Careers at REACH
Fully remote since the beginning, the REACH Strategies team places a high value on creating a diverse and supportive work environment in which team members feel empowered to pursue their passions on the job and in all aspects of their lives. At the same time, REACH team members strive to exceed client expectations, and as a boutique firm, we are always on the lookout for industrious team members eager to collaborate to create exceptional work.
Even when REACH Strategies is not explicitly hiring we encourage you to share your resume and cover letter with us at connect@reach-strategies.org for consideration.
REACH Strategies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- Passionate about change?
- Eager to see results?
- Want to be part of the cause that changes the world for the better?
- Are you organized and driven?
- Are you able to learn and adapt to new challenges?
- Are you a good communicator?
- Are you able to depict someone else’s vision clearly like it was your own?
- Read what our CEO, Kirk Brown, has to say about applying to REACH.
No current open positions. Please check back with us at a later time.
Current Open Positions
Communications Program Strategist (Remote)
Two Positions – California & St. Louis, MO Areas
- Job Title: Communications Program Strategist
- Job Type: Regular Full Time
- Location: California or St. Louis, MO areas
- Compensation: DOE
Summary of Position
As the Communications Program Strategist you will contribute to and manage strategic communications and outreach using social media, digital platforms, and a range of educational materials that you help create. This is a wide-ranging role well-suited for a self-starter who likes to do a variety of content-rich, engaging work. The candidate should possess creative drive and be able to articulate and document ideas to internal teams as well as external partners and stakeholders.
The candidate should have experience managing communications campaigns, events, and ongoing initiatives and bring a sound understanding of campaign & engagement principles and associated measurement metrics. This position requires occasional travel and may require work outside of the traditional work day/week.
Responsibilities
This is an important role in a growing organization and the ideal candidate will be responsible for defining how it is developed further:
- Develop, contribute to, and execute ongoing campaigns to grow electric vehicle adoption
- Provide strong leadership for team members to help develop their knowledge and understanding of communications campaigns
- Manage multiple digital media platforms
- Plan and deliver targeted communications campaigns using an appropriate suite of marketing tools
- Partner with colleagues to keep internal communications lines open
- Liaise with and manage design, print teams, and suppliers
- Conduct baseline and benchmark research
- Evaluate outreach programs to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of service
- Plan and execute a variety of promotional events
- Manage and develop external relationships
- Travel 25%-30%
Essential Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 – 5 years of communications agency experience
- Experience and/or interest in event planning
- Interest in promoting clean vehicles and sustainable economic development nationally
- Understanding of digital/social marketing and engagement marketing principles and social platforms
- Ability to anticipate needs/issues and to execute sound decision making
- Understanding of user-centered design principles and the ability to apply them to communications campaigns
- Self-motivated with excellent planning and organizational skills
- Proven ability to handle a fast paced environment and rapidly changing priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication and written skills
- Presentation and public speaking skills
- Team player, willing to help others grow
- Proficiency with cloud-based collaboration tools
- Understanding of best practices for working remotely with a distributed team
- Demonstrated PR skills are a plus
- Physical requirements: ability to lift up to 50#, bend, kneel, and stand on your feet for 12+ hours/day during events
- Must have a valid driver’s license and a reliable personal vehicle
- Ability to perform well in a virtual office and be highly productive while working in a remote setting
- Demonstrated capacity for critical, independent, and creative thinking and strategy
- Must write, develop, edit, and publish content and copy for a variety of digital platforms, including websites, blogs, videos, email marketing campaigns, advertising campaigns, social media posts, infographics, whitepapers, and more
- A background check will be completed at time of job offer
Compensation and Location:
REACH Strategies offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience. This is a remote, work-from-home position; successful candidates will be located in California or the St Louis MO area. Some travel will be required for program needs with consideration for public health and safety guidelines and protocols.
To Apply:
Please send your resume, a cover letter, and two writing samples to connect@reach-strategies.org with “Application: Communications Program Strategist” in the subject line.
OR fill out our Contact form, select “interested in working for REACH” option
OR apply on Linkedin via the links below:
State Program and Events Manager: Minnesota or Massachusetts (Remote)
Two Positions – Minnesota & Massachusetts Metro Areas
- Job Title: State Program and Events Manager
- Job Type: Regular Full Time
- Location: Minnesota or Massachusetts metro areas
- Compensation: DOE
Overview:
REACH Strategies is offering a great opportunity to join a growing agency operating in the progressive social change space. We are looking for a State Program and Events Manager based in Minnesota or Massachusetts with a demonstrated agency/client management background that can grow with our team and lead campaigns in their state.
Our focus areas include sustainability initiatives with a particular emphasis on renewable energy and electric vehicles. We provide an excellent work environment and a strong emphasis on personal development and learning. You will work remotely from an agreed-upon location.
REACH Strategies helps the world’s leading companies, foundations, government agencies and non-profit organizations reach their social change goals by developing data-driven communications, campaign, and strategic plans. We then help our partners execute those plans, conceiving and implementing tightly-linked outreach and engagement strategies designed to win in today’s world. We work across four mutually-reinforcing arenas:
Strategic Services
We deploy a range of data-driven approaches to set outreach strategies that will help our partners reach their goals. We work with established and emerging major foundations, individual philanthropists, government agencies, and non-profits to develop a wide range of communications, campaign, organizational development, and business plans.
