Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and refine a high volume of written materials, including event remarks and speeches, press releases and media statements, organizational and advocacy emails, newsletter articles, fact sheets and FAQs, blog posts, website copy, and digital media content.
• Translate legal developments — court decisions, legislative activity, regulatory changes — into accessible, resonant language for diverse audiences.
• Maintain a consistent organizational voice across all platforms while adapting tone and style to audience and context. Meet tight deadlines without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
• Contribute to the development and ongoing refinement of organizational and issue-based messaging frameworks, narrative strategy, and communications plans to reach and move relevant audiences.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure communications work supports litigation, policy, and development goals.
• Cultivate and sustain relationships with journalists, editors, creators and content producers across print, broadcast, and digital outlets.
• Respond to press inquiries; pitch stories; coordinate interviews and prepare spokespeople for media appearances; monitor coverage to identify opportunities and manage the organization's public profile.

Requirements

• Six or more years of professional experience in communications, journalism, public affairs, message development or a related field, with increasing levels of responsibility and demonstrated expertise in writing across multiple formats
• Exceptional clear, accessible and engaging writing ability, including under deadline, and strong editing and proofreading skills
• Experience with communications, messaging and narrative strategy that moves people to greater understanding
• Understanding of the evolving media and information landscape, sound media judgement and the ability to move quickly in a fast-moving media environment
• Demonstrated commitment to LGBTQ+ rights and racial justice
• Experience in legal, advocacy, policy, or nonprofit communications strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think creatively and strategically, partner across teams, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Benefits

• Three weeks of paid vacation
• 18 holidays
• 401k participation and Safe Harbor contribution
• Fully paid individual health and dental insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Professional development opportunities
• An opportunity to work with a frontline responding organization in the battle for LGBTQ+ rights across the nation.