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Marketing and Community Relations Manager
The Marketing and Community Relations Manager will help expand ARC Community Services' visibility, strengthen relationships throughout the community, and develop sustainable financial support for the organization's programs and services. This position will lead marketing and communications efforts, coordinate fundraising initiatives and events, cultivate relationships with donors and community partners, and identify opportunities to share ARC's mission and impact. The successful candidate will be a creative, self-directed relationship builder who can turn ideas into meaningful community engagement and support.
What You Will Do
- Manage ARC's social media platforms and maintain a consistent, engaging online presence.
- Create and coordinate content that highlights ARC's mission, programs, services, accomplishments, and community impact.
- Develop marketing materials, newsletters, promotional campaigns, and organizational announcements.
- Coordinate stories, photographs, and videos while protecting client privacy, confidentiality, and dignity.
- Maintain consistent organizational messaging and branding across communication channels.
- Develop and coordinate fundraising campaigns and initiatives that support ARC's programs and organizational priorities.
- Develop sponsorship opportunities and pursue in-kind contributions and other community support.
- Maintain donor recognition, stewardship practices, and work with accounting team to track fundraising activity and results.
- Build relationships with local businesses, stakeholders, and community leaders.
- Represent ARC at community events, networking opportunities, presentations, and other outreach activities.
- Identify opportunities to increase awareness of ARC's services and the needs of the individuals and families served.
- Develop partnerships that advance ARC's mission, expand its community presence, and create opportunities for support.
- Develop and maintain an annual calendar of fundraising and community engagement events.
- Coordinate event planning, budgets, venues, vendors, sponsors, volunteers, logistics, and promotion.
- Evaluate event outcomes, including attendance, expenses, net proceeds, and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with ARC leadership to identify development priorities and align fundraising activities with organizational needs.
- Establish goals and track progress related to fundraising, sponsorships, donor development, events, and community engagement.
- Provide regular updates to leadership on results, upcoming activities, opportunities, and challenges.
- Manage projects independently, use resources responsibly, and follow organizational policies and approval processes.
What You Will Bring
- Experience in nonprofit development, fundraising, marketing, communications, public relations, community engagement, or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to build professional relationships and coordinate projects, campaigns, or events.
- Experience creating content for social media and other communication platforms.
- Associate or bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, public relations, nonprofit management, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
Skills & Professional Strengths
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tell ARC’s story in a compelling and respectful way.
- Proficient in designing and developing marketing materials, including brochures, flyers, newslette3rs, social media graphics, and digital communications that effectively support outreach and brand awareness.
- Skilled in managing social media platforms, developing content calendars, creating engaging posts, monitoring audience engagement, and leveraging analytics to increase brand awareness and community outreach.
- Creative, organized, and self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Strong event-planning, relationship building, networking, and presentation skills.
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating with leadership, staff, donors, and community partners.
- Ability to use sound judgment when handling confidential information and stories involving the individuals ARC serves.
- Commitment to ARC's mission and the individuals and families served by the organization.
- Respect for the dignity, privacy, and lived experiences of people impacted by substance use, incarceration, trauma, and other barriers.
- Ability to communicate ARC's work with compassion, professionalism, and an emphasis on positive community impact.
- Compensation will be established based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and the scope of the position.
- Performance expectations will include measurable goals for fundraising results, sponsorships, community partnerships, event outcomes, and marketing engagement.
What We Offer
✨ Purpose That Matters
Lead a program that transforms lives. Every decision you make, every moment you lead, will ripple out to create hope and healing for mothers and their infants.
Room to Grow
Your growth matters as much as theirs. We invest in you through ongoing training, professional development, and collaboration with a passionate, mission-driven team.
A Culture of Care
Join a community that values your expertise and empowers you to make a difference every single day. Here, your voice matters, and your leadership inspires change.
Benefits That Support You
Enjoy competitive pay, generous time off, retirement plans, and the peace of mind that comes with working in a supportive environment.
Marketing and Community Relations Manager
The Marketing and Community Relations Manager will help expand ARC Community Services' visibility, strengthen relationships throughout the community, and develop sustainable financial support for the organization's programs and services. This position will lead marketing and communications efforts, coordinate fundraising initiatives and events, cultivate relationships with donors and community partners, and identify opportunities to share ARC's mission and impact. The successful candidate will be a creative, self-directed relationship builder who can turn ideas into meaningful community engagement and support.
What You Will Do
- Manage ARC's social media platforms and maintain a consistent, engaging online presence.
- Create and coordinate content that highlights ARC's mission, programs, services, accomplishments, and community impact.
- Develop marketing materials, newsletters, promotional campaigns, and organizational announcements.
- Coordinate stories, photographs, and videos while protecting client privacy, confidentiality, and dignity.
- Maintain consistent organizational messaging and branding across communication channels.
- Develop and coordinate fundraising campaigns and initiatives that support ARC's programs and organizational priorities.
- Develop sponsorship opportunities and pursue in-kind contributions and other community support.
- Maintain donor recognition, stewardship practices, and work with accounting team to track fundraising activity and results.
- Build relationships with local businesses, stakeholders, and community leaders.
- Represent ARC at community events, networking opportunities, presentations, and other outreach activities.
- Identify opportunities to increase awareness of ARC's services and the needs of the individuals and families served.
- Develop partnerships that advance ARC's mission, expand its community presence, and create opportunities for support.
- Develop and maintain an annual calendar of fundraising and community engagement events.
- Coordinate event planning, budgets, venues, vendors, sponsors, volunteers, logistics, and promotion.
