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    "description": "<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Communications Director</span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\"><br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">About KIWA</span><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\"><br></span><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">KIWA is a multiracial worker center, with roots in the Korean democracy movement and racial and economic justice movements of the U.S. We organize mostly Latino and Korean workers in the retail and restaurant industries. Founded in 1992, the mission of KIWA is to build the power of immigrant workers and residents to transform our workplaces and communities, in Koreatown and beyond. Worker organizing is central to our theory of change. Our methods are workplace and community organizing, leadership development, policy innovation, civic engagement, affordable housing development, housing justice advocacy, services, and narrative and cultural change.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Overview</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">As a member of KIWA’s Leadership Team, the Communications Director will develop and implement digital and traditional communications strategies for workplace and policy campaigns and for the organization. This includes strategic communications, campaign messaging, earned media, and narrative, graphic, and digital communications. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">The Communications Director will be a central thought partner in strategic planning and the development of our organization. This role will work closely with other KIWA staff and with local and statewide partners. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">As a full-time, exempt employee, the Communications Director will work standard business hours Monday-Friday, and may work weekends and/or early mornings or evenings as necessary. Occasional overnight travel is required. </span><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\"><br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Duties &amp; Responsibilities</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Lead KIWA’s organizational communications strategy, including earned media and digital communications.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Collaborate and provide thought partnership across senior leadership and staff to design and lead campaign communications.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Manage consultants and junior staff (when hired) for communications work.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Support staff and worker leaders through media training, preparation, talking points development, and production of templates and materials for external communications on policies or campaigns. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Develop effective, platform-specific digital strategies and identify new systems and platforms as appropriate. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Create, manage and execute a calendar of KIWA’s communications.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Cultivate, grow and steward relationships with earned media partners.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ensure strong standards for design, messaging clarity, and cultural relevance.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Lead in development of materials for donor communications.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Qualifications</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">6+ years of professional (e.g. full time, paid) communications experience, preferably in economic justice, labor, or community-based organizations.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, vendors, and relationships.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Superlative skills in narrative. Proven success in developing effective messaging and voice.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Proven ability to effectively manage and coach others–consultants, staff, and/or interns.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ability to build strong professional relationships and work effectively with diverse communities.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Experience developing and implementing communications strategies and detailed plans for organizations, campaigns, and programs, including traditional earned media.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Experience developing social media strategies including on Instagram and TikTok.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ability to be creative and responsive in a fast-paced environment.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ability to direct and assess design, photography, and video work produced by others.  </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Excellent writer with native-level fluency in English required; bilingual ability in Korean or Spanish a strong plus.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Driver’s license and car. </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Preferred Qualifications</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Proficiency in Spanish or Korean languages</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #242424; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Working proficiency in design software and basic video editing.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Additional Information</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Status: </span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Full time, regular, at-will, exempt, in person</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Salary Information</span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">: $100,000 - $120,000 annual </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Work Schedule: </span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">40 hours/week. 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