Critical Exposure

Critical Exposure is looking to hire a full-time Development &
Communications Manager that will take on a major leadership role in
the organization. Critical Exposure is a nonprofit that teaches
middle and high school students how to use the power of photography
and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform
and social change. We work to fulfill our mission through a unique
three-pronged approach that blends art and advocacy:

1. Youth Empowerment – Provide students with training in documentary
photography, leadership, and advocacy; teach them how to document
issues that impact their lives; and help them to use their images and
voices to advocate for positive solutions to those issues.
2. Public Engagement – Inform and engage the public by using students’
photographs and writing to create traveling exhibits that can be shown
in galleries, libraries, coffee shops, and other public spaces to
increase awareness of the issues facing young people.
3. Policy Change – Partner with advocacy and community organizations
to implement creative strategies that use students’ photography and
voices to support school reform and social change.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Fundraising: responsible for improving and increasing our
fundraising efforts, including grantwriting, corporate sponsorships,
individual donations, and event planning.
o Identify new prospects and cultivate new funding relationships.
o Manage and coordinate all grant-related activities (maintain
schedules and due dates of grants/final reports, follow up as needed,
schedule meetings, mail and file grant proposals, etc).
o Draft letters of inquiry, grant proposals and final reports.
o Manage donor stewardship, ensuring that all donors are appropriately
thanked and receive regular communication.
• Communications, press, and outreach: responsible for communicating
consistently and effectively with current supporters and stakeholders,
identifying and reaching out to new audiences, and securing media
attention for Critical Exposure’s efforts.
o Manage Photo-of-the-Month newsletter and social media outreach.
o Create and distribute press releases.
o Identify and reach out to new networks of potential supporters and
partners.

Secondary Responsibilities:
• Oversight of implementation of program evaluation and incorporating
data into fundraising and communications efforts.
• Oversight of AmeriCorps*VISTA members as relevant to projects.

This position will work under the supervision of Critical Exposure’s
Executive Director.

Qualifications:
Ideal candidates will possess most of the following characteristics:
• Proven fundraising experience, with a particular emphasis on
grantwriting, but ideally also with corporate, individual, and event
fundraising.
• Examples of successful materials for press and communications.
• Minimum of 4 years of full-time work experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional nonprofit experience, including
development.
• 4-year college degree.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Extremely organized and adept at working both individually and as
part of a team.
• Commitment to, and passion for, empowering youth to advocate for
social change.
• Belief in the power of photography/art to create awareness and
compel action.
• Strong leadership skills, work ethic, creativity, and sense of
humor.

The following skill sets are preferred but not required:
• Experience working with middle- and high-school-aged youth.
• Knowledge of education reform issues.
• Photography and/or multimedia experience.
• Program evaluation experience.
• Interest in developing innovative advocacy strategies.
• HR experience.
• Accounting experience.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to
hiring@criticalexposure.org or mail them to:

Critical Exposure
1816 12th St. NW
3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009

No phone calls please.

Critical Exposure is committed to a policy of equal employment
opportunity. Minorities and people of color are encouraged to
apply.