Job Title: Director of Strategic Communications
Location: Seattle, WA | Remote
Organization: Center for Reinventing Public Education
Description:
Essential Duties:
-Build and execute CRPE’s multi-channel communications strategy and program (with measurable goals and benchmarks).
-Develop CRPE’s brand voice and maintain brand integrity across all platforms. Develop messaging and creative communications assets and provide strategic communications guidance to staff and research partners as appropriate.
-Lead all internal and external communications efforts.
-Identify, hire/contract, and manage communications team, consultants, vendors, and/or products needed to support the communications program.
-Serve as the communications content expert at CRPE; stay abreast of new developments, opportunities, and threats that will impact public education issues and initiatives; and build relationships with national, state, and local education-related organizations and peers across the country to leverage best practices.
-Support the research team in setting a communications strategy that supports their respective research project priorities, the organization’s overall mission, and related grant metrics.
-Provide consistent and timely information across the organization to employees and consultants through various communication mechanisms.
-Manage CRPE’s digital communications program, including developing and maintaining the website, and social media channels, tracking engagement, and making data-driven decisions.
-Direct all media relations and outreach, including developing positive professional relationships with various media members.
-Write, design, and produce various publications for various targeted audiences, including announcements, social media, collateral, videos, and reports to achieve project and organization goals.
-Lead the development of a plan to ensure CPRE participation and presence at targeted events and conferences; support event planning and production for multiple audiences; prepare presentations and speeches as needed.
-Develop, implement, & adhere to the communications budget.
Salary: $150,000 - $175,000