Child Welfare Marketing Senior Associate

“If we can get one child adopted into a loving family, all our work will be worth it.”

– Dave Thomas

Join us as we champion our mission to dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. We’ve helped more than 15,000 young people find safe, permanent homes across the United States and Canada, but our mission is not complete. Invest your career in making a difference and join the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption team.

We offer a supportive workplace where you can make an impact. We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment for Foundation staff, while advocating for measurable change toward racial equity within the child welfare system.

We are looking for a talented and creative communicator to advance our mission as the next Child Welfare Marketing Senior Associate located in Dublin, Ohio. Under the guidance of the marketing and communication director, the child welfare senior associate supports our strategic goals through collaboration with internal and external partners to inform and engage audiences within the child welfare community. If you are a strategic writer who understands how to draft compelling messaging and materials for stakeholders across the foster care and adoption community, we encourage you to learn more about the role and apply.

Key Deliverables:

1. Support implementation of a marketing and communications plan designed to enhance reach, awareness and support among child welfare professionals for the importance of finding a permanent family for ALL children lingering in foster care and the belief that every child is adoptable

2. Implement tactics to grow our community of child welfare professionals, including promotion and planning of national and state-level webinars, marketing opportunities through sponsorships, national and state partnerships and paid ad campaigns

3. Manage requests from internal departments to review communications and presentations that support the Foundation’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids® program as well as national grant projects that advance our mission

4. Create event marketing and communications assets that engage child welfare professionals, speakers and sponsors attending the annual Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Summit in collaboration with internal departments

5. Inform the Foundation's child welfare content strategy (including topics and calendar cadence) that highlights child welfare best practices and recognizes the importance of the Foundation’s evidence-based, child-focused recruitment model; oversee production and creation of new videos featuring child welfare professionals to be shared through various channels

6. Write, edit and proofread content in alignment with the Foundation’s brand standards and AP style

7. Perform other duties, as requested

8. Assume responsibility for professional growth and development, keeping current with child welfare policies as well as marketing trends and techniques

What You Bring:

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the development and execution of marketing strategies, leveraging print, digital, social, web and video content to advance an organization’s mission and/or programmatic goals

• Experience writing and editing multi-channel content for in-person and virtual professional learning events (e.g., conferences and webinars), in partnership with content specialists and designers

• Proactive, adaptable and able to excel in a fast-paced, collaborative environment; ability to manage multiple projects, apply judgement and leverage resources to navigate ambiguity while partnering with multidisciplinary teams to achieve results

Education and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in communications, marketing, journalism or a related field

• 5–7 years of experience executing marketing and communications strategies

• Knowledge of child welfare systems is required with an emphasis on foster care and adoption strongly preferred

• Experience working in a cause marketing role or in a national nonprofit organization is preferred

Our Benefits

At the Foundation, our team is committed to providing unwavering dedication to change the journey for children lingering in foster care. We value each member of our team and we are committed to taking care of you. Beyond joining our talented team and the opportunity to make a difference, we are proud to offer our employees a competitive compensation and benefits program, including:

• Flexible, hybrid schedule arrangement for most positions allowing employees to choose to work from home up to two days a week
• First day of hire medical, dental and vision insurance coverage for you and your family
• Employer-funded health reimbursement account (HRA). The HRA is a tax-advantaged account, funded solely by the employer to help you pay for medical expenses.
• Employer-paid basic life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability
• Eligibility for a 403(b)-retirement match program up to 5% after the first year of employment
• Adoption-Friendly Workplace providing financial benefits and paid time off for adoptive parents
• Generous paid time off, including paid holidays, paid personal, vacation and sick days as well as parental leave, adoption leave and foster care leave
• A connected team environment that embraces a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Career advancement opportunities and continued education
• A comprehensive offering of additional voluntary benefits!

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, religious beliefs, political affiliation, creed, HIV/AIDS status, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, familial status, veteran/military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, prior arrest or any other category protected by applicable law. Any employee who engages in such conduct is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including discharge.