Remote Communications Director

Summary

Join a dynamic team as a seasoned communications professional to tell the story of the Working Families Party's state and local work, supporting chartered states and regions in developing impactful communications strategies.

Requirements

• Five years of communications experience
• Significant experience working with state and national political reporters
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Ability to develop and execute strategic communications plans
• Experience with social media and digital communications
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work across a diverse, complex organization or eco-system to accomplish work involving multiple stakeholders at different levels

Responsibilities

• Provide direct or indirect oversight to 2-4 regional and state communications staff
• Support state-level staff to develop communications and narrative strategies that support state power building
• Provide direct strategy and implementation support to regions and states that lack communications capacity
• Provide ongoing media training and spokesperson development to staff, officers, and WFP members
• Assess and build consensus around staffing models to meet state and regional communication needs
• Coordinate and direct communications consultants where necessary
• Develop systems and structures to package and disseminate content and facilitate regular communications to various audiences of political insiders, reporters, funders, and other WFP leaders
• Develop and execute a strategy to elevate WFP’s state-level work and state-level leaders, including a national earned media strategy, a brand development strategy and working with WFP’s digital director to identify and execute digital strategies
• Develop a vision for and manage the creation of promotional materials that center and tell the story of state level work
• Develop centralized infrastructure that supports state level communications work and increases internal information flow about state level work
• Develop standard communications policies and procedures for state level staff

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing or mentoring colleagues
• Experience developing communications strategies to support fundraising efforts
• Media relationships in regions where WFP lacks dedicated communications staff, including the Southwest, Pacific Northwest or the Midwest

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plan options
• Professional development funding
• Remote work support