HELLO! NICE TO MEET YOU

We’re a community-driven Communications agency for changemakers, powered by social justice. We’re a small, mighty, diverse and fully remote team that believes we can use our communications expertise to make a difference in our communities. Although this is a remote position, for this role, we’re looking to build our team in Atlanta and Chicago only.

COMPENSATION & CULTURE

Salary for all strategist-level positions is $73,000
We offer these outrageously awesome benefits (https://gomixte.com/about-us/careers/), a four-day work week and a paid winter break between Dec 25 and New Years.

A LITTLE ABOUT US

Mixte is committed to building teams where people of all identities and backgrounds are welcome, included and respected (see our employee video). We encourage candidates to apply who are from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as folks who are from, or who have experience working, in social justice communities.
Our core values drive everything we do – from the clients we work with to the way we operate as a team. We don’t advertise on Meta platforms, as it actively goes against our values, and we partner with organizations to offer paid job training to the communities that they serve.
We support every employee through professional development courses mapped to a customized 23-step proprietary program at Mixte.

A LITTLE ABOUT YOU

You love to read. No, like, you really love it – especially writing that moves hearts and minds around social justice issues. You have favorite words you’re not afraid to use for calling out social justice issues like racism, homophobia, transphobia and more.
You’re looking to put your significant experience to work in creating lasting change, rather than using it to climb a corporate ladder.
You are inspired by the idea of being a part of a small and nimble team where everyone has the opportunity to collaborate and surface ideas without the bureaucracy of larger companies.
You have high levels of emotional intelligence and love building long-term relationships.
Your experience working for other employers – both the good and the bad – has allowed you to crystallize exactly what you’re looking for in your next position, and you won’t sacrifice that vision for any job.
You’re excited by – and have tremendous experience in – a 100% remote working environment. You appreciate the perks of working from home and you know how to produce stellar results virtually.

YOUR ROLE

As an Advocacy Writer at Mixte, you understand how the power of the language, messaging and the words underscores everything we do at Mixte. You approach content development, whether short or long form, with a creative and social justice-focused mindset to open up new opportunities for our clients through their earned, organic or paid channels. This role will report to one of the Directors of Communications, while partnering and collaborating daily with our Project Manager and Strategists.

LEADERSHIP

Operate with an expert degree of autonomy and reliability across all your teammates and projects as it relates to project timelines, meeting deadlines and communication on progress
Confidence to guide clients toward what you know to be the best approach to advocacy writing, while still making them feel heard
Use your emotional intelligence to foresee and respond to client concerns before they materialize into something bigger
Find technological solutions to day-to-day challenges so we can work smarter, not harder

TEAMWORK

Collaborate with other strategists to understand how various other communications initiatives and strategies correlate and overlap and ensure all are working together smoothly and efficiently toward big-picture company and client goals
Initiate conversations, brainstorms, research to unearth key inspiration to drive advocacy-focused media relations and writing

CREATIVE WORK

Understand 23-point Mixte Manual and how all of the things Mixte does as a company interact with your strategic role as Advocacy Writer
Using the Momentum Model (Mixte’s framework for social justice communications) that center advocacy-driven and community-based language, messaging and content strategy, spearhead the creation of strategic plans, lead presentations and trainings
Implement writing tactics as outlined in your plans, including but not limited to:
Media releases, alerts and op-eds
Communications assessments and reports
Executive-level speeches and talking points
Messaging frameworks
Website copy, blog posts and articles
Email and newsletter copywriting and editing
Program descriptions, flyers, video and photo captions
Social media and digital marketing content
Coordinate with other strategists on the team to work on layout and ad placement
Create and help facilitate virtual workshops such as messaging trainings or listening sessions
Push the creative envelope for your work as an outside-the-box catalyst for social change while ensuring it meets Mixte’s standard for quality of work

BUSINESS GROWTH

Cultivate and earn new business for the company. Each strategist has specific revenue goals for the department as well as outreach goals for each team member to achieve.
Draft new business proposals and materials

REQUIREMENTS

Don’t meet every requirement? No problem. Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they do, so we encourage you to apply anyway.

Located in the Atlanta or Chicago metropolitan areas (100% required)
At least 5-7 years of experience in values-based or cause-driven writing
Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including social media and speech writing
Exceptional communication and public speaking skills
Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple content production projects and deadlines at once
Outstanding leadership, program management and organizational skills
Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Experience in Asana, Slack and Google Workspace preferred
Multilingual, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Vietnamese preferred

READY TO APPLY?

Please send your resume to gladys@gomixte(dot)com with the subject line: “Your Next Advocacy Writer,” and tell us, in a few sentences, why you’re the one for this job. Be specific. Be creative. Be you. If you have a portfolio, you’re welcome to share that as well.

No phone calls, please. We will begin reviewing applications immediately, and will keep our search open until we find the right candidate.

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