Job Opening: Communications Manager (CM)

October 28, 2026
12:19 pm

Organization: Sacatar
Reports to: Executive Director
Direct oversight of: Communications Coordinator and Photo and Video team
Type of contract: CLT parcial, 30h/week
Location: Salvador

About Sacatar

Sacatar is the longest continuously operating artist residency in Brazil. Since September 2001, Sacatar has awarded fully-funded two-month residencies to 600 artists of all artistic disciplines and 78 nationalities. Sacatar hosts the artists on its beachside property on the island of Itaparica and sends artists through exchanges with partnered institutions in other countries.

Role Overview

Working under and in close communication with the Executive Director, the Communications Manager will uphold Sacatar’s editorial voice and lead public-facing communications.

The CM oversees content across the website, newsletter, social media, and video. This role is responsible for ensuring all external communications reflect Sacatar’s institutional voice and are adequately tailored to Sacatar’s audiences (artists, partners, and funders).

The CM supervises the Communications Coordinator (who handles Sacatar’s internal communications, website uploads, graphics, etc.) and Sacatar’s photo and video team.

The Communications Manager also oversees Sacatar’s audiovisual and photo archive. This role is central to Sacatar’s strategic goal of strengthening its positioning as a leading international artist residency, particularly with funders and institutional partners.

Core Responsibilities

Editorial: writing, editing, and reviewing bilingual (Portuguese/English) content across all channels; selecting imagery; deciding on post topics and timing.
Voice consistency: reviewing existing and new material to ensure alignment with Sacatar’s institutional tone and messaging.
Team oversight: managing and supporting the Communications Coordinator and coordinating with the photo and video team on video/photo production and delivery.
Archive upkeep: organizing and maintaining Sacatar’s photo and video archive on an ongoing basis.
Partner and grant communications: coordinating joint messaging with partner organizations and contributing boilerplate texts for grant applications and pitch decks.

Core Deliverables

Important: The deliverables listed below do not exhaust the responsibilities of the Communications Manager. This is a proactive and dynamic position, not a passive task-doer role. Applicants should expect the deliverables below to make up approximately 70-80% of the workload.

Recurring

Website posts: usually 4/month; bilingual.
- Posts are often: Celebrating Fellows’ achievements; announcing new partnerships; announcing Sacatar events such as Open Studios, etc.
Review and update website’s permanent pages; quarterly; bilingual.
Newsletter: usually 1/month, bilingual.
Video content planning and review.
- Videos include: Selected Fellows’ interviews; fundraising campaigns, institutional/presentation videos; documentation of events, such as Open Studios, and alumni events.
Social media: usually 1 post/week; bilingual.
Photo archive maintenance: ongoing
- Organizing and updating Sacatar’s 25-year archive of photos and videos.
- Creating systems for how the archive is organized, fed, and accessed.
Media outreach; ongoing
- Though this is a smaller part of the role, the CM is expected to build rapport with journalists and relevant media outlets.
- Examples of relevant media are major Brazilian newspapers and established international art publications.

Sporadic

Open Call announcements and accompanying website texts
Annual Report texts and images
Boilerplate texts for grant applications and pitch decks.
Coordination of joint communications with partner organizations
Creation of communication materials for special events
Communication for new projects and initiatives
Outreach to former Fellows

Note: Sporadic tasks are not evenly distributed throughout the year. The CM should expect spikes around Open Call launches (typically in July), Annual Report season (typically, January-March), and grant deadlines

Some Key Performance Indicators:

Fulfilling base deliverables in high quality and on time.
Cohesive voice and message across all platforms and communications.
Increased qualified subscriptions to the newsletter.
Positive direct feedback from artists and key persons in our field (other residencies, foundations, funders, etc.) to our Newsletters, posts, and announcements.
Fellows (current and former) spontaneously sharing information about Sacatar and Sacatar announcements and publications (such as the Annual Report).
Increased media coverage by medium-to-large media outlets.
Increased engagement by potential funders.
Increased engagement from relevant potential partners.

Qualifications

Fluent bilingual writing ability (Portuguese/English); additional languages a plus.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in editorial content management, communications, or journalism.
Facility working across written, visual, and video content.
Experience managing or coordinating a small team preferred, as this position requires managing a communications coordinator and a photo and video contractor.
Familiarity with the arts/cultural sector, ideally artist residencies, museums, nonprofits, or similar organizations.
Organizational skills suited to long-term archive management
Ease working with Microsoft Office apps, DropBox, Google Drive, and WordPress.
Confidentiality and reliability.
Bachelor’s degree preferred / Master’s a plus.
Organizational leadership experience a plus.
Experience in developing a strategic communications plan a plus.

Applicants are expected to be up-to-date with Sacatar’s work and to be familiar with the world of artist residencies, arts & culture organizations, and non-profits.

Type of Contract

Contrato Parcial (CLT)
30h/week, Distributed in 4 workdays/week
Salary range: R$5.000 – 6.000/month
Location: Salvador

Work is primarily in-person at Sacatar’s office, currently stationed in the Comércio neighborhood. Occasionally, the CM will travel to Sacatar’s residency program site in Itaparica. Some remote work may be possible once onboarding is complete, but Sacatar reserves the right to require full in-office presence.

How to Apply

To apply, fill out this application form.

Application deadline: November 25, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email at search@sacatar.org. Please do not call.

Sacatar does not use AI to sort through applications. Every application is reviewed by a real person.