Marketing Director

Summary

Join ACE as the Global Director of Marketing and lead all aspects of our global strategic communications, digital advertising, and creator marketing strategies. You will build high-impact digital campaigns to shift public opinion away from fossil fuels and accelerate decarbonized energy deployment. This role involves global outreach to vendors and partners in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil, leading ACE's global creator community, and designing highly-effective campaigns. The position is full-time, remote, and offers a one-year term through December 31, 2026. Compensation and benefits are provided, varying based on location. You will report to the Chief Strategy Officer and manage global strategic communications efforts.

Requirements

• 5+ years demonstrated experience working globally in marketing, digital advertising, or the creator economy with a management company or agency (preference for experience working in: UK, South Africa, and Brazil)
• Experience executing marketing campaigns on a global scale with a deep, hands-on expertise in running digital advertising campaigns, leading organic social media activities, or directing out-of-home, print, or influencer marketing campaigns within a cross-cultural environment
• Experience with social listening and market research tools like Kantar, Meta Brand lift studies, GrowProgress, Sprinklr, NWO.ai, or others
• Experience having led or had a substantial substantive role in global climate campaigning, including: strategic communications, digital advertising, media, or other aspects of the work
• A wide-ranging knowledge of global climate change movements, policy, and the geopolitics of energy
• Experience working in coalitions towards shared objectives and collective impact
• A self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work in cooperative and collaborative environments
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Candidates must be fluent in English with special preference for multilingual candidates with fluency in Brazilian Portuguese, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, S panish, French, or Hindi
• Excellent technological skills and technical fluency required, including experience working with: Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Salesforce or other CRM systems, Learning Management Systems, ESPs, websites, social media advertising platforms (e.g. Meta: Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc…)
• Comfortable working any consistent daily 8-hour shift between the hours of 9am to 8pm Eastern Time
• Ability to manage multiple projects with thoroughness, accuracy, timeliness, and professionalism
• Collaborative and communicative work style to work with colleagues in all teams across ACE
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excitement to bring new ideas to the table, an ability to self-initiate creativity and entrepreneurialism, and a desire to engage others in creative discussion
• Ability to troubleshoot challenges with patience and creativity
• Analytical and strategic mindset
• Ability to adapt as necessary to fulfill additional roles, responsibilities, and opportunities in development programming as necessary
• Passion for ACE’s mission
• Commitment toward equity and justice

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of ACE’s global marketing strategy, development, and execution to achieve ambitious climate, clean energy and policy goals in our regions of focus
• Collaborate on strategic planning and implementation with the CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, and other team leads, as well as the organization’s Growth and Digital, Data, and Research and Experimentation Teams
• Coordinate the day-to-day management of in-country ACE Marketing Directors by overseeing team members’ work planning and professional development; managing the team’s budget and general administration, including tracking team products and progress toward goals; and assisting with grant reports where needed
• Effectively leverage communications, campaigns, and digital advocacy tactics in pursuit of policy and public opinion goals that are aligned with ACE’s overall strategy in each region of focus
• Direct all marketing activities in partnership with in-country ACE Marketing Directors, including but not limited to: digital advertising, creator marketing, list building and management, out-of-home advertising, print advertising and other verticals as they arise
• Draft and/or maintaining editorial oversight of: messaging guidance, creator marketing collateral, internal and external talking points, micro- and long-form video content, events, digital media, and all other aspects of outward facing marketing collateral
• Develop strategies to drive a narrative around the successful scaling of decarbonized energy, industry, transport and jobs in our regions of focus
• Effectively leverage communications, campaigns, and digital advocacy tactics in pursuit of policy and public opinion goals that are aligned with ACE’s overall strategy in each region of focus
• Follow local, national and global political and policy conversations, and make strategic recommendations for ACE’s engagement. Set and execute rapid-response research priorities in response to breaking news and significant moments surrounding climate action, clean energy, clean jobs, environmental justice, and fossil fuel accountability
• Drive ACE’s engagement with diverse coalitions, partners, vendors, and consultants, and build strong and trusted relationships with key partners while achieving demonstrable progress toward ACE priorities
• Oversee the scaling of our global creator community and create a strong sense of community across countries and within the regions of focus with frequent virtual meetups, learning opportunities, and professional development
• Organize and compile data, analyze it, and report back individual and aggregate performance across our regions of focus, with suggestions on how to improve performance, and generate deeper impact
• Work closely with our Head of Research and Experimentation and external partners to routinely test and evaluate our efforts to ensure we are having the intended impact that we seek
• Partner with our Data Team to generate and analyze reports and dashboards for tracking all stages of the marketing funnel, and be able to identify critical chokepoints to enhance effectiveness and scalability
• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications or training in Salesforce, database management, data reporting & analysis, or related field(s)
• Excitement to bring new ideas to the table and engage others in data systems
• Troubleshoots challenges with patience and creativity
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Analytical and strategic mindset
• Ability to adapt as necessary to fulfill additional roles, responsibilities, and opportunities in development programming as necessary
• Passion for ACE’s mission and our work to educate young people on climate science and empower them to take action
• Commitment toward equity and justice in philanthropy

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 403b retirement savings plan
• Vacation
• Sabbatical
• Paid Parental Leave
• 2 Floating Holidays
• 2 Community Service Floating Holidays
• Sick time
• Two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week)
• 13 observed holidays
• Non-US Candidates will receive compensation and benefits aligned with local standards
• Remote work