Communications Manager @ Hack Club

Hack Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports high school coders in starting coding clubs, hackathons, and building awesome projects. Founded in 2014, Hack Club's mission is to support, inspire and motivate teenagers from all backgrounds to become highly technical, and use their computer skills to solve problems.

Hack Club is a fun, quickly-growing start-up, run by a small team of highly-creative engineers, building programs every day for thousands of teenagers from around the world. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BID8_pGuqA to learn more about Hack Club, and to see the sort of projects you would be supporting. Our existing donors include many high-profile, Silicon Valley tech founders who have given initial gifts.

We are looking for a lead to focus on communications.

This person should be a strong and persuasive writer, be diligent and detail-oriented with an exemplary work ethic. This person's main goal will be to make sure every teenager who would want to know about Hack Club knows about Hack Club, and create comms that meet teens where they're at.

The ideal candidate will be a creative communicator, up-to-date on presentation, video and design software, with organizational skills to tell Hack Club's story to the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Design Hack Club's story and brand, and strategize on how to tell it to the world through different media, including video, social media, and print 
• Collaborate with video and design teams to build cool comms 
• Respond to communication-related issues in a timely manner
• Coach and assist Hack Clubbers to be able to speak about their Hack Club experiences and grow their communication skills
• Create informative and interesting newsletters for Hack Clubbers
• Do some outreach to mainstream media, especially during breaking news

Basic Qualifications:

• Exceptional communication abilities, including writing, speaking, and active listening
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Great project management skills, including time management, goal-setting, multitasking and prioritization
• Can demonstrate with examples having created media/messaging that's generated a huge following
• Has done stuff that's gone viral
• Has led brand/marketing campaigns for organizations
• Has published writing/video/media that's been popular 
• Leadership abilities, including training and mentorship
• You are technical or you can demonstrate a basic understanding of technical terminology
• You are older than 18, and can create media for teenagers 
• Technical aptitude, or energy to learn quickly, including enough knowledge of design software, online communities like Slack, coding programs, and Notion to work with the team

We have a strong preference for someone in-person in Vermont, but we will consider applications from people who want to work remotely, provided they are willing to travel to our offices. Relocation assistance is available. We have COVID protocols and take them seriously.

How to Apply: Email jobs@hackclub.com with "papyrus" in the subject line, 3 bullet points demonstrating why you would be exceptional for the role, and your resume.