Do you have a track record of implementing innovative solutions?
Do you identify as an entrepreneur?
Are you looking for an opportunity to catalyze big change in the world?
Would you like to imagine and realize the full potential of a successful social initiative?
With Ashoka, Changemakers is building a global movement of Everyone a Changemaker. For this movement to succeed, we need a robust and sustainable global effort that will communicate our vision and inspire individuals to take action. We are looking for a senior-level new media relationship strategist to lead this.
In this role, you will position Changemakers as a preeminent provider of thought leadership in social innovation and will build trusted relationships with media mavens that will influence and inspire their audiences.
You will need to be able to balance high-level strategic thinking and planning with detailed oversight of new media production and distribution to publishing partners and enthusiast communities. The position is based in Ashoka's global office in Washington, D.C.
This role puts you on the front lines of movement building in social innovation. In it, you will:
o Cultivate new media relationships with a global network of partners and communities, providing them value through content that inspires their readers to care and take action as social change agents.
o Provide vision, mentorship and tools to the next generation of new media journalists, inspiring them to communicate and share an empowering message of change.
RESPONSIBILITIES
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Ashoka has a rigorous screening process for hiring new staff. In addition to qualifications for the role outlined, Ashoka also seeks people who reflect our culture and values. As such, we seek candidates who are entrepreneurial, collegial, have a proven commitment to innovation and possess the strongest ethical fiber. For a full description of Ashoka's criteria in evaluating staff, please visit our website.
In addition to these general criteria, the ideal candidate must have:
TO APPLY
If this sounds like you, apply at www.ashoka.org/apply and list ‘Changemakers Senior Manager, New Media Relationships' in the ‘Openings of Interest' section of the online application. This position is based in Arlington, VA - just outside Washington DC. Only those offered an interview will be contacted.
**In addition to uploading your resume, please upload a word document in the same section that includes your Twitter handle and links to any sites demonstrating your experience in new media creation and distribution.
ABOUT ASHOKA AND CHANGEMAKERS
Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs-men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Over a 30 year span, we have elected and funded over 2,800 leading social entrepreneurs in more than 70 countries. Rather than building one school or clinic in one community, Ashoka Fellows work at the systemic level, transforming the way children learn or creating new healthcare delivery systems. Ashoka then distills action-principles that cut across the work of these social entrepreneurs and creates frameworks for collaborative entrepreneurship to author global change. These sector-tipping principles gained through our innovative collaborative architecture, along with the role modeling and recruitment of other innovators by Ashoka Fellows, represent Ashoka's core strategy for realizing its vision of Everyone a ChangemakerTM.
Ashoka Changemakers is an online platform that assembles the entire ecosystem of change -- (innovators, investors, enthusiasts and end-users) to find solutions to specific problems framed by investors looking to open source a problem to a community that is likely to have the answers. By leveraging the knowledge in Ashoka's network of innovators, Changemakers helps its clients identify and frame the right questions to solve any social challenge, and invites innovators to respond to the challenge through open, friendly "collaborative competitions". In doing so, it forms surprising connections and unexpected partnerships across the globe that turn the old "top down" ways of problem-solving upside down. Anyone with an idea can get it refined and spread through Changemakers. To learn more about our impact, please visit our website.
Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from candidates regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion.
SOURCE: PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL 09/21/11
Do you identify as an entrepreneur?
Are you looking for an opportunity to catalyze big change in the world?
Would you like to imagine and realize the full potential of a successful social initiative?
With Ashoka, Changemakers is building a global movement of Everyone a Changemaker. For this movement to succeed, we need a robust and sustainable global effort that will communicate our vision and inspire individuals to take action. We are looking for a senior-level new media relationship strategist to lead this.
In this role, you will position Changemakers as a preeminent provider of thought leadership in social innovation and will build trusted relationships with media mavens that will influence and inspire their audiences.
