the press and on social media and achieve impact. You will report to our Communications Manager in Argentina. As a key member of our Marketing & Communications team, you’ll be in charge of amplifying impactful stories on Change.org through strategic media and social media engagement to drive campaign success, brand awareness, and audience engagement.

A bit about Change.org: we’re the world's largest social change platform, with 100 million monthly users, over 40,000 campaigns launched on the site every month, and a 100% user-generated revenue model. Our users win campaigns for change once every hour. Just like Verónica who created a petition to ensure that people with permanent disabilities no longer have to renew their Unique Disability Certificate (CUD) or María de los Ángeles Paredes, a mother of a boy in a vegetative state who depends on a respirator and other electrical equipment, she helped inspire a law providing free electricity to electric dependents.

Dozens of local, national, and international victories are happening every day thanks to the strength of our members who are changing the lives of people around the world. We want to help them go even further and we need your help! 

Key Outcomes:

• Find stories and campaigns started on Change.org at the national or local level with strong media and social media potential;
• Produce content for social media and monitor and navigate the social media landscape to find the best tactics to spread campaigns and attract/engage audiences to grow brand awareness.
• Use media to drive brand awareness and affinity and campaign impact,  including engaging with media outlets, pitching to press, building reporter lists, reporting and monitoring media coverage, creating press releases and offering media training to petition starters; 
• Find and engage with the best outlets, journalists, influencers and relevant decision-makers to address and target for each campaign. This can include offline events, such as signature deliveries and press conferences.
• Be on top of compelling issues and news stories to identify media and social media opportunities and share impactful stories to create more brand awareness;

The most important skills and capabilities for the role are:

• Social media skills, including experience working with influencers and engaging with different audiences. Experience using tools of monitoring and social listening
• Media skills, including experience working with and pitching to journalists, building press lists, and identifying the right outlets for a particular campaign/story. 
• Strong, fast writing skills that are adaptable for different audiences and platforms. You’ve got a strong sense of narrative, and you can turn out compelling copy at short notice.
• Having your finger on the pulse of what people across Argentina are talking about online, and on traditional media, and a good understanding of current social justice, economic, political and environmental issues.
• Speaking Spanish and English at an advanced level.

Culture Alignment

• Open & inclusive: You support the values of an open platform and are willing to help amplify a wide variety of campaigns that are policy-compliant and started by individuals across France.
• Deliver results: You have a can-do, positive attitude, are self-motivated and keen to learn. You thrive working in a fast paced and data-informed news or tech environment, and are willing to take risks, fail, learn and adapt.
• Championship teams: You are low-ego and you’ve got a strong sense of fun and give-and-take - our small team is constantly pushing each other to challenge assumptions, go all-in, and imagine the impossible.

Target experience

• Spanish as a native language and English fluency (Minimum B2) are required. 
• You have at least 2 years of experience working in social media in a professional setting.
• You have at least 3 years of experience working with press media.
• Basic design ability with programs such as Canva or Photoshop is desirable but not required.

We’re looking for someone who has most of the skills and capabilities, and can demonstrate how your experience shows this. 

Interested? Great! Here's what you should know:

This is a full time, remote role based in Argentina and requires being in Buenos Aires up to 2-3 times per month. You will work remotely the rest of the time.

Our compensation philosophy is based on pay equity. All of our salaries are determined before we launch a role – they are based on a predetermined salary scale, the level on that scale and the cost of labor for that location. The annual salary of a Communications Specialist in Argentina is 12,824,080 ARS.

Benefits and perks also vary based on location. 

Our evaluation process is as follows:

• Initial interview with a Recruiter (conducted in English)
• Interview with our Communications Manager (conducted in Spanish)
• Take home task (submit in English)
• Team interview (conducted in Spanish)
• Executive interview (conducted in Spanish)

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting amazing candidates like you, so please don’t hesitate to apply—we’d love to meet you. We also know it’s rare for someone to meet 100% of the qualifications. Please apply anyway!

We actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to apply. At Change.org, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We invest in programs to support our diverse workforce, offer inclusive onboarding experiences and affinity groups, celebrate the heritage of our staff, provide training on working across differences, and maintain fair and transparent salary scales. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, or culture.

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