Communications & Events Manager

Posted: 04/07/2026

Non-Profit and Social Services

Communications & Events Manager

Seashore Trolley Museum seeks a highly-organized, self-motivated and collaborative individual to serve as our Communications & Events Manager; a full-time, year-round position. This hourly, non-exempt position begins at $52,000/year, with an additional $100/week health insurance stipend and the opportunity to join the museum’s health and dental insurance (employer paid) and retirement plans (4% employer match). This position will remain open until the best candidate for the position is hired.

Position Responsibilities Include:

Develop all content and collateral for the museum’s marketing and fundraising initiatives, events, newsletters, publications, and website & social media pages. Create original visual media that communicates our mission and brand in an engaging, unified way.

Plan, coordinate, execute and implement all museum events, large and small, to meet revenue goals. Manage and facilitate the Annual Meeting and Donor & Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, Members Day, and signature fundraising events, including logistics, ticket sales and registrations, organizing supplies, managing vendor relationships, coaching peer-to-peer fundraisers, and act as the lead point of contact for all events.
Aid the Executive Director in donor stewardship activities including acknowledgement letters, sponsorship and advertisement opportunities, and creative recognition to acquire and grow giving.

The ideal candidate possesses the following qualifications and skills:

Excellent graphic design, web and technology skills
Digital literacy and facility with online programs and apps, as well as comfort learning new technical/computer skills as they arise
Strong writing, proofreading and verbal communication skills
Excellent time management skills
Ability to work a flexible schedule. Working weekday evenings and weekends frequently during Seashore’s peak on-season months (end of June – Halloween) will be necessary to accommodate the event schedule.
Experience working with and managing volunteers.
Decisiveness, good judgement, and strong self-motivation and initiative.
Ability to problem solve through challenges and situations.
Valid driver’s license.
A minimum of three years of professional experience in a similar environment

The Communications & Events Manager reports to our Executive Director. This position has a year-round workspace in the Museum’s administrative office, but hybrid work is available once benchmarks are achieved and/or maintained.

Applicants must be able to submit three (3) professional references.

To apply, please email cover letter, resume and three professional references to Seashore’s Executive Director, Katie Orlando, at director@trolleymuseum.org. No phone calls or in-person drop-ins please.

New England Electric Railway Historical Society’s Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, pioneered the field of volunteer-sponsored rail preservation worldwide when it was founded in 1939. Guests are treated to rides on our heritage electric railway, aboard trolleys our talented volunteers and staff have restored to their original glory. Hundreds of transit artifacts are on display around our 350-acre campus.

Over 500 volunteers and 15 professional staff keep our campus running, year-round. Dozens of volunteers are on campus part-time or full-time themselves each day working in our Restoration Shop, on our Railway Operations Crew operating the trolleys for our guests, our grounds and maintenance team, crews maintaining our track, signals, and overhead infrastructure. Seashore Trolley Museum is an inspiring place to work, and we hope you consider applying to be part of our team.

Seashore Trolley Museum

Katie Orlando