Job Title: Communications Manager (must currently reside in Seattle / Bellevue area) Department: Communications Reports To: Director of Finance and Shared Services

Location: Bellevue, WA FLSA Status: Full-time in-office, Exempt/Salary Compensation: Competitive base salary of Annual Salary: $90,000 - $100,000 DOE

About Us

Everyone deserves a place to call home. Not just an address or somewhere to take shelter, but a little slice of the universe that’s all your own. A place where you can plant roots and grow. Where you have a voice. Where you make memories. Where you always belong. A house is a structure with four walls and a roof—but a home is wherever you can be you. That place might look a little different to everyone, but the feeling of safety and comfort it provides is universal. And to us, that’s a feeling no one should live without.

Since 1909, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties has been making home happen. We live in one of the best places in the world, and as representatives of our region’s housing industry, it’s our duty to keep it that way—by making housing available and attainable to everyone. That’s why we support those who provide the Puget Sound region with places people can call home.

We’ve been the voice for builders for more than 100 years, helping to shape our community for the greater good. We devote years to creating legislation that promotes a free market where housing supply can keep up with regional demands. We collaborate with our communities to develop land in ways that serve everyone, balancing environmental preservation with housing provision. And we’re continuously building a home of our own, where our members can connect, learn from each other, and succeed. Together, we’re determined to provide our region with attainable housing—today, tomorrow, and for the next 100 years.

There’s a reason people say home is where the heart is—because home is where everything begins. It’s integral to human success, to creating connected communities, and to building a better tomorrow. That’s why, as the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, we don’t just make housing happen—we make home happen.

What it Takes to Succeed

Here are the skills and traits you’ll need to be successful in our organization.

· A team player -- You define personal success by the success of the association and your teammates in addition to the excellence of your own work.

· Courageous – You are always willing to try something new, whether that is a new responsibility or a new way of approaching an existing one.

· Self-motivated but also collaborative – You take full ownership of your work statement but also enjoy working with a team.

· Highly adaptive and resilient – When necessary, you are happy to iterate, react to changes in requirements, and learn for next time.

· Organized and detail-oriented – You have a knack for record-keeping and multi-tasking and have strong proofreading and copyediting skills.

· An excellent communicator – You write and speak effectively at varying levels of technical detail depending on what is most effective with any given audience.

· Skilled & experienced but also humble – You are confident in what you bring to the team while recognizing that your opinion isn’t the only one that matters.

· A good coach – If you are managing people, you are comfortable both praising excellence and identifying areas for improvement.

Position Overview

The Communications Manager has four general responsibilities.

1. Advance the objectives of the industry and association through communication assets and capabilities. Champion the aims of the Board of Directors, Executive Director and staff leadership, in that order.

2. Foster a culture of excellence within, and effective deliverables by, the Communications team to advance the objectives of the association and broader team.

3. Develop people. Provide coaching, feedback, challenging tasks, cross-training opportunities, mentoring, and soft-skills consultation to direct reports.

4. Develop and / or maintain departmental processes, tools and behaviors that support both the needs of the team and the needs of its stakeholders. Focus on effective project management and timeliness and quality of deliverables while being approachable, flexible and professional.

More specifically, the Communications Manager oversees a team of two others that works closely with internal stakeholders to create and distribute a wide variety of impactful communication pieces in support of the Association’s programs, products and experiences.

Staff communicates with a wide variety of audiences -- homebuilders and remodelers, industry professionals and suppliers, elected officials, prospective members and the general public – across an assortment of different channels including websites, external emails, a weekly e-newsletter, print publications, advertising, and digital and physical collateral for a broad range of events and experiences.

The Communications Manager needs to understand the unique voice and branding elements the departments prefer for each of those audiences and be adept at both overseeing and executing the full production process for all of our forms of communication.

Required Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

· Education: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Journalism or a related field.

· Experience: Minimum five years of experience in Communications or a related field.

· Management Experience: Minimum three years of experience managing a team.

Technical Skills:

o Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

o Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite or its programs (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premier Pro).

Preferred Technical Skills:

o Experienced with website (Squarespace) and email design using CSS & HTML.

o Experienced with MailChimp and with data hygiene for contact databases.

o Experienced with Firey Print Suite, HubSpot, Figma, mainstream social media platforms & file sharing tools.

o Experienced with project management tools (Smartsheet, monday.com, etc).

Employee Benefits:

· Purpose-driven work where we believe everybody deserves a place to call home.

· Awesome coworkers, which sometimes include our dogs.

· A collaborative and inclusive work environment with a supportive team culture.

· Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.

· Most employees have private offices.

· 401(k) plan with 4% employer match.

· Generous vacation, sick leave, personal days, and holidays.

· On-site gym, mediocre but functional locker rooms included.

· Free parking with EV charging stations.

· Maternity and paternity leave benefit.

· Office snacks. Frankly, probably too many.

· Employee assistance program (EAP).

· Team outings and events that are more fun than a barrel of monkeys

· Paid week off between Christmas and New Year’s.

· A culture where we take our cause, but not ourselves, seriously.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

MBAKS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Disclaimer: This description is intended to provide an overview of the responsibilities and duties of the position. It is not all-inclusive. The responsibilities may change over time. This description is provided for informational purposes only and does not form the basis of a contract.

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