Located in the San Luis Valley, in Colorado’s southcentral Rockies, SLV Great Outdoors (SLV GO!) helps organize, support, and guide community efforts to implement outdoor recreation resources and break down barriers between communities and the outdoors. Its core focuses include health, environment, and equity, including inclusion of under-resourced populations such as lower-income Latinx youth and families. In addition to its own programs such as trail-building crews, SLV GO! coordinates a range of coalitions throughout the San Luis Valley focused on preservation of and access to natural landscapes and outdoor recreation for youth, families, and distinct local communities. This volunteer position is a unique opportunity for an individual to get to know the amazing natural landscapes and resources of the San Luis Valley, while exploring their own creative potential in communications and marketing.
Description:
This position will assist the Development and Communications Coordinator in their efforts to promote SLV GO! on numerous social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram, in order to:
- Expand audiences on social media platforms
- Develop sustainable media schedules
- Identify through-line storytelling opportunities beyond event-specific storytelling posts/articles
- Work in partnership with local media outlet and SLV GO! partner, Alamosa Citizen, for additional content creation for the Outdoor Citizen podcast.
- Passion for storytelling, both written and visual (photography)
- Degree, coursework, or experience in digital communications, graphics, marketing, etc.
- Creatively-driven individual with experience and capacity to share content on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms
- Inspired by outdoor spaces, especially those across the San Luis Valley.
- Outdoor- and community-minded individual
- Willingness to learn new skills in marketing and communications
- Open to creative feedback from team members
- Ability to navigate technology, such as Google Drive and Canva, as well as social media platforms