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Mission: Drew knows and believes in teenagers. We engage each student in a process of intellectual discovery to develop an individual voice, the confidence to express it, and the empathy to understand its impact.
Founded in 1908, Drew is an innovative, progressive, independent high school located in the heart of San Francisco. Drew’s experienced, dedicated, and passionate faculty and dynamic student body form the core of Drew’s supportive and engaging community. Drew aims to foster and develop each student’s individual voice, encouraging each student to engage in a process of intellectual discovery, personal growth, and empathic learning. Drew’s curriculum focuses on experiential learning, global awareness, local community involvement, citizenship, and support of individual talents and strengths.
Position Overview
Job Title: Communications Coordinator
The Communications Coordinator supports the Communications Department, primarily with writing, photography, videography, social media, design, and updating the website. The Coordinator reports to the Director of Communications. This is a full-time, 12-month, exempt position. Some evening and weekend work is required.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work in a fast-paced/independent high school setting, interact with a broad set of constituents, and be a part of a high-impact collaborative team.
Skills, Responsibilities and Qualifications
- A strategic, mission-driven individual with a strong understanding of branding, communication, and public relations.
- A dynamic storyteller and strong writer with the ability to fully embody and sustain a credible brand voice through outstanding communication and copy editing skills.
- Take photos and videos of daily classroom activities, and events, as well as some special events on evenings and weekends
- Update content on Drew website
- Create DrewNet pushpages, weekly parent newsletter (Drew Weekly), alumni newsletter
- Manage social media for the School; create a social media calendar and post all content on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
- Coordinate with Athletics and all other Drew sponsored social media accounts
- Manage all digital photographs and videos: download, name, categorize and file all in the Communications shared drive
- Assist the HOS office with presentations and speeches
- Liaise with outside photographers and videographers as well as any other outside vendors
- For the Communications, Admissions, Advancement Departments, the P/GA, and others produce posters, invitations, and assist in other design and communication needs
- Assist in design and creating content of the Yearbook
- Manage Drew stationery supplies, including tracking overall use and maintaining back ups.
- Strong interpersonal skills that can engage various stakeholders in the school community.
- A consummate team player who can move fluidly from the strategic to the executional and back.
- Ability to multitask, manage and prioritize competing demands
- Digitally savvy with a strong design aesthetic and a working knowledge of Canva, Illustrator, Blackbaud, FinalSite, social media platforms.
- Experience in independent schools is a plus.
- Experience in a public relations/communications agency is a plus.
Drew offers competitive compensation, including a generous benefits package that contains medical, dental, and vision insurance in addition to other coverages. Drew’s benefits package also includes a retirement plan with matching for those eligible.
Drew School is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to creating an identity-safe school, where all members of the community find opportunities for belonging and growth. The Drew School welcomes to its community those of any race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national and ethnic origin. Drew actively seeks to create a more diverse school community and as such, we encourage people of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and marginalized communities to apply.
