Head of Communications

Summary

Join Builders Network as their Head of Communications, a highly strategic leadership role driving impactful campaigns into the mainstream. You will collaborate with partners to amplify thought leadership, creatively showcase program impact, and oversee all communications to enhance Builders' brand. This role demands a minimum of 10 years of experience in professional communications, a creative approach, and a proven track record of successful earned media campaigns. You will manage a team, oversee budgets, and set ambitious goals. The position offers a competitive salary ($175,000 - $190,000), comprehensive benefits, and a flexible remote work environment. Builders Network is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of professional communications experience
• Creative force with an exceptional pulse on pop-culture
• Proven track record of successfully designing earned media campaigns that break through
• Excellent communications skills and composure under pressure
• Meticulously organized and detail-oriented
• Able to thrive in a highly entrepreneurial environment
• Skilled in delegating and managing resources while executing tasks
• Identify as a flexible thinker and constructive problem solver
• Desire to continuously learn and grow, maintaining an open mind
• Accountable to achieving ambitious goals

Responsibilities

• Maintain a dynamic editorial calendar driven by disruptive ideas that keep the voices and programs of Builders in the news at all times
• Oversee the planning and execution of Builders tentpole events and media moments that grow brand equity for Builders and break through into the cultural mainstream
• Liaise with programs teams across the Builders organization to powerfully story-tell our programs to media
• Compose press releases and pitches using clear, accessible language and impeccable grammar
• Manage at least one direct report and outsourced talent to ensure an ongoing pulse of top-tier media coverage for Builders' voices and programs
• In partnership with the VP of Communications, oversee Builders brand language across owned communications, such as newsletter, website, fundraising collateral, brand decks, and impact reports
• Oversee a lean communications budget, working closely with the CEO to responsibly manage efficient use of resources
• Set ambitious OKRs and hold you and your team accountable for reaching, and reporting on, those goals
• Act as a team leader, contributing to positive morale and the professional development of those you manage

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, politics, policy, and partisanship in the US
• Understanding of the state of the free world globally

Benefits

• Competitive annual base compensation ($175,000 - $190,000)
• 25 days of Paid Time Off, 5 sick days and 20 personal days
• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance with options to fit you and your families needs
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Retirement savings program with company match
• Flexible remote work environment
• Charitable gift-matching program
• Opportunities and resources for professional development and growth
• A dynamic, ambitious, fun and kind work environment
• The opportunity and responsibility to work on initiatives that make an impact