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Posted: 25-Apr-25
Location: Weston, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Communications Coordinator
Date Posted: April 25, 2025 Start Date: July 1, 2025
Description: 12-month, Full-Time, Exempt
The Cambridge School of Weston (CSW) seeks a Communications Coordinator to join our school’s Office of Marketing and Communications. The Communications Coordinator’s role is comprised of three main responsibilities: managing the creation, scheduling, and tracking of all school email communications (inclusive of event invitations, community announcements, and newsletters); managing event registrations; and overseeing the production and distribution of printed materials for school-wide initiatives, events, and promotions. Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communications, the Communications Coordinator will work closely with the Assistant Director of Communications, adhering to brand standards and ensuring that communications needs are met in a timely, thoughtful, and organized manner.
Specific Responsibilities for this Position Include:
- Creating and managing the annual school communications calendar
- Sitting on the school’s Calendar Committee
- Drafting, scheduling, and sending event save-the-dates, invitations, and reminders (print and electronic)
- Writing clear and compelling copy for announcements, news updates, and event descriptions; editing provided copy as needed
- Serving as the lead creator for the weekly community newsletter to parents, faculty/staff, students, and alumni
- Managing registrations for parent/guardian, alumni, and donor events
- Project managing the production of printed materials such as brochures, invitations, stationery, event programs, maps, postcards, and handouts
- Designing marketing and communications collateral in adherence to brand standards, as needed
- Maintaining a network of freelance designers and printers
- Managing the design and ordering of brand-aligned promotional items
- Offering event support, as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field
- Minimum of two years of relevant experience
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with an eye for detail
- Experience with email marketing tools (experience with MailChimp a plus)
- Familiarity with graphic design software (Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, etc.) and print production processes
- Excellent visual content creation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse groups of people.
The ideal candidate will be creative, solution-oriented, and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
To Apply for This Position:
Please send your resume and letter of interest by email to the attention of Emma Fedor at commscoordinator@csw.org. No phone calls, please.
Deadline for Application:
Position will remain open until filled.
Benefits of Working at CSW:
- Collegial faculty and working environment
- Curricular agency valuing creativity, innovation, and collaboration
- Competitive salary and robust human resource benefits
- Funding and institutional support for professional development
- Innovative daily and annual schedule that values reflection and relationship-building
- Hot lunch provided daily
- Access to state-of-the-art fitness center
- Wooded, 65-acre campus located just 12 miles from Boston and Cambridge, in close proximity to scenic walking trails and excellent local restaurants and shops.
- Easy access to Kendal Green MBTA station, with on-campus parking and EV charging stations.
School Description:
A leader among America’s progressive independent schools, The Cambridge School of Weston (CSW) has been at the forefront of educational innovation since 1886. At this day and boarding high school located in Weston, MA, creative, motivated students embrace challenging work and address complex questions with curiosity and courage. Inspired by the diverse perspectives and high expectations of our justice-minded community, they find and develop what is extraordinary in themselves and in the world around them. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community, and the world.
The Cambridge School of Weston does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, genetics, marital status, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates who will increase our diversity to apply.