Potomac Flacks: JOB OF THE WEEK: Financial Services Institute, Membership Communications Manager

February 15, 2012

The Financial Services Institute (FSI), the leading trade association for independent financial services firms and independent financial advisors, is hiring a Membership Communications Manager for its Washington, D.C. office.

A strong candidate for this position will have 2-4 years of experience writing and a demonstrated ability to write in a way that moves a strong membership message. This person will thrive working with marketing/relationship experts to provide them the strong communications materials needed to sustain and grow member relationships as well as recruit new members and drive engagement with existing members.

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter, a creative thinker who can write quickly and well, and stay highly organized. Knowledge of the financial services industry is a plus but not required. Candidate should excel in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, in a rapidly growing organization.

Specific duties and skills:

· Strong writing skills for all types of writing: long articles, blogs, short online pieces and marketing products.

· Ability to interview members and tell their stories thoroughly and with passion.

· Proven ability to generate copy that can be widely disseminated and quoted from as is, with minimal editing.

· Work with the membership and marketing team to provide member firms with critical communications for their weekly and monthly internal publications.

· Strong editing skills.

· A great team player who puts the mission of FSI first and foremost in their daily activities.

TO APPLY: Send resume, three writing samples and cover letter/email to FSI’s Managing Director, Communications & Media Relations Chris Paulitz at chris.paulitz@financialservices.org. Please, no phone calls.

Posted by Matt Mackowiak on February 15, 2012 in Associations , Job of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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