Responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Director to operationalize enterprise communications strategy across institutional initiatives, leadership priorities, and organizational communications efforts.
• Translate high-level communications direction into actionable messaging plans, communications initiatives, and coordinated execution strategies.
• Help ensure organizational messaging remains aligned, consistent, responsive, and strategically integrated across departments and stakeholder groups.
• Support execution of institutional crisis communications strategies and rapid response communications efforts.
• Develop statements, FAQs, talking points, stakeholder messaging, response frameworks, and supporting communications materials.
• Monitor emerging issues, reputational dynamics, and public narrative trends while helping coordinate institutional response efforts.
• Assist in maintaining organizational readiness during periods of heightened visibility or complexity.
• Draft, edit, and coordinate communications on behalf of executive leadership.
• Support executive visibility, thought leadership initiatives, speaking engagements, interviews, and stakeholder communications preparation.
• Help ensure executive messaging aligns with enterprise communications strategy and institutional priorities.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in communications, media relations, executive communications, or public relations.
• Exceptional writing and editorial skills.
• Strong strategic judgment and interpersonal maturity.
• Ability to manage sensitive communications with discretion and professionalism.
• Strong media relations and storytelling capability.
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-pressure environments.

Preferred

• Experience supporting complex organizations or high-visibility leaders strongly preferred.
• Crisis communications experience preferred.
• Experience in arts and culture, nonprofit, higher education, media, or mission-driven organizations preferred.