Advocacy Communications Manager

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Advocacy Communications Manager. This position can be remote/home-based.

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Responsible for:

• →Developing and implementing strategies to promote the Association’s federal, state, and community advocacy agenda on the national Advocacy X account @AmHeartAdvocacy.
• →Leveraging Heart Association accounts on X and other social media channels to communicate advocacy priorities in new and creative ways.
• →Contributing to the drafting, design, and/or distribution of various Advocacy Communications products, including social media graphics, videos, newsletters, fact sheets, and media materials.
• →Tracking, distributing, and reporting daily media coverage of the Heart Association’s advocacy agenda; leading media release distribution and building lists of policy and politics reporters via Meltwater; and posting Advocacy Communications materials in the Heart Association’s online newsroom.
• →Collecting and distributing daily reports of media coverage of advocacy issues on the Meltwater platform; tracking the volume of media coverage and trends; and distributing advocacy news releases.
• →Serving as the Advocacy Communications team’s lead contact with the Office of the CEO for advocacy content in the weekly News from the Heart newsletter; drafting content for the Communications Weekly staff newsletter and other organizational communications.
• →Assisting with the planning and execution of monthly Advocacy all-staff calls.
• →Assisting with content management for advocacy pages on heart.org and internal document management platforms, including SharePoint and other advocacy content sources.
• →Leading social media and digital marketing efforts for federal grassroots fly-ins; assisting with planning and logistics for press events, volunteer congressional visits, congressional briefings, and special Capitol Hill events, as needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Three (3) years of the following experience:
  • Deep knowledge of social and digital media, as well as familiarity with traditional media.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Experience with digital content management systems such as Sprinklr.
  • Experience serving on integrated staff teams.

• Knowledge of health policy issues.
• Familiarity with federal and state legislative processes.
• Prior experience working with or in a non-profit organization.

In accordance with local and state laws where applicable, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

EOE/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities