Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary communications advisor and thought partner to the President/CEO, providing direct support on speeches, public remarks, op-eds, and high-visibility messaging
• Extend executive communications support beyond the Office of Philanthropy — partnering with the Chief of Staff, Chief Impact Officer, Chief People Officer, CFO, and other senior leaders to ensure consistent voice, framing, and quality across CEO- and SLT-facing communications
• Act as a foundation-wide resource on communications strategy, counseling senior leaders across divisions on positioning, audience, and messaging risk
• Build and maintain trusted working relationships with Senior Leadership Team; be the go-to partner for communications counsel
• Ensure executive and Board-facing communications reflect a single institutional voice consistent with brand standards
• Develop scalable systems (templates, style guides) for centralized quality control
• Design and lead the department's integrated communications, marketing, and storytelling strategy
• Represent CCF with media, donor audiences, and civic partners with credibility
• Lead, mentor, and develop team of directors and officers across earned media, storytelling, brand, digital, and content operations
• Oversee management of contracted support (photographers, translators, consultants) as embedded partners