Responsibilities

• Direct and administer IPD’s end-to-end communications and storytelling program, including planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Define institutional message architecture, narrative priorities, and long-term communications strategy.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive communications roadmap aligned with scientific priorities, partnerships, and fundraising goals.
• Ensure integration and alignment across all communications sub-functions (media, digital, presentations, publications, brand systems).
• Lead development of high-impact narratives that communicate IPD’s scientific vision, discoveries, and societal impact.
• Produce and oversee strategic materials including reports, briefs, presentations, and partnership content.
• Identify and proactively develop storytelling opportunities beyond reactive communications cycles.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership and faculty on communication approaches and messaging.
• Create a cohesive “presentation system” for IPD: speaker-ready masters, modular story blocks, and standardized visuals that can be rapidly customized for different presenters while remaining brand-consistent.
• Elevate Translational Investigator pitch materials for venture/industry/public consumption: narrative flow, visuals, figures, platform schematics, traction milestones, and “credibility signals” appropriate for external audiences.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Biological Sciences or related field and 4 years of experience in related field.
• Advanced Degree and 4+ years of experience in brand, creative direction, and hands-on production across digital/print/presentation media.

Preferred

• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in presentation design, brand systems, and multi-format creative execution (web/digital, editorial/report, social/campaign, video/motion preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical/scientific information into clear, accurate, and compelling visuals for diverse audiences.
• Expert proficiency with modern design and production tooling (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma; motion/video tools as appropriate) and strong file/asset organization practices.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities with speed, reliability, and high quality; strong stakeholder management and collaborative working style.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and complex projects
• Broad media relations experience and established relationships with science and technology reporters.
• Track record shaping policy conversations and standards through multi-stakeholder initiatives and consensus building.
• Familiarity with communication best practices for development/fundraising
• Experience producing investor/partner decks and institutional materials supporting fundraising, partnerships, or corporate strategy (IR-style rigor and polish).
• Experience in biotech, AI/ML-enabled science, healthcare, or adjacent technical domains; comfort working with researchers and technical leaders.
• Experience directing events/experiential creative (conference presence, signage, environmental graphics) and/or building scalable design systems for distributed teams.
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices for visual communication and multi-channel content delivery.

Benefits

• Benefits
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