Impact Communications Associate Director, Communications

USA (Remote)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead strategic impact storytelling and communications for GoodPower, shaping executive messaging, funder and media relations, and board updates across growth-focused workstreams.

  • Own CEO communications and speaking opportunities
  • Drive funder and media outreach and monthly impact reporting

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Executive Communications
  • Follow key industry news and work with staff to identify trends in the renewable energy space to craft LinkedIn posts and op-eds for the CEO.
  • Closely track internal impact updates across meetings, team Slack channels and weekly reports to identify key wins and develop a proactive plan for communicating our impact in advance.
  • Identify and pitch speaking opportunities for the CEO and other leaders in key renewable energy, political and funder spaces.
  • Prepare monthly impact updates for the Board of Directors to keep abreast of the programs and impact across the organization.
  • Develop creative, visual ways to demonstrate our impact that can be used across communication channels (LinkedIn, social media and blogs, email and SMS communications to our network, funder communications, media, and more).
  • Funder Communications
  • Manage, produce and implement development communications including creating and project managing a monthly newsletter, providing support for one-off impact updates for funders, and spearheading quarterly funder webinars.
  • Collaborate with the Research and Experimentation team to ensure that the public-facing and member-only research pages are up to date on the latest research and communicate out the findings of our research across key audiences.
  • Translate program data, experimentation results and non-linear impact into clear, compelling narratives that build funder confidence and support long-term investment.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years of experience in impact communications, including funder engagement or media and public relations, preferably in the political or renewable energy field.
  • Strong writing skills, creative approaches to communicating impact and ability to adapt tone based on audiences, key messages, and communication vehicles while maintaining message discipline.
  • Ability to communicate and adapt messages across audiences, including funders, renewable energy developers, elected officials and media.
  • Awareness of and ability to communicate the economic impacts, drivers and motivators of the renewable energy transition.
  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize inputs from multiple teams into cohesive narratives that align leadership, staff, Board members and external stakeholders.
  • Strong attention to detail with an antenna to absorb high volumes of information and distill impact into clear, cohesive, strategic communications.
  • Ability to collaborate closely across departments, juggle and think through multiple angles, and ensure message discipline across communications.
  • Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Competency in utilizing CRMs (Salesforce), web platforms (WordPress) and design tools (Canva) to leverage communications.
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to set priorities, complete work with minimal supervision, and meet deadlines.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 403b retirement savings plan
  • Vacation
  • Sabbatical
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 2 Floating Holidays
  • 2 Community Service Floating Holidays
  • sick time
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GoodPower

GoodPower empowers humanity to accelerate the global transition to a decarbonized economy—one that works for everyone and not just the lucky few. We harness the power of strategic communications, disruptive tech, empirical research, organizing, and innovation to: shift culture, increase participation in our democracy, accelerate renewable energy deployment, and unlock the enormous economic potential of the energy transition. Equipped with the GoodPower Creator Collective of 8,500+ influencers, the Good Action Network of 1.4M members, the Good Data Lab that uses empirical research to improve our methods, the Better Lab that houses our groundbreaking innovation, and campaigns that have served billions of ads and organic impressions—GoodPower is accelerating the renewable energy economy to lower costs, create jobs, build more renewables, and secure a healthier, more resilient future for all. The decisive decade is here—let’s build good power together.

Founded in 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
74 employees (15 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
14.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.2%
Direct
44.4%
Referral
6.3%
Social
5.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
14 (19% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2