Responsibilities

• The Director of Communications is a strategic communications leader responsible for helping shape and amplify the organization's voice, mission, and impact.
• This role oversees day-to-day communications activities while supporting long-term communications strategy, brand management, media relations, digital engagement, executive communications, and storytelling initiatives.
• Reporting directly to the agency’s President and CEO and, the Director of Communications serves as both a strategic advisor and hands-on communicator, helping advance the organization's mission by ensuring its stories, accomplishments, and priorities reach the audiences who matter most.
• This role is responsible for managing all communications plan activities and building internal and external relationships with the organization's entities and constituencies, including philanthropy and the media.
• Working closely with organizational leadership, program teams, development staff, and community partners, the Director ensures that all communications are clear, compelling, mission-driven, and aligned with organizational priorities.
• The position also supervises communications staff and external vendors while serving as a key advisor on messaging, reputation management, and public visibility.
• This Director position is largely in-person daily with 1-2 days of remote options available (and subject to agency need and periodic review).
• Develop, implement, and evaluate an annual communications plan across the agency, encompassing both internal and external communications.
• Ensure consistency of messaging, brand voice, and visual identity across all channels.
• Track the agency’s presence in media on a daily basis to keep leadership informed; advise leadership on communications opportunities, risks, and emerging trends.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree required (Masters preferred) in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications or related field.
• Significant progressive communications experience (5-7 yrs.+) including internal, external, public relations, and promotion preferably in the nonprofit and/or early education sector
• Experience using and building capacity with an organization to use customer relationship management (CRM) technology, preferably Hubspot
• Preferred experience in supervision and/or managing diverse teams
• Highly collaborative style; experience developing and implementing communications strategies
• Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills
• A strong track record as an implementer who thrives on managing a variety of key initiatives concurrently
• Skilled at relationship-building with the flexibility and finesse to "manage by influence"
• High energy, maturity, and leadership with the ability to serve as a unifying force and to position communications discussions at both the strategic and tactical levels
• Committed to working collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program participants, and other supporters

Preferred

• MA in communications
• Spanish language (oral and written)
• Media relations experience and established media contacts in Fort Worth, North Texas and Texas
• Experience with fundraising communications, donor engagement, and impact reporting.
• Graphic design, video production, or digital advertising experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish