Communications Director
Position Description:
We are seeking a Communications Director who will also serve as our Press Secretary. The role focuses on leading our digital presence, media relations, and communications efforts to shape the Task Force for Democracy’s public perception. We would love someone who’s passionate about comms strategy, organizing, and working with a grassroots nonprofit team!
The ideal candidate has experience managing social media, communicating with media sources & news outlets, and experience leading a team of creatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, build, and lead the following teams within the Communications Division:
- Digital Presence: Grows and maintains our presence on our website and social media (primarily Instagram and LinkedIn).
- Media Production: Includes graphic design, photography, and video production, this team captures moments at Task Force events, creates advertisements to bolster support for our initiatives, and creates a compelling message for why youth should help us to defend democracy.
- Press Relations: Ensures local/national press outlets are covering our initiatives. Provides interviews to media outlets and cultivates/manages relations with them.
- Develop and implement comprehensive communication strategies that align with our objectives.
- Serve as the Task Force’s Press Secretary, acting as the primary spokesperson and point of contact for media inquiries, ensuring our messaging is precise and consistent with our narrative.
- Monitor and analyze media coverage related to democracy, adjusting strategies based on emerging trends and ensuring our messaging remains consistent.
Requirements:
- Majoring in or completed a degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Political Science, or a related field.
- Experience in leadership with political organizations, advocacy, or similar settings.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to tailor messages for diverse audiences.
- Media relations expertise and a well-established network of media contacts (or willing to establish a network).
- Grasp of contemporary political and policy matters at all levels.
- Ability to maintain composure under pressure from press questions.
- Proficiency with communications technologies, including media monitoring tools, social media platforms, and content management systems.
- Able to commit 10-15 hours per week to this role.
How to Apply
To apply, please enter your information and attack your resume & cover letter in the form below.
As part of this role, you’ll receive coaching and first hand experience organizing alongside youth leaders in the democracy movement. Academic credit can be arranged for eligible students.
With questions about this or other roles, the Task Force, or our campaigns, please email recruitment@taskforceusa.org.
About the Task Force for Democracy
We’re a 100% youth-led & volunteer team coordinating 6 campaigns to organize students to demand a more just democracy for our generation! We work alongside our youth & movement partners to center young people in the fight against advancing autocracy.
We’re nonpartisan. We don’t engage in electoral politics. And we stay focused on ending the root causes of inequality in our democracy.
We know that true democracy cannot exist just at the ballot box, but must be present in the workplace, and in our education. Our campaigns aim to end structural inequality across different areas of our democracy, and include: fighting voter suppression & money in politics, organizing students under autocracy, stopping a dangerous constitutional convention that would roll back our rights, using transparency laws to hold power accountable, and more!
Submit the application form below!