Responsibilities

• Develop a communications and branding strategy aligned with the organization’s mission and strategic plan.
• Partner with leadership as relevant to ensure clear, cohesive messaging in RPA’s voice across all internal and external platforms including newsletters, website, social media, and publications.
• Refine the organization’s voice, brand, and narrative in a way that centers justice and equity and is grounded in cultural competence.
• Determine approaches and messages that align with mission and brand that support RPA’s continued viability and sustainability, including key audience channels and aligned messages that support donor development and partnerships.
• Elevate the visibility of RPA’s thought leadership in partnership with Inquiry and Insights.
• Serve as strategic advisor to the Co-CEOs on messaging and public speaking.
• Lead media relations, including proactive press outreach, rapid response, and relationship management with journalists and sector influencers.
• Oversee the digital strategy and content, including website, social media, newsletters, and multimedia storytelling and provide direction to the team on implementation.
• Partner with executive leadership and teams across the organization, including core teams, Advisory, and Sponsored Project leadership to support communication efforts around key initiatives, events, and campaigns and amplify programmatic, core operations, and thought leadership work.
• Maintains enterprise-wide awareness, including major sponsored project communications and provides executive counsel and risk-based communications guidance for complex, high-visibility, or sensitive matters that may impact the organization's reputation, stakeholders, or strategic objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, or related field or equivalent experience required (12+ years).
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communications skills
• Proven senior level experience developing and executing communications strategies, including digital strategy, in a nonprofit, philanthropic, or mission-driven organization.
• Strong understanding of social justice, equity-focused language, and narrative change principles.
• Track record of managing media relationships, digital platforms, and brand identity systems.
• Familiarity with philanthropy sector audiences and the communications nuances of donor/grantee/stakeholder engagement.

Benefits

• Health coverage, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement and access to professional development resources.