Organization Summary
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL) is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate, and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities. We partner with other organizations and leaders to build a movement to win racial, gender, and economic justice. We identify the root causes of injustice and work to shift the balance of power between those who have it and those who don’t to improve the lives of our communities for present and future generations.
Position Summary
The Communications and Narrative Campaigner is a key member of the CTUL team, supporting the entire organization and its campaigns through narrative building, storytelling, and press-related work. This position works with CTUL’s base and staff to broadcast CTUL’s organizational and campaign narratives through press. The Communications and Narrative Campaigner also collaborates with communications staff at CTUL’s partner organizations to build narrative strategy and lead media relations in a way that advances racial, gender and economic justice in the Twin Cities.
Salary & Benefits
CTUL has a tiered salary range set by the Staff and Board based on the principles of economic justice and inclusion. This is a salaried position currently compensated at $56,843.66 per year with annual raises as outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This full-time position will normally work 40 hours per week, including some work on evenings and weekends. Benefits include: 3 weeks paid vacation, unlimited sick days, 5 recuperation days, 19 paid holidays, 90% employer-paid medical and dental insurance for you and your immediate family, 100% employer-paid vision, life and disability insurance, and an annual end of year bonus of 5% of your annual salary which can be used towards a retirement fund.
This position is represented for purposes of collective bargaining by Minnesota Newspaper & Communication Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37002.
Responsibilities (Essential duties & responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following)
Narrative building
Update and maintain the CTUL’s overall organizational narrative
Help develop and maintain winning narratives for each of our campaigns
Keep up with dominant narratives that impact our work, and develop strategies to shift those narratives with our own
Develop narrative for key strategic moments, such as campaign escalations or cases that come to public light that highlight systemic problems related to our campaigns
Work in coalition with allied organizations to align narrative strategies for maximum impact
Create compelling content to disseminate CTUL’s narrative, including e-mails, social media posts, one-pagers, briefs, etc
Earned media coordination
Build and maintain relationships with local and national reporters
Write press advisories, press releases, op-eds and coordinate press events
Pitch and negotiate exclusives and story ideas
Lead press outreach, engagement, and roundup for CTUL actions/events
Train and prepare worker members to speak publicly and to do interviews with the press
Identify strategic opportunities to bring worker voice and worker stories to the forefront in local and national news, while developing members’ skills in storytelling
Keep up with local and national news trends.
Qualifications
Being bilingual (Spanish/English) is required.
Experience developing and amplifying a mission-driven narrative
At least two years of experience with earned media and press relations, including writing press releases and coordinating press events
Previous experience in storytelling
Excellent writing skills and a high level of computer literacy
Knowledge and basic proficiency of digital media platforms including web email tools, Facebook Business suite, twitter, instagram, and social media managers
Experience with supporting working class communities of color in telling their stories publicly in a powerful way as leaders for social change
Proven relational skills to build rapport with workers, organizers, reporters, and allies
Highly organized, self-motivated, detail oriented, and able to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
Willingness to support in campaign actions and organization events, and to be involved in fundraising and the sustainability of the organization
Flexibility to attend events outside normal business hours that from time to time may include early mornings, evenings, or weekends