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About Equimundo 
Equimundo is a global leader in advancing gender equality and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls, and individuals of all gender identities. We believe that working with men and boys to transform harmful gender norms and unequal power dynamics is critical to achieving gender equality. 

Job Responsibilities

 We seek an experienced professional and experienced writer/editor passionate about strategic communications for societal change, focusing on discussing men and manhood in this challenging political moment. This person will join a growing Communications and Advocacy team and help lead external and internal communications efforts. The primary responsibilities are the following: 

● Media Relations: Drive high-impact organizational media relations strategy. 
○ Lead the earned media approach for organizational initiatives. 
○ Manage day-to-day media outreach to promote the Equimundo narrative by liaising with external media partners and PR agencies. 
○ Monitor the news cycle to identify proactive opportunities for media coverage; be creative in identifying opportunities to integrate issues relevant to masculinities and Equimundo’s research in the news cycle; and create media moments for the organization, staff, and launches of our landmark studies. 

● Storytelling and Messaging 
○ Write high-quality materials for traditional and emerging media and institutional digital communications channels. 
○ Design and implement a messaging strategy to tell the impact of the Caring Masculinity Fund. 
○ Provides strategic input in matters related to external facing communication. 

● Management and Supervision 
○ Supervise Equimundo’s Communications Officer 
○ Liaise with vendors related to communications  
○ Draft contracts and manage specific projects related to communications 
○ Oversee the Communications department budget 

Qualifications for Consideration 
● Strong commitment to Equimundo’s mission and organizational values. 
● Strong commitment to Equimundo’s mission and organizational values. 
● Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., journalism, communications, public relations, etc.) and a minimum of 3-5 years of communications experience in journalism, public relations strategies, and developing communications for campaigns. 
● Expertise and interest in the current situation about boys and men in the US primarily and secondarily globally. Knowledge of gender, masculinities, international development, and/or social justice issues. 
● Strong, ongoing relationships with press members in the US (traditional and emerging media) and look for opportunities to leverage these relationships for Equimundo’s mission. 
● Voracious media consumer and can spot opportunities to tell a compelling story in any news cycle, finding Equimundo’s angle and bringing a masculinities lens to current events. 
● Strong writer comfortable producing multiple types of content, including press releases, op-eds, and other thought leadership content, and a track record of getting published. 
● Translate Equimundo’s technical, data-driven research papers for external audiences, communicating effectively for traditional and untraditional media outlets.  
● Deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Kind to oneself and others. 
● Second language skills (Spanish preferred, French and/or Portuguese also useful)   
● Experience using Cision and other media tracking platforms