Our Company:

There’s no organization quite like the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation (TRMF). We’re a premiere tourism operation—and we’re a 501c(3) non-profit. We welcome hundreds of thousands of guests to an exciting, diverse lineup of entertainment, historical, and educational attractions—and we work tirelessly to connect people to Medora for positive life changing experiences.

TRMF was established in 1986—but our story begins before that. In 1962, nationally-renowned businessman Harold Schafer took an interest in a historic old town named Medora. He loved its history, its striking location, and its potential to inspire others. So he began revitalizing the old town: he restored a historic hotel, brought the Medora Musical to town, and so much more.

It was 1986 when the Schafer family, with Harold ready to retire from business, donated all they’d created in Medora to establish the non-profit Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.

In the years since, we’ve grown from a staff of a handful of folks to more than 90 full-time employees, with hundreds more seasonal workers and over 650 volunteers. We’ve awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of scholarships to our staff. The Medora Musical has earned the attention of The New York Times. And we’ve earned a reputation as the #1 tourism and hospitality provider in North Dakota.

We are a team of people who draw inspiration from Medora. We deeply respect this place, and the people we meet here. We deliver excellence in hospitality. We work with creativity and integrity. We’re a family that values family.

We are the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.

The Communications Specialist will manage multi-media updates for the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. The Communications Specialist will develop fundraising updates and publications, video and written storytelling, internal communications, and professional corporate updates. The ideal candidate is passionate about Medora and the North Dakota Badlands, helping others, has a flexible schedule, and is a multi-faceted communicator.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Strong understanding and skill to produce video, photo, written, and audio content.
• Develop and implement multimedia content for cross channel dissemination.
• Coordinate the workflow and publish calendar for foundation and fundraising updates and appeals through press releases, blog posts, annual reports, and three times annually distributed newsletter.
• Manage upkeep of fundraising proposal pieces and donor stewardship requirements.
• Coordinate in town digital donor recognition boards and employee facing content boards.
• Create communications for foundation staffing updates, team achievements and awards, and other organizational announcements through news releases and social campaigns.
• Create regular internal communications and employee updates through written pieces and videos.
• Draft and distribute/publish various content pieces that promote TRMF, as well as individuals or groups within TRMF.
• Reach out to targeted organizations with marketing announcements via email and occasionally by phone.
• Select positive publicity materials and distribute them through a variety of channels.
• Assist the Membership Sales Officer with membership communications through email, social media, and direct mail campaigns.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities – none

Works under minimum supervision. Assignments are received in the form of results expected, due dates, and general procedures to follow.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Excellent writing, storytelling, and communication skills
• Proficiency with Teams, Text, email, Zoom, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms.
• Proficient with Adobe Suite, Canva, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Attention to detail; ability to keep accurate and thorough notes related to internal and external organization communications.
• A strong commitment and passion for Medora, The Badlands and helping people.
• Flexible, ready, and able to adapt to change.
• Loves creativity. Unique content creation is critical to the awareness of TRMF.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Journalism, Advertising, Communication, or related field; or equivalent in education and/or experience.
• Two to five years of related experience writing and editing projects; portfolio of relevant previous projects highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in mass communication marketing preferred.
• Experience in writing promotional emails, drip campaigns, and press releases.

Work Environment

This position is in an office environment. Evenings, weekends, and holidays are required as needed.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift to 15 lbs. at times.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of TRMF to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, TRMF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.