Job Description

DUTIES

• Cross-Programmatic Integration: Serve as the primary liaison between the Youth Leadership team and the Marketing team to ensure that peer-led insights and community trends inform all digital and local marketing strategies.
• Youth-Led Content Strategy: Lead the development of social media and marketing campaigns that authentically amplify youth voices from the After-School Peer Leadership and Summer Enrichment programs.
• Media Production Management: Oversee the production and strategic promotion of the Real Love Real Talk podcast, ensuring content is co-created with youth and reaches target demographics across Boston.
• Community Insight Loop: Design and implement "feedback-to-impact" systems, using data from community engagement projects and workshops to refine Start Strong’s digital footprint and messaging.
• Programmatic Brand Advocacy: Build and maintain partnerships with local schools and community organizations, focusing on how these collaborations can increase the visibility and measurable impact of the Start Strong Initiative.
• Framework Integration: Ensure all marketing materials and community outreach efforts strictly adhere to a Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach and a trauma-informed framework.
• Supervision: Provide direct supervision to coordinators, interns, and peer leaders specifically assigned to creative, media literacy, and digital outreach projects.
• Reporting & Analytics: Prepare high-level briefing materials for the Director that correlate youth participation rates with marketing engagement efficacy and campaign reach.
• Media Literacy Leadership: Design innovative media literacy resources for providers and youth, specifically focusing on how digital landscapes impact healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention.
• Administrative Oversight: Support data collection for program grants to ensure compliance with BPHC standards and participate in Senior Leadership Team meetings as required.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Public Health, Communications, Marketing, or a related field; OR 2–3 years of experience in marketing.
• Positive Youth Development experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience managing marketing campaigns or digital communications within a public health or non-profit setting.
• Proven track record of working with urban youth populations, specifically within the Boston area, and a deep understanding of the impact of structural racism on health equity.
• Strong technical proficiency in digital tools (Wix/WordPress, social media analytics) and creative production (podcasting, video shorts, or graphic design).
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex programmatic data into compelling "impact stories" for public consumption.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build meaningful partnerships across different sectors (e.g., schools, healthcare, and community-based organizations).
• Ability to balance independent project management with highly collaborative team-based work.

Additional Information

• City of Boston residency is required; Allston, Back Bay, Bay Village, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Chinatown, Dorchester, Downtown, East Boston, Fenway-Kenmore, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mid-Dorchester, Mission Hill, North End, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, South End, West End, West Roxbury, Wharf district.
• A Criminal Offenders Records Information request must be completed for this position. However, a record is not an automatic bar to employment but is reviewed in relation to the job applied for.
• Certain immunizations will be recommended and/or required prior to commencement of employment duties.
• Any position that requires an advanced degree will be subject to education verification.
• Certain positions at the BPHC may be Grant Funded.
• The Boston Public Health Commission is an EEO Employer and all applicants meeting the minimum requirements are eligible to apply.
• Certain positions at the BPHC may require Child Protective Service Background verification.
• The advertised shift and schedule are subject to change at the department's discretion.