Responsibilities

• Branding: Continue to refine the brand voice and maintain brand integrity; ensure the consistency of CMMB messaging and tone of voice among internal and external stakeholder groups and across platforms.
• Branding: Develop, lead, and execute the organization’s advertising campaigns, including digital ad promotions, to increase brand awareness. Track, measure, and report on the impact of the advertising strategy.
• Branding: Create and distribute branded templates for presentations, websites, reports, merchandise, and other materials to global staff and volunteers.
• Strategy and Planning: Develop, guide, and execute the communications strategy and the annual communications plan to advance CMMB’s strategic goals and brand identity.
• Strategy and Planning: Work closely with the Strategy, Marketing, and Global Communications teams to coordinate these efforts.
• Strategy and Planning: Create and implement compelling campaigns and special initiatives with emotive and motivating stories and materials to strengthen CMMB’s brand, advocacy, thought leadership, and fundraising efforts.
• Strategy and Planning: Form strong relationships with staff in country offices, affiliate offices, Access to Medicines program/NCDI partners, donee recipients, corporate and other partners in the network; collaborate with communications leads to develop and implement integrated communications strategies across the globe.
• Strategy and Planning: Collaborate with members of the Development team on communications strategy for donor cultivation, acquisition, engagement, and retention, including marketing, major gifts, grants, and planned giving.
• Media Relations and Thought Leadership: Author key messages, talking points, and positioning statements; train senior leaders, staff, and volunteers on organizational messaging.
• Media Relations and Thought Leadership: Provide leadership to the team, coordinating and researching opportunities for author and co-authorship of white papers, book chapters, op/eds, and other opportunities, as relevant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations or a similar field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of well-rounded professional experience in branding and communications, preferably with an international non-profit organization.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership and management experience required.
• Strong project management, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience developing and implementing communications strategies.
• Passion for storytelling.
• Practical knowledge and hands-on experience with content management systems, graphic design programs, media and social media monitoring databases, and project management software; understand trends in digital and social media; deep knowledge of marketing copywriting, compliance, and trends across various forms of media.
• Strategic skills and the ability to translate these skills into operational plans, ensuring we have a competitive advantage and ensure best practices.
• Highly collaborative style; commitment to work jointly with the following stakeholder groups: staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program participants, vendors, and other supporters.
• Self-starter, able to work independently, and entrepreneurial; enjoys creating and launching new initiatives.
• Ability to travel locally and internationally 10% – 20% of the time.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in English (oral and written; French and Spanish a plus).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other technology systems.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Comfortable working for a faith-based organization.
• Able to demonstrate CMMB’s core values in action: Collaboration, Love, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect

Preferred

• French and Spanish a plus

Benefits

• We provide our employees with a competitive salary and a meaningful benefits package, with opportunities to learn and grow.