Department: Development
Reports to: Director of Advancement and Marketing
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Position Description

The Olana Partnership seeks a Communications Associate to support its growing communications and marketing needs. The position requires the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced team environment and to work occasional evenings and weekends. The strongest candidates will have both strong writing/editing skills and a keen visual sense as well as demonstrated enthusiasm for social media and other digital communication media. This is an entry level position with the opportunity to grow and gain exposure to arts and cultural communications with a national reach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate internal and external communications on website, social media, print and digital media, including drafting/editing copy, sourcing/editing photography and video;
• Coordinate press releases and maintain press relationships;
• Prepare reports, track and analyze data;
• All other Development and Communications tasks as needed.

Supervisory Duties: None

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience (3 years +);
• The ability to work cooperatively in a team environment and accept feedback;
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) a plus;
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to quality in all work;
• An appreciation for discretion and confidentiality and a sense of humor.

Salary: $43,000-$46,000 based on experience. The Olana Partnership offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. To be considered submit resume, cover letter, and work samples to Melanie Hasbrook, mhasbrook@olana.org no later than January 10.

About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape is open for guided tours, and reservations are highly recommended. The landscape is open daily 8:00 AM – sunset.

Olana State Historic Site, administered and operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site, with primary responsibility for visitor engagement, programming, and exhibitions.