You will need to be able to balance high-level strategic thinking and planning with detailed oversight of new media production and distribution to publishing partners and enthusiast communities. The position is based in Ashoka's global office in Washington, D.C.
This role puts you on the front lines of movement building in social innovation. In it, you will:
o Cultivate new media relationships with a global network of partners and communities, providing them value through content that inspires their readers to care and take action as social change agents.
o Provide vision, mentorship and tools to the next generation of new media journalists, inspiring them to communicate and share an empowering message of change.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop an integrated approach to developing and growing new media relationships that profile Changemakers innovators and key relationships
- Conceptualize and manage development and execution of new media strategies to promote Changemakers' global collaborative competitions and media campaigns
- Oversee a prestigious program for social innovation journalists across English, Spanish, Portuguese and French language markets
- Research, design and implement an enthusiast, thought leader and innovator conversion strategy that takes people from awareness to action on the Changemakers platform
- Manage a team to ensure timely and quality delivery against plan
- Analyze readership on Changemakers' platforms and across partnership network
- Provide oversight for translation of Changemakers' editorial content
- Stay current with industry trends to maintain Changemakers' position as a fresh and innovative media channel in social enterprise, innovation and global development
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Ashoka has a rigorous screening process for hiring new staff. In addition to qualifications for the role outlined, Ashoka also seeks people who reflect our culture and values. As such, we seek candidates who are entrepreneurial, collegial, have a proven commitment to innovation and possess the strongest ethical fiber. For a full description of Ashoka's criteria in evaluating staff, please visit our website.
In addition to these general criteria, the ideal candidate must have:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in online media; experience in digital media and/or digital content syndication industry specifically is a plus.
- Systems and strategic thinker and creative problem solver who identifies needs, suggests solutions and manages execution
- Demonstrated early adopter and leader in new media channels and tools
- Exceptional writing and editing skills
- Attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Strong understanding of new media strategies, content delivery tools, conversion tactics and SEO best practices
- Experience with HTML, InDesign and video and familiarity with AP style are all a plus.
- Fluency in English. Proficiency in Spanish, French or Portuguese will be considered an asset.
TO APPLY
If this sounds like you, apply at www.ashoka.org/apply and list ‘Changemakers Senior Manager, New Media Relationships' in the ‘Openings of Interest' section of the online application. This position is based in Arlington, VA - just outside Washington DC. Only those offered an interview will be contacted.
**In addition to uploading your resume, please upload a word document in the same section that includes your Twitter handle and links to any sites demonstrating your experience in new media creation and distribution.
ABOUT ASHOKA AND CHANGEMAKERS
Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs-men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Over a 30 year span, we have elected and funded over 2,800 leading social entrepreneurs in more than 70 countries. Rather than building one school or clinic in one community, Ashoka Fellows work at the systemic level, transforming the way children learn or creating new healthcare delivery systems. Ashoka then distills action-principles that cut across the work of these social entrepreneurs and creates frameworks for collaborative entrepreneurship to author global change. These sector-tipping principles gained through our innovative collaborative architecture, along with the role modeling and recruitment of other innovators by Ashoka Fellows, represent Ashoka's core strategy for realizing its vision of Everyone a ChangemakerTM.
Ashoka Changemakers is an online platform that assembles the entire ecosystem of change -- (innovators, investors, enthusiasts and end-users) to find solutions to specific problems framed by investors looking to open source a problem to a community that is likely to have the answers. By leveraging the knowledge in Ashoka's network of innovators, Changemakers helps its clients identify and frame the right questions to solve any social challenge, and invites innovators to respond to the challenge through open, friendly "collaborative competitions". In doing so, it forms surprising connections and unexpected partnerships across the globe that turn the old "top down" ways of problem-solving upside down. Anyone with an idea can get it refined and spread through Changemakers. To learn more about our impact, please visit our website.
Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from candidates regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion.
SOURCE: PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL 09/21/11
