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Posted: 24-Dec-21
Location: Mountain View, California
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Communications/PR
Communications & Events Manager
Job Description
Khan Lab School (KLS), an independent K-12 school in the San Francisco Bay Area, seeks a full-time Communications & Events Manager who will be responsible for planning, implementing, managing and monitoring the Khan Lab School’s communications and events. The successful candidate will establish processes and methodologies to making appropriate use of all of the School’s resources and partnerships, and will be comfortable working in a growth environment. We are looking for someone who can come in and hit the ground running and establish processes and methodology based on their own experience.
As a member of the school’s administrative team, you will contribute to refining how we can best empower young people to take control over their own learning. Ideally, you will be familiar with Khan Academy and Sal Khan’s book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.
WHO WE ARE
About Khan Lab School
Khan Lab School is a mastery-based school founded by Salman Khan in 2014 to extend Khan Academy’s student-centered philosophy into a physical school environment. The school has two campuses, a lower school program in Palo Alto, CA and a high school program in Mountain View, CA. Furthering his vision for Khan Academy, Khan wrote and published The One World Schoolhouse, in which he argues for mastery-based, blended, and mixed-age learning coupled with a departure from traditional letter grades. Today the KLS community is bringing that vision to life and also sharing knowledge within education more broadly.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Responsibilities
The Communications and Events Manager will work closely with the Creative Director to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy and communication plan in line with the School’s vision and values, and to deliver on it through internal and external communications, including weekly newsletters. They will also work closely with school staff and our family association to support school events that will include events such as middle and high school graduation, Back-to-School Night and Open Houses. They will report to the Creative Director and will work closely with admissions, advancement and college guidance.
- Plan and execute programs that enhance the visibility and public perception of KLS.
- Collaborate with Admissions, Marketing, and the Family Association to support school events.
- Manage the creation, management and maintenance of social media, website content, and weekly newsletters.
- Manage photo and video assets.
- Establish protocol for school swag needs and design and coordinate with admissions, advancement, administration as needed
- Be the keeper of the school visual branding guidelines to ensure consistency on all school communication pieces and channels
- Support the yearbook and high student involvement in school media.
- Photograph on-and off-site events; maintain the archival photo library.
- Review production of all school publications, including the work with students and staff to support the school yearbook and bi-monthly newsletters and related publication.
- Graphic design and production of advertisements, development-related electronic brochures, handbooks, event invitations and programs, parent council invitations, etc.
- Support the communications needs of admissions, college counseling, and development as needed.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Skills and Capabilities
The ideal candidate would have:
- 3-5 years of experience in marketing or communications
- BS degree in marketing or relevant field
- Ability to create content as well as identify and generate creative story ideas
- Ability to engage with students in support of the above
- Knowledge of social media outlets
- Understanding of SEO and web traffic metrics
- Familiarity with web design and publishing
- Great interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
- Entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset
- Ability to work with key partners such as web developers, creative/graphic agencies or freelancers, videographers/producers, PR, etc.
- Excellent writing, editorial, public speaking, design, photography, video editing and production skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate widely with various constituencies throughout the School’s community
- Technical skills to support the above
- Intuitively creative, flexible, and collaborative
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
WHAT WE OFFER
Khan Lab School is a community of learners and partners that have a deep commitment to their work. We get things done and believe that in our highly collaborative environment that anything is possible. All of our decisions are made through the lens of what is best for our students. We tackle tough questions without ego, are results oriented, and have high expectations for school and our students.
Khan Lab School offers a stimulating and unique working environment with a competitive salary and the flexibility to work and teach from anywhere. We seek team members who possess a unique skill set because this is a multi-faceted teaching and leadership position. To learn more about Khan Lab School or Khan Academy, please visit our websites. Compensation: Competitive compensation commensurate with experience.
Start Date: January 2022
Location: Mountain View, CA
Number of Positions to be Filled: 1
Employment: Full-Time
Reports to: Creative Director
APPLY NOW
To qualify, please submit an application and cover letter. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated familiarity with the Sal Khan’s school model outlined in his book The One World Schoolhouse.
Khan Lab School is an EOE and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, place of national origin, sex, age, veteran status, sexual orientation or physical handicap in its employment practice.
SPECIAL SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
All Khan Lab School employees must undergo criminal background checks and TB risk assessments as mandated by California state law prior to their start dates at Khan Lab School. By submitting an application, you acknowledge that your employment with Khan Lab School would be conditioned on satisfactory background check and completion of the TB risk assessment.