Director Of Media And Communications

National Center for Lesbian Rights

Title: Director of Media and Communications

Department: Advancement Department

Status / Range: Full-Time (Exempt); Salary Range: $105,000 - $112,000

Location: Remote, with ability to travel (Preference given to applicants in large metropolitan areas such as District of Columbia (D.C.), New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami)

Supervisor(s):Director of Advancement

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled, Priority Interviews for applications submitted before January 31, 2024

Application Required Documents: Resume and Cover Letter

Position Description:

The Director of Media and Communications plays an integral role on the NCLR team and in the broader LGBTQ rights movement, shaping the legal landscape for LGBTQ people and their families across the country. This position reports directly to the Director of Advancement. The Director of Media and Communications implements the organization’s strategic long-term and day-to-day communications that elevate key NCLR subject matter experts and advances the organization’s overall initiatives. The Director of Media and Communications also contributes to the organization’s overall strategic endeavors and serves on national communications coalitions working to achieve LGBTQ equality.

The ideal candidate is one who has a deep understanding of nonprofit communications strategies and hopes to gain further experience in a growing and active work environment, both to support social justice causes and to move their career forward in scope, role, field, and challenge. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of related communications experience at a fast paced and growing organization, preferably at an organization similar to NCLR or law firm. This position is well-suited for a highly organized person who is passionate about social justice, interested in supporting non-profit communication initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Media Strategy & Leadership:

• Works closely and in collaboration with the Director of Advancement, Legal Director, and Executive Director to advance organization’s overall goals.
• Serves as NCLR’s primary media architect overseeing and managing all earned and owned media (including the organization’s website, external emails, and all social media channels managed by NCLR’s Communications Coordinator).
• Develops, leads, and implements comprehensive communications plans and public education campaigns that shape public discourse for NCLR’s litigation, legislation, and public policy.
• Works with leadership team and staff to recognize internal and external communications opportunities and solutions and define and execute appropriate strategies to support them.
• Serves as NCLR’s connection to national communications coalitions, including identifying partnership opportunities with coalition partner organizations.

Communications Operations:

• Develops strategic and creative efforts to expand NCLR’s public education, including Media and participation in public events.
• Supervises the Communications Coordinator.
• Creates style guides for design, brand and copy, maintaining consistency of the organization’s message and priorities across earned, owned, and social media channels.
• Produces external and internal communications materials, including but not limited to press releases, statements, speeches, Op-eds, blogs, press memos, fact sheets and other collateral, website content, internal message support, briefing memos, video scripts, and social media memes and content, as well external emails in coordinator with other members of the Advancement team.
• Oversees digital communications, with the exception of online fundraising, including management of website and all social networking channels.
• Leads or coordinates media training needs for legal and program staff and plaintiffs as needed.
• Maintains and expands NCLR’s relationships with national and regional reporters and editors
• Assists with organizational promotion in key national, regional, and specialty media.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to promote NCLR, its projects, senior leaders, and clients in national and regional media, and oversees pitching NCLR spokespeople to TV, radio, digital and web series on an ongoing basis.
• Staffs and executes national and regional events, including major announcements, press conferences and high-profile cases as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary and Benefits:

This is a full time, exempt position with a salary range of $105,000 - $112,000. Excellent benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance with a low-cost share for employees, including generous coverage of reproductive healthcare and transition-related care services via a health reimbursement account; a generous PTO accrual and 15 paid holidays; eligibility to participate in a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution; short-term and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; flexible spending pre-tax plans for qualified medical and child daycare expenses; commuter pre-tax benefits and a professional development stipend.

NCLR is also a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program through the Department of Education.