Employment Opportunities at COK
 Thank you for your interest in joining Compassion Over Killing’s growing team dedicated to building a kinder world for all animals. We operate two offices in the U.S.—one in Washington, DC and the other in Los Angeles, CA.
Below is a list of our current job opportunities. Please check back often for more listings and be sure to also consider applying for an internship in either our DC or LA offices.
Position: Communications Coordinator
Position Objective: To use effective communication skills, largely focusing on writing projects, furthering the organization’s mission to expose farmed animal abuse and promote vegetarian eating.
Terms of Employment: Full-time with benefits.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
- Write letters and op-eds for publication
- Coordinate or assist with a variety of writing projects including, but not limited to:
- Web features and blogs
- eNewsletters
- Press releases
- Member magazine
- Literature (brochures, veg-friendly dining guides, etc)
- Development materials (reports, grant proposal, acquisition mailings)
- Research related to writing or other communication-related projects
- Assist with pitching stories/op-eds to the media.
- Expand/maintain media database and media logs.
- Assist with coordinating/creating advertising or social media campaigns/initiatives
- Assist with office communications (answering phones, replying to general email inquiries, etc)
- Participate as needed in local/regional outreach events such as feed-ins, leafleting, and tabling
- Coordinate or assist with other projects/campaigns as determined.
Qualifications:
- Knowledgeable about vegetarian and factory-farming issues.
- Commitment to the objectives of the organization.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to develop and apply strategic communications plans.
- Knowledge of AP style grammar preferred.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and write in a variety of styles.
- Strong multitasking, creative-thinking and organizational skills.
- Ability to work well with others as well as independently.
- Strong work ethic.
The position is located in our Takoma Park, Maryland office, which is dog-friendly.
Please submit your curriculum vitae, a cover letter, including salary requirement, and writing samples to: info--at--cok.net (preferred)
Call 301-891-2458 with questions.
Position: Web Developer
Terms of Employment: Full-time with benefits.
Position Objective: To oversee Compassion Over Killing's online presences and
provide staff with user-friendly advocacy tools. Major projects will include
facilitating the migration of multiple legacy websites to the Drupal CMS, assisting
with the consolidation of constituent data into a single CRM, and identifying/optimizing
integration points between the CRM and CMS.
Position Details: The ideal candidate will be able to communicate with
both end users and developers. In addition to leading in-house development of Compassion
Over Killing's websites, the Web Developer will liaise with consultants
and/or skilled volunteers on select projects. In some cases this may involve working collaboratively. In
other cases it may involve project management, oversight, and quality control. The Web
Developer will also be tasked with eliciting business
requirements from the staff, translating these into technical requirements,
producing RFPs, and reviewing proposals.
At this time, the IT Manager will not be expected to
supervise any staff.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
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Lead migration of select sites to the Drupal CMS with an emphasis on
staff-maintainability, either directly or as a liaison with a
vendor.
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Assist with migration of constituent data into a single CRM, either
directly or as a liaison with a vendor. At minimum, this will require
writing queries to extract desired data and some scripting to merge
duplicate records.
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Maintain legacy PHP/MySQL web applications.
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Develop strategies for driving traffic to websites, including
search engine optimization.
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Maintain relevant documentation.
Qualifications:
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Commitment to the objectives of the organization and strong work ethic
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Excellent grasp of HTML and CSS
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Strong PHP and MySQL skills
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Familiarity with JavaScript, preferably the jQuery library
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Ability to delegate tasks and work well with others
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Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize, work well under
pressure, meet deadlines, and follow projects through to completion
in a fast-paced environment
Bonus Points for:
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Extensive experience with Drupal
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Experience developing in or administering Unix environments
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Demonstrable project management experience
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Including a portfolio or code sample with your application
Please submit your curriculum vitae and a cover letter, including salary requirement, to:
it-dept--at--cok.net (preferred)
OR
Compassion Over Killing
Attn: Frank J. Gómez
6930 Carroll Ave., #910
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-891-2458 (phone)
301-891-6815 (fax)
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