Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Director to develop communications priorities, organizational narratives, editorial direction, community engagement approaches, and responses to emerging issues and lead their implementation.
• Develop and manage an integrated communications calendar that connects organizational priorities, campaigns, publications, public relations, organic social media, executive communications, sponsorships, and events.
• Serve as a senior communications advisor to team members, and departments across SCP to identify communications needs, opportunities, audiences, risks, and effective approaches.
• Research and translate complex technical, scientific, legislative, regulatory, financial, and program information into clear, accurate, accessible, and compelling communications.
• Establish and uphold editorial standards for organizational voice, accuracy, accessibility, plain language, fact-checking, and review.
• In close collaboration with the Director, lead SCP’s annual report and other major publications, including impact reports, research reports, case studies, and public-eduction materials, from concept and research through publication, amplification, and evaluation.
• Develop articles, speeches, executive communications, award submissions, and thought-leadership content that elevates SCP’s expertise, research, programs, employees, partnerships, and public impact.
• Work with SCP’s advocacy, program, and governmental-affairs professionals to communicate policy priorities and explain their significance to customers, communities, media, and other public audiences.
• Lead the communications foundation for integrated marketing campaigns, including research, messaging, supporting evidence, customer-facing language, editorial content, organic social media, public relations, and community engagement, in coordination with the Campaign Manager.
• Lead SCP’s organic social media strategy and program, including editorial planning, content standards, publishing, community management, issues monitoring, and performance evaluation.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, public relations, public policy, research, marketing, or a related field. Directly relevant experience may be substituted for education based on the extent and applicability of the experience.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, journalism, public relations, editorial leadership, research communications, social media, community engagement, or a related field.
• Experience must include communications planning, original research or reporting, sophisticated long-form writing and editing, leadership of complex communications initiatives, and at least two (2) years of direct staff supervision or comparable leadership of communications professionals, consultants, or agencies.
• Experience leading a major publication, organizational social media program, or external public relations team is strongly preferred. Experience communicating clean-energy, public-policy, legislative, regulatory, utility, or advocacy issues is also preferred.
• Professional spoken and written English is required; professional proficiency in Spanish is preferred.

Preferred

• Professional proficiency in Spanish is preferred.