Marketing and Partnerships Lead - accesSOS : Job Details

Part time with potential to become full time

Hybrid, at least one day per week in office

Application Deadline: Rolling, applications close January 2, 2025

accesSOS is a startup tech nonprofit on a mission to save lives by making emergency help accessible for all.

The Problem: For any emergency, 911 is our go-to phone call, except for the 37 million Americans who cannot hear or speak out loud for help. Unfortunately, about half of 911 call centers do not support text-to-911, and updating all systems to the next generation that accepts text messages could take 5-10 years and $15 billion. Even in areas with text-to-911, pinpointing a texter's location is slow and inefficient.

accesSOS Solution: That's where accesSOS comes in. It's a free mobile app that translates texts into 911 calls, instantly shares emergency location and streamlines information to 911. This innovative app is available in multiple languages, making it more inclusive. It not only saves precious time for 911 operators but also provides an accessible, icon-based system that has been a true lifesaver for vulnerable populations. We simultaneously use our innovation as a platform to build awareness and advocate for the national adoption of text-to-911.

We are seeking an entrepreneurial, driven, and creative Marketing and Partnerships Lead to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will take the lead in marketing our products and building strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, including disability groups, immigrant groups, and domestic violence survivor organizations.

You will play a critical role in public relations by establishing connections with journalists and media outlets to amplify our mission and reach.

As a core member of the team, you will work in close partnership with the Product Lead, Lead Engineer, CEO, users, and other stakeholders to ensure that our products are effectively communicated and that our message reaches those who need it most. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in the tech nonprofit sector, contributing to making emergency services more accessible nationwide.

accesSOS has ambitious marketing goals for 2025–starting with an awareness campaign to activate users to download our product, newly launched in California and New Mexico. You will take the lead to design and launch marketing ads on social media, partner with local communities and groups to amplify our message, and generate PR, media, and press engagement.

Candidates from the communities we serve are strongly encouraged. We value diversity of experiences and perspectives, and most of our team are people of color with personal experience in underserved communities.

Our ideal colleague holds collaborative teamwork, equity, and dignity for all at the center of their work and their personal values. We want to work with someone who is a warm, entrepreneurial and positive communicator, who thrives in a team–whether they are the lead or the support on a project. A key superpower of accesSOS team members is an ability to find the positive in a start-up environment–we are solutions driven problem solvers; we are driven, we are comfortable with ambiguity, and we are passionate about getting all the things done because our mission is that important.

When hired full time, accesSOS offers generous PTO and benefits.

We value diversity of experiences and perspectives, and most of our team are people of color with personal experience in underserved communities. Our work has been recognized by Forbes, NBC Nightly News, presented at SXSW, and is funded by Twilio, PagerDuty, Google, MIT Solve, and Draper Richards Kaplan.

Please note:

We will begin the application review process immediately, and hold initial interviews from December 23 on a rolling basis. We would like to make an offer to have the successful applicant join us by mid-January, 2025.

Our selection process is outlined below.

We will ask for:

If you are selected for an introductory meeting, you will be invited to a virtual meeting to talk about your work samples, your goals, and why you'd like to join the accesSOS team.

If you are selected into the formal interview process, you will meet your peer group, the Product Lead and the Lead Engineer so you can do a deep dive into the work and understand if this is a good fit.

The top candidates will be interviewed by the CEO.

Preference will be given to California residents that live in the San Francisco Bay area or commutable distance. Current colleagues work in a hybrid environment, with remote and in person office engagement.

We are building a culture as well as serving our communities and it's important to us that we're able to work together to collaborate and work individually to focus on goals and deadlines.

For those hired into full time positions, accesSOS offers generous PTO and benefits.

To learn more about accesSOS check out this resource:

text911.info (visual map database of text to 911 available areas)