LA84 Foundation Careers
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TITLE: Administrative Assistant
THE ORGANIZATION: As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation continues to be a nationally recognized leader in support of youth sport programs and elevating the importance of sports in positive youth development. LA84 seeks to provide an opportunity for every child to participate in sports and experience the wide range of positive outcomes associated with youth sport participation. Since its launch in 1985, LA84 has invested millions in the communities that supported the Games, reaching more than 3 million youth throughout Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego County. The LA84 Foundation continues to promote the spirit of the 1984 Olympic Games by convening and engaging local, national and international audiences about the role of sport in society, and the impact of the Olympic Games on host cities, especially as we look ahead to the 2028 Games. LA84’s headquarters is located in the historic Britt House near downtown Los Angeles, where it houses meeting facilities and the world’s premier sports library. For more information, please visit www.la84.org.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for providing administrative and clerical support to the Foundation. This support includes assisting management with routine to complex administrative tasks, providing general office support, and assisting with specialized projects, as needed.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provides administrative, logistical, research and general support on special projects, presentations and meeting including preparation and written documentation;
- Researches news, youth and sport issues, policy and law, as well as background information on potential partners and contacts
- Provides administrative and clerical support
- Assist with completing and editing reports;
- Assist with create and tailoring presentations for various stakeholder groups/purposes;
- Prepare expenses reports;
- Backup for events, telephone and reception duties, as needed
- Provide back-up support for other tasks
- Assist with administrative tasks and other duties as
- Detail oriented with the ability to multitask and work
- Supports the organization’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, and values a diversity of perspectives
- Adheres to policies and procedures to ensure alignment with regulations and directives
- Collaborates both internally and with external stakeholders to capture, synthesize and share learning and knowledge out comes with the ongoing execution of all activities as necessary.
Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed are designed to provide typical examples of the work performed; not all duties and responsibilities assigned are included here, nor is it expected that all similar positions will be assigned every duty and responsibility.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Education: Bachelors
Minimum Experience:
- 2-5 years related experience including strong administrative/clerical
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills including: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Mission-driven with a demonstrated passion for LA84’s work; strives to model organizational values through daily actions and behaviors
- Excellent interpersonal skills, collegial and collaborative approach
- Identifies solutions to be responsive to stakeholder (internal and external) needs;
- Considers impact when executing daily tasks
- Detail oriented
- Ability to work efficiently and multi-task in an unstructured environment with frequent interruptions and demanding
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General office
- Physical demands include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic
- Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
COMPENSATION: Commensurate with experience; Non-exempt; 32-40 hours +; eligible for overtime
REPORTS TO: Vice President, Finance & Operations
To apply: Please send resume, cover letter and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references by e-mail to officemanager@la84.org . Please use as subject heading “Administrative Assistant” and your last name. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
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TITLE: Communications & Audience Engagement Manager
Position Summary:
Responsible for the management and coordination of overall social engagement strategy and schedules for all relevant social platforms, working with internal teams and partners on brand development, social promotion strategies, content amplification, audience engagement strategies, and managing social coverage of live events (for both LA84 and the Play Equity Fund).
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for the management and coordination of overall communications strategy for LA84 Foundation and the Play Equity Fund across platforms, inclusive of: email, social media, websites, PR, events, B2B and B2C campaigns and others.
- Responsible for the audience engagement strategy, social media content strategy and production, and the programming/scheduling strategy for all relevant social platforms, working with internal teams and external consultants/advisors.
- Responsible for all the copywriting functions of the organization for any communications material, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners, advisors and consultants.
- Responsible for executing social promotion strategies, fan engagement strategy and execution, and managing social coverage of live events (for both LA84 and the Play Equity Fund).
- Lead creation of social-first content assets for brand development and marketing initiatives, creating and distributing custom content for larger initiatives.
- Develops all paid social media strategies for the organization.
- Work closely with the Marketing Director and the CEO to gather and operationalize strategic insights from analytics and historical data, establish benchmarks, and work toward KPIs and goals.
- Develop social media marketing strategy and execution for key initiatives as The LA84 Sports Summit, the Play Equity Movement campaign, Play Day and others.
- Develops and executes influencer marketing strategy for the organization and specific key initiatives.
Basic Qualifications :
- Minimum 3 years experience in social media marketing or social content creation.
- Minimum 1 year experience in email marketing or newsletter creation and distribution.
