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GENERAL PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Work alongside and under the direction of OPTIC’s Editorial Communications and News Strategist to coordinate and report the news of the denomination in a timely manner and disseminate communications from the national setting of the United Church of Christ. Primarily responsible for planning and executing the Strategist’s vision in the development of a comprehensive news and communications program for the national setting of the United Church of Christ. Engage in personal interactions with churches and people who are involved in news articles. Helps support the work of the OPTIC department by working with team leads to curate and develop news content for UCNews in support of department goals.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with the Editorial Communications and News Strategist to build a strong, growing, financially viable, multi-faceted, and deeply engaging news and communications program for the United Church of Christ. Currently, the editorial communications and news operation is primarily comprised of articles on the United Church of Christ News site at ucc.org, a weekly newsletter (UCC News Digest), and featured commentary from multiple writers.
- Serve as one of the denomination’s primary writers, providing copywriting and feature article development for internal and external publications.
- Create, edit, and curate digital content for the web, with emphasis on UCNews at ucc.org and other digital properties operated by United Church of Christ.
- Work with members of OPTIC’s Digital and Web Strategies team to position UCNews and editorial communications on UCC social media and other platforms and help establish data metrics for growing the reach and engagement of news content.
- Manage a shared content calendar for all editorial communications and news.
- Share news releases and officer statements with the secular media, as requested by the Strategist, through OPTIC's contracted media platform and through other forms of electronic outreach.
- Develop and maintain communications-focused relationships within the denomination’s structure of conference, churches, and affiliated organizations in addition to other religious and social justice thought leaders.
- Manage the UCC newsroom at major events, engaging freelance writers and photographers, in order to provide timely, effective news through various delivery channels.
- Represent the denomination before ecumenical and civic news organizations, as needed.
- Serve as a copyeditor and proofer to UCNews content.
Job Type: Full-time