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Description
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) promotes and educates consumers and opinion leaders about organic products throughout the United States and Canada, and also seeks to promote the benefits and programs of OTA to its members and potential members.
Position Overview:
Help develop a dynamic and fast growing agricultural and consumer segment of the food, fiber and personal care market.
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) seeks to fill the position of Associate Director Conference and Product Development. The associate director will have bottom-line responsibility for OTA's conferences, information products and advertising products.
The position will function as a creative member of OTA's Integrated Communication, Marketing and Public Relations team, reporting to the Chief of Policy and External Relations and works closely with the Associate Director of Communications. OTA promotes and educates trade and opinion leaders about organic products throughout the United States and Canada, through its annual policy conference, organic education conference, co-sponsored education events, information products (industry and consumer surveys) and offers advertising trade vehicles.
Responsibilities:
Full program responsibility includes: contract and MOU execution, content development, event planning, back-end operations, promotion and program-based bottom line accountability (revenue & profits).
Qualifications:
Qualified applicants will possess a personal passion for organic products; demonstrated conference content development and event planning experience, expertise in information product development, and management of outside contractors. An appreciation for and knowledge of organic agriculture systems would be an added plus. The candidate's skills set will include experience in and knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, website content management and design suite software Project management competence a must. Bachelor's degree with appropriate expertise. Masters degree preferred.
To Apply:
Applications accepted until position is filled. Please submit a cover letter and resume by email to: Stella Sexton, HR Department, Organic Trade Association.
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