Cambridge, Massachusetts
Brooklyn, New York
Posted: 30-May-25
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Part Time
Salary: $30 - $40 per hour
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Preferred Education:
Position Title: Communications Assistant
Reports to: Associate Director of Communications
Hours/Classification: 12-Months, Part-Time (20 hours/week) with Flexible Hours; In-Person
Desired Start Date: July 8, 2025, Flexible
Salary: $30-40/hour DOE; Eligible for Drew School benefits
Mission: Drew knows and believes in teenagers. We engage each student in a process of intellectual discovery to develop an individual voice, the confidence to express it, and the empathy to understand its impact.
Founded in 1908, Drew is an innovative independent high school located in the heart of San Francisco. The school’s experienced, dedicated, and passionate faculty and dynamic student body form the core of Drew’s supportive and engaging community. Drew aims to develop and amplify each student’s individual voice, encouraging each student to engage in a process of intellectual discovery, personal growth, and empathic learning. Drew’s curriculum focuses on experiential learning, global awareness, local community involvement, citizenship, and support of individual talents and strengths.
General Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a mission-driven Communications Assistant to join an innovative, independent high school in a fast-paced and creative role. Help roll-out a new brand identity and create communication vehicles that appeal to both students and adults across a variety of audiences.
The Communications Assistant reports to the Associate Director of Communications and is part of the Advancement Department. The role works to promote deeper community engagement and improved visibility with and beyond the school community to positively impact enrollment, community building, fundraising initiatives, and to strengthen Drew’s outreach.
The Communications Assistant will support the Communications office by aligning the school’s core values and brand positioning through communication strategies and programs that will enhance Drew’s brand reputation, drive the institution’s growth, and improve stakeholder experience.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Engage deeply with the school community in order to develop compelling communications on academics, admissions, advancement, student life, and athletics.
- Create a significant volume of school communications to a wide range of community stakeholders (students, faculty, staff, board, parents/guardians, students, alumni, alumni parents, and more) and evaluate the impact of such communications through metric analysis.
- Assist in the editorial direction, design, production, and distribution of all print, video, digital, and social media content/channels.
- Organize content, design, edit and distribute the weekly newsletter to the community, meeting required deadlines for timely distribution.
- Update and maintain lobby slideshow on a weekly basis.
- Create content for and edit the school website (drewschool.org) and create microsites for specific projects and events as needed.
- Create content for social media channels (primarily Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook), maintain engagement with the community and peer schools, and assess overall effectiveness and strategy.
- Maintain/update internal website (DrewNet) for relevant communications content (calendars, events, announcements, resource boards, etc.).
- Photograph and create communications about relevant events, classroom activities, field trips and other school initiatives as assigned.
- Partner with relevant departments in the creation of communication materials for school-sponsored events that deepen brand identity.
- Collect, create, and maintain a digital library in Google drive of photographic and video images of school life.
Qualifications and Skills
- Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- Able to work on-site with schedule flexibility to cover school activities which can sometimes be in the mornings, evenings, and occasionally on weekends.
- A mission-driven individual with an understanding of branding, communications, and social media; public relations experience is a plus but not required.
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage and collaborate on multiple projects involving differing stakeholders.
- A dynamic storyteller with the ability to fully embody and sustain a credible brand voice through outstanding communication.
- Digitally savvy with a strong design aesthetic and graphic design skills, and a working knowledge of Google Suite, Canva, Mailchimp, website CMSs, and social media platforms.
- Strong interpersonal skills to engage various stakeholders in the school community.
- Ability to take photography and edit and produce video.
- Ability to multitask, manage and prioritize competing demands.
- Experience in social media strategy development and deployment.
- Experience in content creation, design, and production.
- Experience working at Independent Schools is helpful, but not essential.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Drew School of San Francisco admits students of any race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national and ethnic origin, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship programs, athletic and other school-administered programs.
Drew School actively seeks to advance the equity and diversity of our community in our admissions and hiring. Drew School is an equal opportunity employer. Salary and benefits are commensurate with or exceed those of our peer schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and with NAIS schools.