Senior Communications Officer, Strategic Communications

📋 Description

• Own the application of brand positioning, messaging, and guidelines across teams, channels, and
• Develop and maintain messaging and narrative frameworks that make complex research, funding
• Translate complex and technical subject matter into clear, relevant messages tailored to priority
• Partner with fundraising teams on donor communications strategy and lead donor-facing
• Lead complex, cross-functional communications initiatives, including major partnership campaigns
• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leaders and teams, providing clear

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of significant experience developing institutional narratives and messaging, advising
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of communications functions or major strategic communications
• Proven experience building or substantially rebuilding a communications team, function, or
• Recent hands-on excellence in communications, with examples of work personally produced or
• Exceptional communications judgment, including the ability to assess audience, context, risk
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex ideas clear

🎁 Benefits

• Annual compensation of $250,000 for candidates based in New York City or the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Annual compensation of $225,000 for candidates based in other U.S. locations.
• Potential consideration for an exceptional candidate at the Communications Director level, with
• Primarily remote work within the United States, with international employment considered on a
• Flexible working arrangements, including flexible hours, remote work, and optional office-based
• Optional access to offices in Oakland, California, and Brooklyn, New York City.