Nutrition Campaign Manager

The Company

Rescue is a full-service marketing agency with a mission to make healthy behaviors easier and more appealing. Since our founding in 2001, Rescue has been exclusively focused on researching, developing, and implementing positive social change campaigns in public health.

We provide research, strategy, creative, production, web, traditional media, social media, policy change, youth engagement and experiential marketing services to government, non-profit, and healthcare clients in over 35 states and provinces, as well as to federal government agencies.

Rescue’s health behavior change marketing campaigns focus on topics such as tobacco, obesity, substance and alcohol prevention;

the promotion of exercise, eating healthy foods, early childhood development, and after school programs; and other topics that promote healthy living.

Rescue’s behavior change campaigns focus on diverse populations within teen (13 - 17), young adult (18 - 26), and adult (18+) populations in both rural and urban areas, resulting in a wide variety of campaign styles and strategies.

We believe that marketing can do more than sell goods, it can create good, and we are looking for team members that are ready to work hard to create a healthier world.

The Job

We are looking for a dynamic, high-performing Nutrition Campaign Manager with experience in nutrition and grassroots advocacy to implement the strategy for our Virginia nutrition statewide campaigns.

The ideal candidate has a passion for behavior change, a history of campaign management and advocacy work, and the ability to engage and empower youth to drive policy change.

Day-To-Day Activities : Implement Campaign Strategy

• Successfully execute and meet campaign goals and client expectations within the set timeline and budget.
• Work closely with the Program Supervisor to provide information and feedback on insights gained from on-the-ground efforts to help inform the campaign strategy and drive policy efforts forward.
• Conduct policy research and assessments. Track the campaign’s progress by maintaining goals and deliverable spreadsheets and keeping them up-to-date with accurate metrics and outcomes.

Generate Grassroots Awareness

• Manage the collection, quality, and data analysis of Measures of Progress (MOPs).
• Lead high-level youth engagement opportunities, such as training youth to meet with key decision-makers, present at campaign-related conferences, and develop youth activities for Weeks of Action.
• Contribute to material development, including fact sheets, infographics, one-pagers, and talking points to educate and influence the target audiences and key decision-makers.

Media & Outreach

• Assist with campaign-specific media efforts.
• Assist with campaign-specific media and public relations activities such as youth media interviews.

Reporting

• Provide regular campaign status updates to keep the Program Supervisor and client informed of the campaign’s progress in meeting deliverables.
• Assist with drafting, editing, and compiling data for deliverable reports.
• Provide campaign updates on client calls.

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree +2 years relevant experience OR 7 years relevant experience OR Master’s Degree;
• Excellent interpersonal skills (one-on-one and in a group format) candidate must be able to work within a team;
• Excellent team-building, presentation, and facilitation skills;
• Experience in nutrition and grassroots advocacy;
• Commitment to mobilizing communities through strategic organizing;
• Ability to prioritize assignments and demonstrate a high degree of initiative;
• High-level competency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Time management skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet urgent deadlines;
• Strong written communication skills;
• Be solution-focused.
30+ days ago