Communications Associate (Part-Time)

$25/hour

20 hours per week

Ineligible for benefits

Start: April 1, 2026

End: December 2, 2026

38 Weeks Total

About FLAAPP

Florida Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Progress (FLAAPP) is a coalition working together to build the power of our Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community to improve their quality of life and actively participate in social and political movements that impact their communities. FLAAPP is the AAPI constituency table under the Florida for All Education Fund. 

We coordinate nonpartisan grassroots efforts for AAPI civic engagement throughout the state of Florida. Our partners work in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami.

Qualifications and Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Legal right to work in the United States
• Experience with writing press releases and building relationships with local media
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, weaving together narrative and statistics to convey messages about policy and politics in approachable ways 
• Ability to synthesize research and data from multiple sources (i.e. quantitative polls, qualitative focus groups, Census data, etc.) into reports that are understandable by a wide range of audience members 
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for engaging with the team

Preferred Skills

• Volunteer experience in electoral or AAPI community organizing
• Basic project management skills to organize and prioritize tasks effectively

Responsibilities

To expand the reach and impact of Florida Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Progress (FLAAPP) to thousands of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Floridians across the state, the digital organizer will:

• Develop a communications plan for FLAAPP to engage our AAPI Floridian community and tell our stories to a wider audience
• Compile and organize data related to the AAPI community in Florida and nationally into quarterly reports that can then be implemented on the ground in Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) organizing for the statewide primary and general elections 
• Connect with local journalists, serving the AAPI community and in the major metro areas throughout the state that FLAAPP engages voters in, to share stories, perspectives, and data about our community to a wider audience
• Take creative lead in creating and managing content on FLAAPP’s website and social media accounts, in line with FLAAPP’s branding guidelines
• Draft and design culturally-competent content that appeals to Floridian AAPIs to foster meaningful engagement with our community 
• Write and distribute FLAAPP’s monthly e-newsletter
• Update FLAAPP website with upcoming events, blog posts, and pertinent voter information
• Collaborate with FLAAPP coalition partners on content that mutually supports our messaging, issues, and meets our online audience
• Identify and connect with AAPI Floridian influencers to collaborate with and amplify our messaging to AAPI voters
• Monitor and analyze digital metrics and campaign performance to track progress, identify areas of improvement, and inform future strategies.  

To Apply

Email a resume and cover letter to organizefl@apiavote.org. Reference “Communications Associate” and your name in the subject line. Deadline to apply is March 15, 2026.