Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership & Strategic Direction
• Contribute to and help shape organizational strategic planning, ensuring marketing and communications priorities are aligned with and advance organizational goals.
• Bring an external, audience-centered perspective into organizational planning and leadership discussions.
• Partner with the CEO and senior leaders to align marketing communications with strategic, programmatic, and fundraising priorities.
• Ensure Save the Redwoods is well positioned in moments of opportunity, risk, and change.
• Lead communications partnerships and co-branded strategies for priority initiatives (e.g., Redwoods Rising, GSLC), ensuring alignment, clarity, and impact across joint announcements, campaigns, and partner channels.
• Awareness, Engagement, and Audience Growth
• Ensure Save the Redwoods’ brand is brought to life across marketing, social, storytelling, media, and digital channels in ways that are clear, compelling, and aligned with organizational priorities.
• Oversee marketing and communications strategies that expand visibility and strengthen connection with priority audiences, including prospective and current supporters, partners, policymakers, and landowners.
• Ensure a high standard of creativity and storytelling across all marketing and communications work, resulting in distinctive, compelling output.

Requirements

• Senior leadership experience : 12–15+ years experience across marketing and communications functions, with a of driving visibility, engagement, and organizational impact.
• Strategic execution : Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into focused, high-impact initiatives, balancing leadership through others with a willingness to engage directly in the work when needed; able to prioritize effectively in complex environments.
• Judgment in complex situations : Experience navigating high-profile, sensitive, or ambiguous issues with sound judgment, discretion, and decisiveness
• Executive presence : Proven ability to partner with CEOs and senior leaders, and to work closely with boards, shaping materials, guiding communications, and supporting effective engagement, as well as with partners and external stakeholders.
• Team leadership : Experience leading and developing high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams; while staying close to the work; and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high-quality output.
• Marketing and audience fluency : Strong understanding of how audiences engage across marketing, social, and digital channels, and how to use storytelling to drive connection and action
• Leadership style : High emotional intelligence, strong self-awareness, and a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.
• Mission alignment : Deep commitment to conservation and the mission of Save the Redwoods League

Preferred

Benefits

• We provide excellent benefits including paid vacation, sick time, medical, dental, public transit subsidy, life insurance and a generous 401K match!