Position Title: Senior Associate, Communications
Reports to: Senior Manager, Communications
Department: Communications
Salary Range: $58,000 - $65,000 and commensurate with experience 
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Position Summary The Senior Associate role will have the exciting opportunity to help NASTAD achieve its mission to advance the health and dignity of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics by ensuring that our highest-impact communications reaches the right audiences at the right time, tells the most important stories, and inspires the best calls to action.  This communications role will focus on topics related to Policy and Legislative Affairs (PLA), ensuring that our PLA team has access to all the best communications practices, tools, and resources.  The Senior Associate will execute core communications activities like copy writing/editing, graphic design, video editing, event planning, and maintaining back-end platforms that support our websites, social media, and email marketing. This role is a mix of strategic content creation and administrative back-end support.  These efforts will ensure that our important work is delivered efficiently, effectively, and inspires action. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Communications with a dotted-line relationship to the Director, Policy & Legislative Affairs.Essential DutiesEnsure that the organization’s web-based platforms (e.g. websites, blogs, newsletters, etc.) are always up to date, including coalition sites that are managed by NASTAD.Assist in the design, formatting, and publishing processes of NASTAD’s communications products, including membership and board engagement activitiesDraft content for and send out the weekly Policy NewsletterAssist with scheduling and tracking Hill visitsAttend Hill briefings and webinars to fostering collaboration and information sharing, and to create/record content for our communications channels.Create, curate, and schedule digital content for our social media platformsDraft and/or edit copy for writing projects such as opinion editorials and blogsEnsure seamless experiences at conferences and meetings by updating agendas, adding content to mobile apps, coordinating with designers, and helping with AVFollow trends and news on emerging technologies, data collection methodologies, and social media tactics