The NAA is seeking an energetic and passionate individual to focus on membership development and public communications and outreach. The new position will focus on building NAA’s capacity to recruit and maintain membership, effectively communicate its mission and activities, coordinate with like minded organizations, respond to media or agency articles or reports, and improve member services. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, creative, have excellent writing skills and a working knowledge of website construction and social media. Knowledge of US aquaculture is an additional asset. This is a full-time position which is also fully remote, but the candidate should be willing and able to travel periodically (2-3 times per year) and have access to a major airport.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit and retain members to the NAA
• Review existing NAA member services and develop an updated, comprehensive membership program which boosts the value of NAA membership to the US aquaculture community
• Conduct a systematic review of the existing NAA website, education and outreach materials, and NAA’s own marketing materials
• Continuously generate new content and publish via NAA’s platforms (email, website & social media)
• Help develop a strong social media presence for NAA that reaches and engages with the US aquaculture community on a regular basis, and boosts web traffic to the NAA site
• Design and implement comprehensive NAA communications and outreach strategies that include tracking website and social media analytics to continuously assess message delivery efficacy
• Staff the NAA’s Outreach and Education and Membership Development committees