Senior Communications Associate

Luminary Labs seeks a digital-savvy communications specialist to support public-facing initiatives, including open innovation programs and accelerators, on behalf of our Fortune 500, government, and nonprofit clients. This is a unique opportunity to help our clients communicate complex problems, learn directly from senior leadership, and grow within a consulting firm as an in-house communications and marketing expert.

About You
You’re an action-oriented marketer who is motivated by the win. You have experience in strategic communications and marketing, either as part of an in-house team or in an agency or consulting environment. You get excited about rallying around a common goal, engaging audiences and communities, crafting high-impact messaging, exploring new technologies and media, and working with a team to form and deploy an effective communications strategy. You love driving impact through a well-run campaign. With a strong grasp of digital platforms, you look forward to checking your web and social analytics, and get excited about optimizing and iterating to achieve outcomes. You care about the impact your work has on the world and have been looking for a career path that is both high-performance and high-impact.

Role and Responsibilities

Marketing: collaborate with a team to define audiences, set goals, and develop strategies. Identify opportunities to promote and amplify our work, and execute campaigns across channels. Keep a finger on the pulse of modern marketing and communications, and share best practices with the team.

Analytics: track campaign progress toward defined goals; articulate actionable, data-informed insights and offer recommendations to adjust strategy and tactics.

Audience development: build networks and engagement; research people and organizations, and conduct multichannel outreach; monitor media coverage and pitch stories to relevant reporters.

Research, writing, and editing: quickly ramp up on new topics, filter signals from noise; lead drafting compelling communications materials, including blog posts, press releases, email newsletters, and social media posts; edit your own work and peers’ for clarity and consistency.

Content strategy and production: create thoughtful content plans and materials, balancing audience needs with project or business goals; adapt messages for different contexts and develop content for different channels and formats.

Desired Skills and Experience

4–6+ years work experience in tech-savvy marketing, communications, or business development, including 2–3 years in an agency, consultancy, startup, or with corporate clients.

Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale integrated communications programs; managing social media campaigns, direct marketing, community outreach, and press outreach.

Familiarity with Google Analytics and social media analytics.

Experience researching and identifying influencers and press/event opportunities.

Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.

Superb writing skills; experience developing multichannel content to activate audiences.

Excellent verbal skills and high EQ; adept at translating communications strategy to internal and client teams.

Ability to learn new platforms and tools quickly; experience with Mailchimp and WordPress a plus.

Familiarity with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and/or other LLMs, and sound judgement on using AI tools in a client services environment.

Strong record as a high performer in academic, volunteer, or work activities, with noted leadership accomplishments.

High adaptability to new organizational cultures; agile, realistic, and practical in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits
The total compensation package for this role includes a base salary in the range of $95,000 to $115,000 plus a discretionary annual performance bonus. The starting salary is at the lower bound of the range, depending on the individual's relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. No recruiting agencies please.

For employment at Luminary Labs, you must be fully vaccinated (including booster) for COVID-19 to ensure compliance with enhanced health and safety protocols.

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