Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a
Communications Manager, Remote - Worldwide

Summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Communications Manager to lead communications for advocacy and public policy work, and other initiatives. The role involves developing proactive innovative media, storytelling, and creative communications approaches, responding to crises, and serving as a primary point of contact for various teams. The candidate must have at least 8 years of communications and media relations experience, with expertise in advocacy, policy, and legal communications.

Requirements

• Must be based in the UTC-4 or UTC-5 time zones
• Minimum of 8 years of communications and media relations experience
• Experience in advocacy, policy, and legal communications, with demonstrable experience of developing and implementing cross channel campaigns that drive impact, with clear audiences, goals, and tactics. Experience in the tech policy sector is a plus
• Experience leading crisis and rapid response media efforts, and developing systems to proactively prepare organizations for crisis response
• Excellent knowledge of the global media landscape, with ability to cultivate journalist relationships
• Experience of working with other departments, advising stakeholders at all levels on plans and tactics, with ability to bring in others as necessary
• Excellent written and verbal communications, with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to proactively shape and translate complex messages into those that are compelling and engaging for external audiences
• Experience in working with external vendors, leading relationships to drive key results
• Ability to work flexibly, balancing longer-term priorities with urgent and changing needs, ensuring work is kept on track
• Experience working on a global team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics, as well as the flexibility to virtually meet with people in multiple time zones
• Experienced in working autonomously in a fast-paced team
• People management experience, leading others to achieve impact
• A commitment to consistently modeling the Wikimedia Foundation's organizational values

Responsibilities

• Overseeing proactive communications and media relations efforts across a wide-ranging portfolio
• Serving as a primary point of contact for the Global Advocacy and Legal Affairs teams; responsible for also liaising with several other Foundation teams, including Product and Technology and Trust and Safety
• Proactively develop messaging for key initiatives to help guide our communications approach
• Guide, produce, and review a range of communications materials, including press statements, blogs, pitch notes, briefing docs, newsletter copy, and more
• Ensure that key messages and complex narratives are shaped consistently and clearly for public audiences
• Build relationships and lead cooperative efforts with internal and external stakeholders at all levels to enable the successful delivery of communications plans
• Act as a primary media liaison for managing and responding to daily press inquiries in a timely manner
• Lead on crisis and rapid response media efforts, including developing proactive and reactive communications plans and materials
• Engage cross-Foundation team members at all levels in problem-solving and collaboration on solutions