Marketing and Communications Assistant

About the role

Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for design, writing, and building meaningful connections? Fairmount Homes is seeking a Marketing & Communications Assistant to help share the stories, mission, and heart of our community through engaging communications, digital content, graphic design, and marketing initiatives. Located on a beautiful 70+ acre campus in rural Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Fairmount Homes is a faith-based Continuing Care Retirement Community founded on Christ's love and Mennonite values. Our mission is simple: to enrich the lives of those we serve. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, organized, and relationship-oriented individual who enjoys a variety of work and takes pride in producing high-quality communications that inspire, inform, and connect people. At Fairmount Homes, you'll find more than a job—you'll find a community. Our team is passionate about serving others, celebrating life stories, and sharing the meaningful work happening across our campus every day. Our core values of Dignity, Compassion, Trust, Teamwork, Integrity, Quality, and Community guide everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Design brochures, newsletters, invitations, flyers, advertisements, signage, and digital marketing materials
• Maintain Fairmount's brand standards and visual identity across all communications
• Coordinate print production and work with outside vendors
• Write and edit stories, articles, announcements, website content, social media posts, and promotional materials
• Help produce Perspective, Fairmount's quarterly newsletter, and In Touch, our biweekly team member newsletter
• Develop resident, team member, volunteer, donor, and community stories
• Assist with donor relations and fundraising communications
• Proofread materials for accuracy, consistency, and brand alignment
• Update and maintain website content
• Create, schedule, and publish social media content
• Maintain marketing and communications content calendars
• Support email marketing initiatives and campaigns
• Track and report basic marketing performance metrics
• Capture photos of residents, team members, volunteers, events, and campus life
• Organize and maintain photo and digital asset libraries
• Assist with video projects and multimedia storytelling initiatives
• Recruit, orient, and communicate with volunteers
• Maintain volunteer records and databases
• Coordinate volunteer appreciation events and health drive volunteers
• Assist with special events, community outreach activities, open houses, and promotional events