Communications Hub Director, Commonwealth Communications (New Org in PA), Pennsylvania

[Eric Rosso]

COMMUNICATIONS HUB DIRECTOR

 

Organizational Overview

 

Commonwealth Communications (Comms²) is a new organization that will serve as the communications and digital hub of Pennsylvania’s progressive infrastructure. It officially launched in January 2020 and will become more public facing in the coming months. Comms² will write and produce content for progressive organizations, coordinates communications with partner and allied stakeholders, and monitors and develops strategies and tactics to best navigate the ever-changing digital landscape. Comms² was founded in 2020 with a mission to help shape the political environment in Pennsylvania by centralizing institutional knowledge in a dynamic communications organization. The organization will collaborate in filling the needs of progressive partners’ campaigns throughout the Commonwealth. 

Position: Communications Hub Director

 

The Communications Hub Director is responsible for developing relationships with progressive communicators in Pennsylvania. Through their work hosting coordination meetings and facilitating messaging outreach and trainings, they will act as a liaison to progressive partners for Comms². The Communications Hub Director works with partners on an ongoing basis to assess the needs of existing organizations, coordinate and facilitate information sharing and read-outs of best practices across communication platforms, and work with a wide variety of organizations to add capacity to their existing programs, finding ways to make strategic investments and provide insight.

 

The Communications Hub Director should execute coordination and trainings to build trust, add capacity, and grow organizational relationships for Comms² to reflect the needs of Pennsylvania’s progressive infrastructure. Building trust with partners is key to organizational partnerships that allow the Communications Hub Director to successfully coordinate strategy across a wide variety of progressive organizations.

 

Responsibilities

 

●      Work with progressive partners and key stakeholders to create and execute an overall communications plan for Pennsylvania’s progressive infrastructure, which would include traditional and digital communication channels.

 

●      Coordinate communications across the progressive movement and meet the needs of progressive partners with various capacities as it relates to the tactic of communications. This individual should have experience facilitating conversations around messaging, communications, and digital strategy.

●      Create trainings and facilitate meetings for partners that are engaging enough for organizations to invest time and resources into Comms². This includes working with organizations of various sizes and capacities to meet them where they are to add value to existing progressive infrastructure through Comms².

●      Track, follow, and disseminate important messaging documents, best communication practices, and help facilitate strategy around earned and paid media for partners and Comms².

 

Qualifications

 

●      Demonstrated ability to lead a team of progressive communicators with an extensive knowledge of communication tactics.

●      Previous experience developing messaging documents, writing talking points, and executing earned and paid media. This individual will be responsible for understanding the needs of progressive Pennsylvania communicators.

●      Previous experience leading trainings for best practices around the tactic of communications.
 

●      An understanding of rapid response social media strategy and the ability to find opportunities to leverage breaking news and the 24-hour news cycle to the benefit of Pennsylvania’s progressive infrastructure, and work with partners to shape the political environment.

 

Previous Experience and Job Expectations

 

●      A minimum of 4 to 7 years demonstrating continued success working within the progressive community coordinating communication strategy for a progressive organization.

●      Direct experience facilitating conversations to produce shared knowledge. Leading and developing communications trainings to build skill sets and disseminate best practices.

 

●      Commitment to inclusive leadership, including working within diverse coalitions to achieve programmatic goals. Relationship-driven with a focus on organizational and individual relationships.

●      Working for progressive organizations in previous capacities, including but not limited to organizing, field, communications, political, or progressive policy.

 

Salary is commensurate with experience. The range is between $70,000 - $90,000 and benefits include health care coverage.

Comms² is committed to diversity among its staff and recognizes that continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff. Comms² is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of gender, disability, race, age, national origin, color, creed, sexual orientation, sex (including marital and parental status), gender identity and expression, religion, economic status, ethnic identity, veteran's status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Interested candidates should submit a one-page cover letter and resume to in...@commonwealthcommunications.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.