Communications Specialist

We are Hiring: Communications Specialist

The Richi Foundation is seeking a proactive, highly organized, and creative Communications Specialist

to manage and execute our day-to-day communications from November 2026.

We are looking for someone who is genuinely engaged with our mission and driven to make a meaningful impact. While this role is fully remote

, candidates must be able to collaborate seamlessly with our core team based in Boston, MA

(primarily aligning with Eastern Time Zone working hours), and be able to travel to Boston a few times a year.  

To ensure a smooth transition, the role includes a structured onboarding and handover period

to help you get fully up to speed on our tools, workflows, and distinct initiative brands.

Key Responsabilities

• Social Media & Community Management: Strategy, content creation, and weekly scheduling across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X for all main foundation and initiative accounts. Monitor recurring calendar dates, manage team/initiative tagging rules, and handle community engagement.

• Community & Ecosystem Outreach: Conduct thoughtful, empathetic outreach across the childhood cancer community—sharing relevant resources, updates, and information with patient families, partner non-profits, and advocacy groups.

• Media Relations & Outreach: Draft and distribute press releases, pitch stories, and manage relationships with journalists and media outlets to elevate foundation visibility.

• CRM & Database Management:

  Maintain and update contact lists, manage contact type categorization, build automated forms, and organize marketing contacts within HubSpot.

• Donor Communications:

  Support donor engagement by managing thank-you communications, executing campaign emails, and maintaining updated donor records in our database.

• Email Campaigns & Web Management:

  Design and deploy campaign emails using HubSpot. Maintain and update initiative websites using Squarespace, ensuring privacy policies and landing pages are properly configured.

• Graphic Design & Branding: Produce original on-brand digital and print assets using Canva, maintaining visual cohesion across all distinct initiative sub-brands.

• Event & Production Support: Manage invitations, guest lists, RSVPs, and automated event registration workflows. Coordinate external print and video vendors, source media contractors (photographers/videographers), and assist with overall logistics for key foundation events and programs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Mission Alignment: Passionate, self-motivated, and deeply engaged with our foundation's purpose and impact, particularly in supporting pediatric oncology families and healthcare non-profit initiatives.

• Languages:

  Excellent written and spoken English is required.

  Proficiency or fluency in Spanish is strongly encouraged

  .

• Community & Partner Engagement: Proven experience conducting clear, empathetic outreach to families, community leaders, partner organizations, and non-profit networks.

• Digital Communications & Media: Proven experience in social media management, press release writing, media relations, email marketing, and web management.

• CRM & Data Hygiene: Practical experience managing CRM contacts, list segmentation, and automated forms (HubSpot experience highly valued).

• Content & Visual Design: Experience creating original, branded digital and print collateral.

• Event & Vendor Coordination: Track record of managing invitations, guest RSVPs, event marketing, and working with external vendors.

• Execution & Detail:

  Exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail (tagging, permissions, contact hygiene), and a collaborative mindset.

Role Details

• Position:

  Communications Specialist

• Schedule:

  Full-Time

• Start Date:

  Mid-November 2026

• Location: Fully Remote (Aligning with Boston, MA / ET working hours), availability to travel occasionally to Boston. Candidates from Latin America, and Spain are strongly encouraged to apply.

• How to Apply:

  Send your resume, portfolio samples, and a brief cover letter to [email protected]

  with the subject line "Communications Specialist Application"

  by October 20th.