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PEN America, a growing nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a dynamic and expert media strategist to build and promote media awareness of PEN America’s efforts to protect free expression internationally. This role will be critical to PEN America’s work to drive forward its strategy to counter global threats to free expression and defend persecuted writers, artists, intellectuals, and dissidents worldwide. This is a full-time position reporting to the Chief Communications Officer and engaging extensively with the directors of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center and Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) program, as well as PEN America’s communications and free expression teams. This position will be based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters or Washington, D.C. office.   The media strategist will bring robust experience in international journalism and/or human rights work, and press relations outside of the United...

PEN America, a growing nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a motivated and expert professional with experience in the journalism sector to serve as senior program manager of journalism and disinformation, driving forward a new project to support journalists and newsrooms to more effectively grapple with the impact of disinformation on their work. This is a full-time position within PEN America’s Free Expression Programs department, reporting to the Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs. The position will be based in New York or Washington, D.C. The senior program manager of journalism and disinformation will launch a new area of programming that will collaborate with journalists and newsrooms to combat the professional impacts of disinformation. This work builds on the findings of a survey PEN America conducted of over 1,000 journalists and editors that showed disinformation in its many forms is having a...

Creative Capital is looking for a creative, tech-savvy, and resourceful storyteller to take our brand to the next level! We are a small organization at a pivotal moment of growth and change, and the Manager, Digital & Editorial Content will be a key player in telling our story and growing new audiences of supporters, artists, and the arts industry at large. You will conceptualize and deliver highly engaging digital content across our marketing channels, and think outside the box to grow our audiences.   The Manager, Digital & Editorial Content reports to the Director, Digital & Editorial Content, within the Editorial Department. Our ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience working at an arts organization.   You are energized by: ●      Supporting artists and telling their stories; Creative Capital has funded the work of groundbreaking artists since 1999, including visionaries such as Simone Leigh, Theaster Gates, Laura Poitras, Nick Cave,...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a detail-oriented, highly organized, skilled, and energetic communications and editorial assistant to support the Artist at Risk Connection (ARC)’s communications, social media, and editorial operations. The role will oversee ARC’s communications-related content and strategies, particularly social media, newsletters, and website content, to grow ARC’s online presence and draw in new audiences while keeping existing ones engaged. The role will also assist with the team’s editing and other content responsibilities. The role requires strong writing and editing skills, demonstrated commitment to the arts and human rights internationally, and an eagerness to learn. This is a full-time position, expected to be based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters, and reports to ARC’s program manager. At PEN America, ARC safeguards the right to artistic freedom of expression around the...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a dynamic, organized, and detail-oriented program assistant to join our efforts to defend creative and media professionals, as well as their allies and employers, from online abuse and protect their free expression rights online. This is a full-time position based in New York or Washington, D.C. and reports to the Senior Manager, Digital Safety and Free Expression. The program assistant will work with PEN America’s in-house experts to drive forward our online abuse defense program by: leading coordination and administrative support for our training program and wider team; expanding our engagement with affected audiences in the creative and media sectors; managing existing partnerships and forging new ones; and following current developments in online abuse, content moderation, and digital safety.  The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to making online spaces safer...

The  Institute to End Mass Incarceration  (IEMI), through its online publication,   Inquest ,  seeks to hire an Outreach Coordinator, in partnership with filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen. This is a part-time, nine-month position tasked with driving the day-to-day operations of a campaign already in motion. The Outreach Coordinator will work directly with the filmmaker and others to increase national engagement with  The Recall  and conversations centered around the issues it raises. The Recall , a short documentary film, explores the 2018 recall of Judge Aaron Persky in California after the sentencing of Brock Turner. The film exposes elements of the story that were often overlooked in contemporaneous media accounts. In particular, it addresses the ways in which the case brought necessary attention to the importance of justice for survivors of sexual violence, while also interrogating how harsh sentences and carceral policies disproportionately harm low-income people and...

Save The Music (STM) is currently seeking an Institutional Giving Manager to join its Institutional Giving Group in the Development Department. This position will be a key player in our dynamic fundraising team.  The Institutional Giving Manager will identify and research new donors, maintain project budgets, write and prepare compelling written materials, including letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and grant reports - and serve as a frontline fundraiser for the institutional giving team. The Manager's primary role is to increase institutional support for STM nationwide by securing new and recurring donors (corporate foundations, foundations/grant-making organizations, and government sources) as part of a small, high-performing and growing team. Key Responsibilities: -Research and identify new funding for institutional giving, while assisting with other fundraising priorities -Manage and cultivate a robust portfolio of prospects and new donors, secure meetings, host...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a skilled video editor/producer to help power our digital channels. This is a key role in our communications department, and one that operates across our vibrant and creative organization to advance advocacy campaigns, celebrate literary excellence, and support public programming. PEN America is a fast-paced, expanding organization with a growing public profile and range of activities. For nearly 100 years, we have defended writers under threat and advocated in defense of free expression rights, and our work now in the United States and globally feels as urgent and essential as it ever has. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and reports to the editorial director.   The video editor/producer will use short-form video to build and engage PEN America’s community of writers and readers and mobilize...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a talented, energetic, and highly organized regional representative in Africa for its   Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)   program. The regional representative will lend critical regional expertise to the ARC team and develop an active hub in the region, deepen existing regional partnerships and build new ones, and assist in cases of at-risk artists where needed. The ideal candidate will have strong independent project management skills, experience in coalition or network building, and be eager to take on new projects and tackle challenges.   This is a consultant position based in the region. At PEN America, ARC safeguards the right to artistic freedom of expression around the world and works to ensure that artists of all disciplines everywhere can live and work without fear. With a global network of 800 organizations providing crucial resources for artists and...