Events and Marketing Coordinator

Date Posted	January 09, 2025
Industry	Digital Media
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$50,000 to $55,000

Description:

Opportunity: 

The
Connecticut Mirror (www.CTMirror.org) is a nonprofit, non-partisan local online journalism success story with
huge momentum and ambitious growth goals. Founded in 2009, CT Mirror covers
public policy, government, and politics in Connecticut. Our 26-person
full-time staff includes 21 journalists and five business team members.

We have an
immediate opening for an Events and Marketing Coordinator who will support our
events strategy and marketing activities. The focus of the position will
be executing all aspects of CT Mirror events, including live journalism and
donor events, promoting CT Mirror to drive event attendance and engage new
readers, performing all administrative tasks related to paid advertising that
runs on CT Mirror, and other miscellaneous operational administrative tasks.

This
full-time position reports to the Director of Revenue and is based in our
Hartford, CT. newsroom. The selected candidate will be in the office at least
three days a week. It is the ideal position for an early career candidate
interested in working on the business side of journalism.

Job Responsibilities:

Events:

• Research event venues, caterers
  and other vendors.

• Maintain event calendar.

• Oversee guest services.

• Create versions of graphics/house
  ads for event promotion.

• Promote events (email
  invitations, house and newsletter ads, social media, on-site “calls to
  action,” and off-site digital advertising).

• Manage partner publicity (e.g., a
  library notifying its email subscribers and social followers).

• Coordinate technology (e.g., work
  with livestream vendor, upload final recording onto site).

• Add registrations to mail
  system/database.

• Manage “day of” event activities.

• Track and facilitate sponsorship
  activation.

·      
Support periodic board
and staff events.

Marketing:

• Post ads to social media
  platforms.

• Generate advertising purchase
  orders.

• Create versions of ads for
  distribution to social media platforms, publishers, and ad networks.

·      
Track marketing spending
and advertising performance data.

Advertising on CT Mirror:

• Generate advertising insertion
  orders and invoices.

• Upload advertising into our ad
  server system.

·      
Generate metrics reports
for advertising clients.

Other Administrative Functions:

• Answer the phone.

• Manage employee expense
  reimbursement process (cross-checking that we have proper receipts).

• Manage swag distribution.

·      
Scheduling for Publisher
and Director of Revenue.

Required Qualities:

• Strong writing and project
  management skills.

• Strong interest in journalism.

• Willingness to learn, a burning
  curiosity, an instinct to innovate, and a hunger to work in a fast-paced
  environment.

• Natural collaborator and
  tenacious self-starter.

·      
The confidence to ask
for advice when needed.

Our Commitment to You:

• Annual salary of $50,000 to
  $55,000 based on experience and skills.

• Medical and dental benefits,
  generous paid-time-off policy and a 403(b) deferred retirement savings
  plan and company match.

• Transparent internal review and
  feedback process and merit-based salary increases.

• You’ll work hard because we’re
  serious about our mission, but you’ll laugh plenty along the way!

·      
We embrace the American
Press Institute’s Guiding Principles for
Nonprofit Newsrooms.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

CT Mirror is
committed to building an inclusive organization that represents the people and
communities we serve. We do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national
origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military
status in any of our hiring, procurement, volunteer recruitment, or other
activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and
welcoming environment for all members of our staff, board, volunteers,
subcontractors, vendors, and readers.

Apply Today!

Do you think
you have some of this experience and aptitude, but not all of it? We encourage
you to apply! We are open to a range of different backgrounds and options for
this role.

Please apply by Friday, February 7, using this form. https://airtable.com/appmPgbUU6FJ7IgXB/shraJH12DgtCZ7YkN 

You will need to include a resume and a cover letter
that describes your interest in this role. Questions? Contact Robert DiGioia,
Director of Revenue, via email at [email protected]. No phone calls please.

Apply

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