- Evaluate event outcomes, including attendance, expenses, net proceeds, and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with ARC leadership to identify development priorities and align fundraising activities with organizational needs.
- Establish goals and track progress related to fundraising, sponsorships, donor development, events, and community engagement.
- Provide regular updates to leadership on results, upcoming activities, opportunities, and challenges.
- Manage projects independently, use resources responsibly, and follow organizational policies and approval processes.
What You Will Bring
- Experience in nonprofit development, fundraising, marketing, communications, public relations, community engagement, or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to build professional relationships and coordinate projects, campaigns, or events.
- Experience creating content for social media and other communication platforms.
- Associate or bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, public relations, nonprofit management, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
Skills & Professional Strengths
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tell ARC’s story in a compelling and respectful way.
- Proficient in designing and developing marketing materials, including brochures, flyers, newslette3rs, social media graphics, and digital communications that effectively support outreach and brand awareness.
- Skilled in managing social media platforms, developing content calendars, creating engaging posts, monitoring audience engagement, and leveraging analytics to increase brand awareness and community outreach.
- Creative, organized, and self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Strong event-planning, relationship building, networking, and presentation skills.
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating with leadership, staff, donors, and community partners.
- Ability to use sound judgment when handling confidential information and stories involving the individuals ARC serves.
- Commitment to ARC's mission and the individuals and families served by the organization.
- Respect for the dignity, privacy, and lived experiences of people impacted by substance use, incarceration, trauma, and other barriers.
- Ability to communicate ARC's work with compassion, professionalism, and an emphasis on positive community impact.
- Compensation will be established based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and the scope of the position.
- Performance expectations will include measurable goals for fundraising results, sponsorships, community partnerships, event outcomes, and marketing engagement.
What We Offer
✨ Purpose That Matters
Lead a program that transforms lives. Every decision you make, every moment you lead, will ripple out to create hope and healing for mothers and their infants.
Room to Grow
Your growth matters as much as theirs. We invest in you through ongoing training, professional development, and collaboration with a passionate, mission-driven team.
A Culture of Care
Join a community that values your expertise and empowers you to make a difference every single day. Here, your voice matters, and your leadership inspires change.
Benefits That Support You
Enjoy competitive pay, generous time off, retirement plans, and the peace of mind that comes with working in a supportive environment.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in director of marketing and community relations jobs.
- 7 or more years of combined marketing and community relations or public affairs experience
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute integrated marketing and community engagement strategies
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and external agency or vendor relationships
- Proficiency with CRM platforms, email marketing tools, and digital analytics dashboards
- Strong public speaking and media relations skills, including press release and statement writing
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, public relations, or a related field
Tips for Your Director of Marketing and Community Relations Job Search
Quantify community impact on your resume
Hiring panels for this role want to see outcomes, not duties. Replace phrases like 'managed community outreach' with numbers: events hosted, audience reach, earned media value, or percentage growth in community engagement over a defined period.
Align your portfolio to both functions
Many candidates bring strong marketing samples but thin community relations evidence, or vice versa. Include at least one campaign that bridges both: a cause-marketing initiative, a public affairs push, or a partnership launch that drove measurable brand and community results.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists director of marketing and community relations openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target organizations by mission alignment
Employers in this role screen heavily for authentic connection to their cause or sector. When filtering openings, prioritize organizations whose public mission matches your demonstrated background, then tailor your cover letter to that specific community context.
Prepare a stakeholder-mapping example for interviews
Interviewers frequently ask how you've managed competing priorities between marketing goals and community stakeholder expectations. Walk in with a specific story: who the stakeholders were, where tensions arose, and how you resolved them without diluting the brand message.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Job titles at this level often mean very different team sizes and budget authority across organizations. Before signing, confirm direct reports, marketing budget ownership, and whether community relations includes government affairs or only public programming.
Director of Marketing and Community Relations Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most director of marketing and community relationss?
The companies hiring the most director of marketing and community relationss right now include Cascade Living, Senior Helpers, and Telamon|TRC, with the largest share of openings in Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare networks, regional nonprofits, and public universities tend to post at this level most consistently throughout the year.
How many director of marketing and community relations jobs are remote?
About 38% of director of marketing and community relations openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies significantly by sector. Marketing strategy and content functions tend to be more remote-eligible, while community relations responsibilities tied to in-person programming, local government partnerships, or events typically require a physical presence in the organization's service area.
How do you become a director of marketing and community relations?
Most people reach this role by building parallel experience in marketing and community or public affairs, rather than specializing deeply in one. Start in a coordinator or manager role that touches both functions, build a record of cross-sector campaigns, and move into a senior manager position overseeing a team. Sector-specific credentials in nonprofit management or public affairs can strengthen candidacy for mission-driven employers.
Can you get a director of marketing and community relations job without direct experience at this level?
It's possible if you can demonstrate that your current scope matches director-level responsibilities, even without the title. Employers focus on whether you've owned a marketing budget, led a team, and managed external stakeholder relationships simultaneously. A strong portfolio showing integrated campaigns that combined brand goals with community engagement outcomes can close the gap when formal title history is limited.
What does the director of marketing and community relations interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to four rounds. An initial phone screen with HR is followed by a panel interview with senior leadership and department heads, where you'll discuss strategy and cross-functional collaboration. Many employers add a presentation round in which you develop a short marketing and community engagement plan for a hypothetical or real organizational challenge, then present it to a mixed audience of marketing and program staff.
Where can I find and apply to director of marketing and community relations jobs?
You can find and apply to director of marketing and community relations jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that fit your sector, seniority level, and location preferences, then apply directly to each listing that matches your experience.
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