HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$85K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level10+ years expInternship

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive AH&H’s mission storytelling and editorial operations to align executive priorities with field realities and public messaging.

  • Own end-to-end editorial planning and cross-channel storytelling across social, website, email, and blogs.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in nonprofit or mission-driven communications with media relations and digital advertising.
  • Standout: Proven ability to coordinate with leadership, field operations, and external partners to accelerate visibility and impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Translate leadership’s communications and content strategy into compelling, high-quality storytelling across all channels, including social media, blog, website, email and digital advertising platforms.
  • Develop and implement a measurement framework to track performance across socials, website, email, and digital campaigns, aligning metrics with organizational goals.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive strategies that guide the organization’s internal and external messaging, public relations efforts, and brand reputation.
  • Maintain a close, real-time understanding of AH&H’s field operations to accurately reflect day-to-day activity in our communications. Convert this insight into powerful, authentic narratives centered on people and impact, prioritized and executed across three core operational areas: Emergency response activations, Ongoing recovery program efforts, Long-term strategic organizational initiatives
  • Dynamically balance these priorities based on organizational needs, ensuring team capacity and creative budget are allocated effectively to support timely and impactful communications
  • Lead the development and management of the annual editorial calendar, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities while maintaining the agility to respond to evolving programs and emerging opportunities.
  • Facilitate regular newsroom meetings to coordinate storytelling priorities and maintain real-time visibility and alignment with evolving programs and on-the-ground developments.
  • Serve as the final editorial reviewer for all creative assets - including video, photography, design, blogs, email campaigns and social media content - ensuring quality, accuracy, and brand consistency.
  • Apply a strong creative vision and editorial standard to maintain excellence before and after publication.
  • Prepare customized updates and high-level reports for co-founders, board members and executive leadership as needed.

Requirements

  • Related Experience: At least 10 years of progressive experience in communications, media, or public relations, ideally within a global, mission-driven, or nonprofit organization. Demonstrated success leading integrated communications strategies across multiple channels (web, social, email, and press). Proven track record with story telling, managing high-visibility media relations, and digital advertising campaigns.
  • Special Competencies/Certifications Strong leadership and people management experience. High proficiency with content and project management tools including Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, Canva, ActiveCampaign (or comparable email marketing tool), Zeck and WordPress/Gutenberg (or comparable CMS). Demonstrated success collaborating with external vendors or agencies for media, design and digital advertising projects. Skilled in using data and analytics to measure communications performance and inform future strategy. Culturally sensitive and globally minded, capable of representing AH&H’s mission authentically across diverse regions and contexts. Must thrive in a fast-paced, high pressure environment, maintaining clarity, composure and creativity under tight deadlines. Mindset & approach: A natural storyteller with a curious, observant mind, someone who constantly looks beyond their own corner to understand the broader context and connect the dots. A creative thinker who refuses boilerplate communications, crafting unique narratives and approaches that genuinely stand out. Relentlessly meticulous, with an almost insatiable appetite for making sure everything is in the best possible shape before it goes out into the world. AI-native and eager to learn, experiment, and explore how new tools can elevate and accelerate our communication efforts.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Opportunity to travel to projects
  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance plans
  • Flex Spending Account
  • 401K with safe harbor match for U.S. staff
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Happy Hearts Fund (Now All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response)

WE HAVE A NEW LINKEDIN PAGE!Thank you for your support and please follow our new page here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/all-hands-and-hearts/Happy Hearts Fund rebuilds safe, resilient schools in areas impacted by natural disasters. We work during the gap period when children are forgotten after emergency response is complete, bringing hope and empowerment to generations of children and entire communities.Globally, HHF is active in ten countries and has built/rebuilt 162 schools and kindergartens. Since inception our programs have benefited more than 99,500 children and 613,000 community members.

Founded in 2005
New York, New York, USA
9 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
49K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.4%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
9.1%
Social
3.3%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (11% of company)