Community Development Banking List
12-15-2009, 01:30 PM
Original message from: LBonham@cfsinnovation.com
(Position is in Chicago, Il)
The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) is the nation's leading authority on financial services for underbanked consumers. Since 2004, its programs have focused on informing, connecting and investing - gathering enhanced intelligence, brokering and supporting productive industry relationships and fostering best-in-class products and strategies. CFSI works with leaders and innovators in the business, government and non-profit sectors to transform the financial services landscape. CFSI is a non-profit affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation, America's first and leading community development and environmental banking corporation. For more on CFSI, go to www.cfsinnovation.com. For more on ShoreBank, go to www.shorebankcorp.com.
The Communication Manager is responsible for managing the execution of CFSI's communications strategies with a team of staff, partners, and external consultants. We are looking for someone who understands the power of information to shape opinion, catalyze new ideas, and transform markets. We are a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organization in need of a highly organized person with a strong marketing communication background to help us make the most of our important work.
The communication team's primary strategic objective is to build awareness and understanding of the needs of underbanked consumers, and the innovative providers and most promising strategies for serving them.
Responsibilities include:
1- Conceive, write, prepare, and place press releases, public statements, innovator success stories, and annual reports.
2- Oversee and ensure successful production of all electronic and print-based marketing/communication material.
3- Lead marketing, networking, and sponsorship components of CFSI's yearly national conference.
4- Lead organization-wide social media effort
5- Speaker management, including conceiving and pitching ideas, and making recommendations on speaking opportunities and how to best leverage those opportunities.
6- Support strategic initiatives to promote CFSI "brand" with key stakeholders
7- Convene and supervise cross-entity ad hoc teams. Participate in the development and execution of deliverables by serving as communication strategist.
8- Manage Communication Coordinator
9- Initiates, develops, and implements communication processes linking strategic goals with communication outputs, objectives, and messages.
10- Work collaboratively with other team members on the full range of Center activities; serve as a resource for other ShoreBank companies.
Job Qualifications
* Min 3-5 years experience in communications, 1-2 years as a manager
* Proven superior writing and editing skills requiring little or no peer/manager review.
* Proven project management skills in a highly collaborative environment
* Flexibility in responding to changing demands and priorities, consistent with a high-growth environment, a desire and comfort working in a fast-pace changing environment
* Clear desire to be engaged in mission-related work. Community development experience a plus.
* Knowledge of financial services/banking a plus.
* BA in communication, public relations or journalism.
* Strong knowledge of MS office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), knowledge of Adobe Design Suite, prior experience with website Content Management Systems
Please submit cover letter, resumes, and writing portfolio, to resumes@cfsinnovation.com. Please include "CFSI-Communication Manager" in the subject line.
Lorie Bonham, Communication Director
Center for Financial Services Innovation
An Affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation
312.881.5807 | lbonham@cfsinnovation.com
http://www.cfsinnovation.com ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com')
Register for the 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
June 9-11, 2010 | Miami, FL | www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10<http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10> ('http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10>')
(Position is in Chicago, Il)
The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) is the nation's leading authority on financial services for underbanked consumers. Since 2004, its programs have focused on informing, connecting and investing - gathering enhanced intelligence, brokering and supporting productive industry relationships and fostering best-in-class products and strategies. CFSI works with leaders and innovators in the business, government and non-profit sectors to transform the financial services landscape. CFSI is a non-profit affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation, America's first and leading community development and environmental banking corporation. For more on CFSI, go to www.cfsinnovation.com. For more on ShoreBank, go to www.shorebankcorp.com.
The Communication Manager is responsible for managing the execution of CFSI's communications strategies with a team of staff, partners, and external consultants. We are looking for someone who understands the power of information to shape opinion, catalyze new ideas, and transform markets. We are a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organization in need of a highly organized person with a strong marketing communication background to help us make the most of our important work.
The communication team's primary strategic objective is to build awareness and understanding of the needs of underbanked consumers, and the innovative providers and most promising strategies for serving them.
Responsibilities include:
1- Conceive, write, prepare, and place press releases, public statements, innovator success stories, and annual reports.
2- Oversee and ensure successful production of all electronic and print-based marketing/communication material.
3- Lead marketing, networking, and sponsorship components of CFSI's yearly national conference.
4- Lead organization-wide social media effort
5- Speaker management, including conceiving and pitching ideas, and making recommendations on speaking opportunities and how to best leverage those opportunities.
6- Support strategic initiatives to promote CFSI "brand" with key stakeholders
7- Convene and supervise cross-entity ad hoc teams. Participate in the development and execution of deliverables by serving as communication strategist.
8- Manage Communication Coordinator
9- Initiates, develops, and implements communication processes linking strategic goals with communication outputs, objectives, and messages.
10- Work collaboratively with other team members on the full range of Center activities; serve as a resource for other ShoreBank companies.
Job Qualifications
* Min 3-5 years experience in communications, 1-2 years as a manager
* Proven superior writing and editing skills requiring little or no peer/manager review.
* Proven project management skills in a highly collaborative environment
* Flexibility in responding to changing demands and priorities, consistent with a high-growth environment, a desire and comfort working in a fast-pace changing environment
* Clear desire to be engaged in mission-related work. Community development experience a plus.
* Knowledge of financial services/banking a plus.
* BA in communication, public relations or journalism.
* Strong knowledge of MS office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), knowledge of Adobe Design Suite, prior experience with website Content Management Systems
Please submit cover letter, resumes, and writing portfolio, to resumes@cfsinnovation.com. Please include "CFSI-Communication Manager" in the subject line.
Lorie Bonham, Communication Director
Center for Financial Services Innovation
An Affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation
312.881.5807 | lbonham@cfsinnovation.com
http://www.cfsinnovation.com ('http://www.cfsinnovation.com')
Register for the 5th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
June 9-11, 2010 | Miami, FL | www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10<http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10> ('http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/cfsi10>')