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Position Description
The Economic Security Project is seeking a Communications Director. This individual will set and guide the strategy for all communications to consistently advance our mission to build economic power for all Americans. They will provide leadership on rapid response and long-term message strategy, evolve the organization's brand, support grantees and partners in their communications efforts, and execute daily responsibilities including management of one employee and as-needed contractors. The Communications Director will contribute to narrative development, assess and respond to incoming media requests and implement an aggressive media outreach strategy for core portfolios and projects.
The Communications Director reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the entire Economic Security Project team and will manage the organization's Content Manager. The ideal candidate has a strong track record shifting media narratives, communicating across sectors and on behalf of advocacy campaigns, deep experience engaging with media and responding to a constantly evolving political environment. They thrive in a fast-paced workplace environment that prizes creative thinking, meaningful impact, effectiveness and an all-hands-on-deck approach.
About Us
The rising cost of living, stagnating incomes, increase in unreliable work, and concentration of wealth in too few hands undermines the vision for a modern social contract: the idea that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead in America. The pandemic has only served to lay bare this brittleness. Now, record unemployment and slashed wages are pushing Americans over the financial edge, with Black and Latinx communities hit hardest by the virus and economic crisis. Without new, bold thinking, we risk leaving millions of people behind.
We can make a different set of choices. We can build an economy where caregivers can make ends meet with only one job, where individuals can weather unexpected economic shocks without falling into poverty, and where communities aren't decimated when a corporation leaves town. We believe that when all have the opportunity to meet our basic needs and move up the economic ladder as well as the power to choose the products we buy, the employers we work for, and the way we spend our time, our families and communities thrive.
The Economic Security Project (ESP) challenges the current status quo by catalyzing ideas that build economic power for all Americans. We serve as a convener, strategist, funder, and campaigner. We disburse grants, identify gaps, develop communications research to inform the movements, and coordinate events and convenings to encourage investment and action from others. We aim to support emerging leaders in the economic justice field and ensure they have the networks, know-how, and resources to succeed. Because we believe in delivering concrete victories for families, we run campaigns in partnership with state and federal organizations to pass policies that improve people's lives.
We've identified two fights we think we can win: (1) a guaranteed income that would provide an income floor for all Americans and (2) anti-monopoly action to rein in the unprecedented concentration of economic power. We pick our fights based on our analysis of where a little push could turn an idea from a trend into a substantive intervention that improves the lives of Americans.
Responsibilities
Develop and drive strategies to influence and inform the public narrative, which includes (40%):
- Cultivating and leveraging media relationships in conjunction with emerging priorities;
- Proactively seeding stories/reinforcing a narrative that seamlessly ties all elements of ESP's work together;
- Pitching, prepping, and supporting ESP's co-chairs and partners for media requests;
- Responding to and strategizing around incoming media requests;
- Managing placement of op-eds, letters to the editor and talking points on a variety of issues related to the Economic Security Project's mission nationally and in states;
Contribute to and strategize around an emerging economic idea in the context of pandemic's economic fallout and potential interventions, which includes (40%):
- Identifying and supporting new voices to support, train, and amplify;
- Analyzing evolving narrative on key issues in target geographies; and
- Collaborating across portfolios to align audience engagement with communications strategy;
Produce high-quality content and materials, which includes (20%):
- Supporting development of digital content and message;
- Overseeing social media content and strategy;
- Developing and copy-editing organizational collateral and public pieces;
- Drafting and editing op-eds, quotes, press releases and supporting grantee and partner posts.
The Economic Security Project is a virtual office with staff in New York, California, Texas, Georgia, Washington, DC., North Carolina, and Wisconsin. This is currently a virtual position; when appropriate again according to health and safety protocols, this position will involve travel. The Communications Director will report to the Executive Director who is based in New York City. The initial salary range is $110-150K with benefits that include 401(k) employer match; 100% employer paid health, vision and dental coverage; and generous vacation/PTO policy. This position is full-time and considered exempt from FLSA overtime rules.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a position with transferable skills
- 5+ years of professional experience in communications
- Background in politics, campaigns, media and/or advocacy nonprofits
- Demonstrated track record advancing a strong media narrative on high-profile issues, establishing relationships with local and national reporters, staging and running live press events, working with principals and surrogates and pushing back against negative narratives
- Strong writing and copy editing skills
- Proven experience integrating racial and gender equity into communications, strategy, and outreach
- Ability to work on deadline, adapt to changing situations, handle confidential information and switch between different projects and tasks on short notice
- Excellent communication skills with experience engaging with diverse stakeholders, and proven experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices
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