- Extensive social media knowledge and content development experience.
- Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to align creative strategy with overall business objectives.
- Video production skills (using mobile devices or small portable cameras like GoPro and similar).
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Strong problem solving, analytical and presentation skills.
- Polished in presentation and communication.
- Demonstrate ability to champion projects from concept to completion.
- Highly creative mind with a passion for storytelling.
- Ability to operate on both analytic and creative levels.
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment
- Proven competency across social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, as well as staying up to date on emerging platforms.
- Proven competency across email marketing and newsletter platforms.
- Strong work ethic and high level of confidentiality, as well as precise attention to detail and sound judgement as it relates to brand safety.
- Experience in Sprinklr publishing and reporting, Facebook ad manager, Facebook Business Manager Insights, Keynote presentations, and various social media reporting tools (Shareablee, ListenFirst, Tubular, Crimson Hexagon, others).
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General office environment.
- Physical demands include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic travel.
- Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening hours.
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
To apply: Please send resume, cover letter and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references by e-mail to officemanager@la84.org . Please use as subject heading “Communications & Audience Engagement Manager” and your last name. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
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TITLE: Marketing Communication Director
Position Summary:
The Marketing Communications Director for the LA84 Foundation will be responsible for the management and execution of key marketing, communications and brand engagement initiatives for the LA84 Foundation and the Play Equity Fund.
We are seeking a talented storyteller to develop and execute effective ways to amplify the voice, mission and actions of the LA84 Foundation and the Play Equity Fund both internally and externally, as well as support the role of the President and CEO as the face of the organization externally.
This position will be the connector between departments on anything related to the execution of the marketing communications strategy, collaborating with key stake holders, partners and strategic vendors as needed.
This position will be responsible for the development of all marketing communications and creative strategy, messaging, media partnerships, media buying, organic and paid social media strategy, public relations, events, campaign development, content production, direct mail, CRM and email marketing.
This position will be in charge of developing (collaborating with vendors and partners) all marketing and communications campaigns for the organization, both B2B and B2C, inclusive of Op-eds, articles, speeches, keynote presentations, President’s reports, board communication materials, partner communication tools, bi-annual reports, our annual youth sports participation survey and similar.
This position will be responsible for managing and overseeing the Play Equity Movement Campaign, to be launched in 2020.
This position will act as the ultimate controller and manager of the marketing calendar and will keep track of the marketing budget in collaboration with the Finance team.
Essential Functions:
- Through the selection and management of qualified consultants, vendors and partners, the individual will be Responsible for the development of the marketing and creative strategy, media buying, organic and paid social media strategy, public relations, events, campaign development and production tasks, or any task related to the execution of the approved marketing and communications plan for the overall organization and for key initiatives.
- Develop (collaborating with vendors and partners) all marketing and communications materials for the organization, both B2B and B2C.
- Oversee and manage the marketing calendar, as well as maintain the marketing budget in collaboration with the Finance team.
This position will report to the Chief Strategy/Operations Officer and will work very closely with the President & CEO.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related subject area; OR equivalent work experience.
- 3-5 years of experience developing, managing and/or executing marketing campaigns and marketing materials both B2B (business to business) and B2C (Business to Consumer).
- 2-4 years of experience in the sports industry or sports related industries (Preferred).
- Experience managing PR agencies.
- Experience developing and executing ad campaigns.
- Experience developing and executing paid media strategies.
- Experience developing and executing paid and organic social media strategies.
- Experience developing content strategies and producing content.
- Experience developing sales pitches and nurturing client and partner relationships.
- Experience in managing multiple programs/projects simultaneously.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Superior storytelling and writing ability; editorial skills are a plus.
- Proficiency in the usage of Keynote, Pages, numbers, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and similar programs to develop presentations and reports.
- Video capturing and video editing expertise (Preferred). Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail needed.
- Portfolio of existing marketing and communications work to demonstrate skills.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General office environment.
- Physical demands include lifting and moving equipment and supplies up to 25 pounds, visual acuity in reviewing detailed computer records, physical requirements related to sports activities and periodic travel.
- Occasional weekend, late afternoon, and evening hours.
The above description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not intended to limit the scope of potential work assignments.
To apply: Please send resume, cover letter and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references by e-mail to officemanager@la84.org . Please use as subject heading “Marketing Communications Director” and your last name. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
