Writer

JOB TITLE: Writer REQUISITION: ALZINFO-2025-Writer

JOB TYPE: Regular, Full Time REPORTS TO: Creative Marketing Manager

FLSA STATUS: Exempt, 40 hours per week LOCATION: New York

SALARY/PAY TYPE: Annual, Semi-Monthly

POSITION SUMMARY

The Fisher Center Foundation seeks an artistic, progressive-thinking, and organized Writer to maximize their creative writing and editing talents by producing impactful content for our organization. The Writer will recommend to the team how to align our communications efforts with various constituents by proofreading and editing drafted content. In this role, the Writer will create informative and persuasive content about Alzheimer’s to support our mission and vision to readers, stakeholders, donors, and potential donors. The Writer will write and/or edit copy for the Foundation’s materials, website content, social media platforms, and advertisements for Alzheimer’s appeals and campaigns. The Writer will check and moderate conversations across online platforms and build relationships with our team of scientists to better understand the research we fund. The Writer will also research and apply for available grant funding and communication awards throughout the year. The goal is to achieve higher engagement and familiarity with the Fisher Center Foundation.

Duties:

1. Collaborate with the Creative Marketing Manager to build and execute social media strategies through research, benchmarking, messaging, and audience identification.

2. Write a summary of the bi-weekly Alzheimer’s research e-newsletter and distribute them to constituents with the Creative Marketing Manager.

3. Develop relationships with external vendors, consultants, freelance science writers, and Foundation’s magazine publishers.

4. Consult with funded researchers and managers to write, edit, and distribute annual reports, press releases and pitch the media to generate positive press coverage.

5. Write, edit, publish, and share content to improve social media pages, build meaningful connections, and encourage community participation.

6. Moderate user-generated content and messages appropriately based on set policies.

7. Collaborate with the team to keep the Foundation’s positive reputation, coordinate promotions, and increase reach through content.

8. Research, write, and edit grant proposals to help nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and other entities secure funding.

9. Occasionally draft speeches for meetings, emails about important upcoming events based on collected and analyzed data.

10. Draft or edit copy for crisis management in case of bad reviews or negative communications.

11. Ensure content aligns with organizational goals and take part in content planning and strategy discussions.

12. Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in content writing and health communication.

13. Update and keep the communications procedures manual as part of succession planning. Perform general office duties such as answering calls, scheduling meetings, filing paperwork, and other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Education/Experience:

• Experience in non-profit organizations, particularly in Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related diseases.

• Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in English, Communications, Marketing, News Media, Public Relations, or a related field from an accredited college or university.

• Four years’ experience in digital marketing and social media.

• Strong research skills and an entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable reading research information and transforming that information into a cohesive piece for our constituents.

• Comfortable creating content based on available information and style guides.

• Prominent level of professionalism and good judgment in handling sensitive information.

• Proficient in Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint and experience using Salesforce and Asana platform.

Qualifications/Personal Characteristics:

1. Basic research skills with strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills and ability to present clear concepts.

2. Experience with content management systems and social media platforms, understanding their business applications and metrics; understanding online marketing and major marketing channels.

3. Experience of web design, web development, CRO, and SEO.

4. Ability to work well both collaboratively and independently.

5. Strong time management skills to meet deadlines, and experience in communication development and strategies.

6. Dependable and ability to always keep confidentiality and discretion.

7. Passion for health, wellness, and community engagement.

8. A mentoring colleague with a positive outlook, detail- and customer-oriented with outstanding work ethic and organizational ability.

Working Conditions

• Business smart attire is required; prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and using computer monitors.

• The position is in an office with a normal work week, in-person Monday through Friday.

Travel Expectations

• Travel to meet with research directors 1-3% during the fiscal year and attend occasional events to draft articles and/or press releases for the Foundation.

Benefits

Great benefits include medical, dental & vision, life insurance, flex spending accounts, and 401(K) with employer match to all qualified employees, Paid Time Off, and 11 annual holidays.

TO APPLY:

Please send a PDF of your résumé, cover letter with clear experiences and desired compensation, along with at least three recent work samples (annual report, newsletter, social media posts, fundraising appeal, campaign concept, and/or awarded grant) to the Lucretia Holden, Executive Director at lholden@alzinfo.org. In the subject line, reference ALZINFO-2025-Writer. Submissions will be accepted until February 28, 2025.

Submissions after the deadline will only be considered if the position is still unfilled. No phone calls, please.

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and follows ADA regulations as applicable.