Do you believe in
the power of a well-told story to catalyze impact? Are you looking to shape and
share a story of a social enterprise that is on its way to changing millions of
lives? If the answer is yes, read on.

In the past year,
Living Goods networks of empowered entrepreneurs in East Africa more than
doubled, we supported six replicating partners operating across the globe from
Peru to Indonesia. We are striving for massive impact and seek nothing less
than a disruptive reinvention
of distribution in the developing world. To
support our ambitious vision, Living Goods is seeking a Director of
Communications and Marketing to help shape, share, and spread our story.
Qualified candidates will be gifted writers, and cogent communicators. This is
an unrivaled opportunity to help a leading social enterprise grow its impact
and change millions of lives for the better, including your own.

Responsibilities

• Strategy:You
  will help craft the communications and influence strategy, focus our
  target audiences, prioritize media selection, and identify best of class
  communications and creative resources.
• Media
  and Content:The primary responsibility of
  this role is to design, develop, and manage all external communications
  targeting current and potential partners, funders, and influencers in the
  field. You will oversee our website, email marketing, social media, blog,
  video production, and contributed content.
• Public
  Relations. You will grow Living Goods placements
  in targeted media outlets. You will cultivate feature stories with
  journalists as well as contract PR agencies to increase Living Goods
  visibility and showcase our thought-leadership.
• Analyze
  & Optimize. You will use data and
  analytics to improve communications, employ social media metrics, and
  identify new ways to use data to optimize communications.

Qualifications

• 8+years
  of experience in communications, journalism, public relations, or
  marketing.
• Exceptional
  writer. Qualified candidates will enjoy writing and be able to develop
  compelling writing styles for a range of platforms.
• A
  strong track record of using web and social media to grow breadth and
  depth of engagement with target audiences.
• Experience
  writing and managing grant applications and proposals a plus, including
  budgeting and reporting.
• Willingness
  to travel regionally and internationally.
• BA
  required.

Compensation

A competitive salary
and benefits package commensurate with experience including health, vacation,
401k, and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives
better for others.

What
is Living Goods?

Living Goods
supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door
teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling
affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water
filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less
than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, through
networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand,
buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible
prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from
the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of the
poor.

Living Goods has
been featured in The
New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post.
Check out these articles and more on our press page.

Life
at Living Goods

Living Goods is
aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of the
poor. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will
have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive
and test new ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly
collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues,
if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm
determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

To apply for this
position please visit our career page and apply for ‘Director of Communications
and Marketing’ through our applicant tracking system. You will be asked to
answer a few short questions that will help us learn a little bit more about
you and determine if you are a good fit for Living Goods. Please ensure to
include links to your social profiles as well as writing samples via your portfolio,
website, or blog.

For more information
about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
follow us @Living_Goods