Engagement Services
Our experience design team develops engagement campaigns that create deep, life-changing and affirming user experiences. We help people gain first hand experience with the diverse, equitable and sustainable world we are helping foster with our work.
Campaign Services
From deep strategy work on leveraging the right mix of outreach tools to basic blocking and tackling to ensure that the most important work is completed, our campaign team ensures that our partners make steady progress towards their goals. We deploy a suite of custom-designed project management and monitoring tools to mark progress and support course corrections.
Data Services
To scaffold our event support, we design and deliver data-rich results. This data is a result of custom design, analysis, and reporting for partners to strengthen proof points and keep an eye on industry trends. We produce reports for each event that capture success metrics, identify areas of improvement, and inform future event and communication approaches.
Summary of Position
As the State Program and Events Manager you will focus efforts on the Recharge America program, REACH’s non-profit partner. Recharge America helps states, municipalities, businesses, educational institutions, and other organizations capture the economic benefits of electrification by working within their respective communities to increase EV adoption and catalyze investment in charging infrastructure. We do so with a focus on equity, environmental justice, and collaboration. Recharge America delivers on its commitments by engaging communities, states, and businesses through educational programming and leadership recognition programs. You will contribute to and manage strategic communications and outreach using social media, digital platforms, and a range of educational materials that you help create, and also plan and carry through community-based events. This is a wide-ranging role well-suited for a self-starter who likes to do a variety of content-rich, engaging work.
The candidate should possess creative drive and be able to articulate and document ideas to internal teams as well as external partners and stakeholders. The candidate should have experience developing and managing communications campaigns, events, and ongoing initiatives and bring a sound understanding of campaign & engagement principles and associated measurement metrics. This position requires occasional travel and may require work outside of the traditional workday/week.
Responsibilities
The State Program and Events Manager is responsible for leading and managing Recharge America activities and events within their state. It is an important role in a growing organization and the ideal candidate will be responsible for defining how it is developed further:
Program Participant Management
- Recruit program participants for your respective state.
- In collaboration with the team, design and implement communications and outreach strategies for current and future participants.
- Maintain detailed databases and supporting files on programs, including tracking files and key documents and project and program metrics.
- Lead team in participant updates at weekly meetings and partner meetings.
Event Planning and Execution
- Help design and execute regional events.
- Assist in developing and tracking event budgets.
- Be proactive in fundraising for events.
- Design engaging relevant event experiences that resonate with attending audiences and achieve key stakeholder objectives for internal and external audiences, including new and existing partners.
- Provide comprehensive support to manage multiple relationships with project partners (internal and external). This includes, but is not limited to, setting meeting agendas, facilitating meetings, following up, and following through after meetings.
- Lead planning meetings and collaborate with partners to drive timelines for events.
- Command complex event logistics, including, but not limited to sourcing and managing speakers, vendors, and creating dynamic production schedules.
- Develop success measures and evaluate all major events against objectives, recommending areas for improvement.
- Estimated travel: 25 – 30%
Relationship Management
- Foster and nurture relationships with partners, stakeholders, and vendors.
- Serve as a liaison between the organization and its partners and stakeholders.
- Serve as a point of contact for participant and planning committee relationships.
Communications
- Write and edit communication materials such as communications kits, participant newsletters, event promotional pieces.
- Provide timely content on websites, social media, newsletters, and other materials.
National Program Support
- Participate in and support national program activities as needed.
- Provide generative support for developing a growing vision of our program vision, goals, and impact.
- Demonstrate responsiveness to rapidly changing circumstances.
Essential Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of program agency and event planning experience
- Interest in promoting electric vehicles and sustainable economic development nationally
- Understanding of digital/social marketing and engagement marketing principles and social platforms
- Ability to anticipate needs/issues and to execute sound decision making
- Understanding of user-centered design principles and the ability to apply them to communications campaigns
- Self-motivated with excellent planning and organizational skills
- Proven ability to handle a fast-paced environment and manage rapidly changing client-based priorities
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication and written skills
- Presentation and public speaking skills
- Strategic thinker, creative, and innovative
- Team player, willing to help others grow
- Proficiency with cloud-based collaboration tools such as Google Suite, Zoho and Asana
- Understanding of best practices for working remotely with a distributed team
- Demonstrated public relations skills
- Comply with health and safety vaccination protocols as required by our clients
- Physical requirements: ability to lift up to 50#, bend, kneel, and stand on your feet for 12+ hours/day during events
- Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable personal vehicle Ability to perform well in a virtual office and be highly productive while working in a remote setting
- A background check will be completed at time of job offer
Compensation and Location:
REACH Strategies offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience. This is a remote, work-from-home position. Successful candidates will be located in the Minnesota or Massachusetts metro areas. Some travel will be required for program needs with consideration for public health and safety guidelines and protocols.
To Apply:
Please send your resume, a cover letter, and two writing samples to connect@reach-strategies.org with “Application: State Program and Events Manager” in the subject line.
OR fill out our Contact form, select “interested in working for REACH” option
OR apply on Linkedin via the links below:
