Location: Portland,ME, USA
*Goodwill VISTA* Communications for Portland Public Schools
The Portland Public School District, serves four high schools, four middle schools, and eleven elementary schools, including the Bayside Learning Community school. As part of its Comprehensive Strategic Plan, i.e., The Portland Promise, the intent is to improve the District's communications processes, creating strategy, renewing branding, and refreshing approaches, such as the website, and social media. As part of this strategy, attention will be given to ensuring outreach and communication to all members of our community, including the 36% of our students who live in homes where the primary language other than English is spoken and the 55% of our students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.
Member Duties : The Communications and Community Partnerships VISTA will work with the Director of Communications and Community Partnerships, Communications Coordinator, and TV3 Manager to help develop and execute communication strategies using social media, developing online content, writing and visual representation, graphic design, photography, videography, and community outreach. The AmeriCorps VISTA member will post social media, collect content for website posts, edit, write and post text, use graphic design software (AdobeSuite: Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop) to create infographics for online posts and paper flyers, take photos and videos at events and edit for posting. Ideally, the AmeriCorps VISTA member should have knowledge of video editing software, such as Final Cut Pro. The AmeriCorps VISTA member will interact with the internal and external community on an ongoing basis to collect information as needed. Strong organizational and written communication skills are important.
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Housing , Access to org facilities, parking permit , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Training , Living Allowance .
Terms :
Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :
Children/Youth , Technology , Community Outreach , Education .
Skills :
Team Work , Youth Development , Community Organization , Public Speaking , experience with web design a + , Communications , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Fine Arts/Crafts , Recruitment , Education , Writing/Editing , Non-Profit Management , Computers/Technology , Urban Planning , General Skills .