Marketing Communications Coordinator

Overview

Afri Thrive is a community-rooted nonprofit dedicated to advancing food access, cultural dignity, and opportunity for immigrant and underserved families in the Greater Baltimore–Washington DC area. We work through culturally relevant food distribution, sustainable agriculture, youth leadership development, and community partnerships to build long-term resilience. Our culture values collaboration, accountability, and learning, and we are committed to honoring culture, strengthening systems, and delivering lasting community impact.

You are a thoughtful writer and storyteller who brings real-world impact to life through clear, engaging, and well-crafted messages. You take pride in high-quality communications and understand how strong storytelling supports fundraising, volunteer engagement, and organizational credibility.

You are organized, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of day-to-day communications in a growing organization. You work well with clear goals and structure, while remaining flexible as priorities evolve. You value collaboration, follow through on commitments, and are motivated by mission-driven work that makes a tangible difference in communities.

• Draft donor emails, newsletters, Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals
• Support grant narratives with stories, testimonials, photos, and impact language
• Maintain an up-to-date case for support and storytelling content library
• Package impact updates for donors, funders, and partners

• Manage the content calendar across Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, and email
• Create posts, captions, reels, and basic graphics using Canva
• Schedule and publish content consistently
• Track engagement metrics and suggest improvements

• Maintain Afri Thrive’s brand voice and visual consistency
• Draft one-pagers, flyers, press releases, presentations, and event promotions
• Manage photo and video assets, permissions, and basic archiving
• Support light website content updates as needed

• Promote volunteer opportunities and recruitment campaigns
• Spotlight volunteers, partners, and community stories
• Coordinate communications for community events and activations

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field (or a comparable combination of education and experience)
• 3 years of related work experience in a nonprofit, communications, or marketing role
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with experience in copywriting, blogging, and creative content generation
• Experience working with social media platforms (e.g., Linked In, Facebook, Instagram)
• Canva proficiency
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working in a growing organization

• Graphic design and basic photo/video editing skills
• Familiarity with website maintenance and content management tools (e.g., Word Press or similar CMS)
• Experience supporting donor-focused, grant-adjacent, or mission-driven communications
• Experience working with immigrant, BIPOC, or community-based organizations
• Basic understanding of analytics, email marketing tools, or social media insights

Comprehensive benefits package including 100% employer-covered health insurance (medical, dental, and vision); a retirement plan; 10 days of paid vacation (increasing after two years of service); 10 paid sick days; 11 paid holidays; 3 personal days per year; and weekly short Fridays.

Interested candidates can submit their resume to the designated posting link:

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Afri Thrive is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, bilingual and bicultural individuals. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.