Colorado Nonprofit Association

Communications Manager

Mountain Area Land Trust seeks a part-time creative, passionate, and thoughtful Communications Manager to plan and execute the organization’s annual public gala and provide marketing and outreach support across all program areas.

Reports to: Executive Director
Hours: 24 hours/week, T, W, Th

Primary Duties:

Event Planning & Management

• Serve as the lead planner and organizer of Mountain Area Land Trust’s (MALT) annual gala, A Night Of Magic In The Meadow, supporting the Executive Director and Director of Philanthropy to meet budgetary goals. Duties include:
• Secure event location and all required permits.
• Work with Event Planner to contract all vendors and event logistics.
• Create, design, and order save the date information.
• Create, design, and order event invitation.
• Solicit and secure silent and live auction items, in collaboration with MALT’s Development & Marketing Committee.
• Support the Director of Philanthropy in securing business sponsors.
• Set up online event portal.
• Management of the auction and guest communications via event portal.
• Assign duties and manage volunteers/staff; provide training.
• Create program, script, recognition slides, awards, event signage, and mission moment video.
• Maintain active accountability toward event budget expectations. Track and report on budget.
• Serve as primary point-of-contact during event set-up, tear-down, and day of operations.

Education & Outreach

• Manage each aspect of MALT’s marketing and advertising, including:
• Research and recommend education and outreach opportunities that reach key audiences along the mountain Front Range.
• Create and design promotional materials; implement promotional strategies.
• Support education and outreach efforts at Sacramento Creek Ranch (environmental education hub in Fairplay, CO).
• Interact with Board members and Donors; provide support for Board meetings and managing documents, proxies, etc.
• Provide support on various fundraising initiatives, campaigns, and strategies.
• Manage and grow stakeholder contact lists.
• Write content for marketing and communications initiatives.
• Recommend strategies for enhancing donor communication.
• Create and distribute eblasts and e-newsletters.
• Create and design signage for trails and kiosks, branded giveaways, and promotional items.
• Create content and manage website, savetheland.org.
• Manage MALT’s online fundraising platform, coloradogives.org/MALT.
• Maintain, update, and create engaging content to grow MALT’s social media platforms.
• Add MALT events to community calendars.
• Build relationships with media and share news and events with media outlets.
• Collaborate with staff members on scheduling, executing, and attending events.
• Represent MALT at community meetings and gatherings.
• Manage Board of Directors communications, documents, and administrative items.
• Coordinate and manage office volunteers.