Senior Vice President, Communications

Responsibilities

• This role will lead City Year’s advancement and development communications strategy, including related marketing and brand work, national and education media relations, crisis communications, and the core message platform that connects City Year’s impact to funder, policymaker, and public audiences.
• The SVP will also co-own executive communications and thought leadership in close partnership with the CEO, CDO, and other senior leaders.
• In addition, the SVP will work closely with Digital Marketing leadership and team members to support consistent communication across channels, while collaborating with partners who lead regional press, program and field communications, cityyear.org, brand social channels, broad organizational emails, public affairs, advocacy, and internal communications.
• - Lead planning and production of flagship advancement content, including annual reports, thought leadership, campaign collateral, and development-centered digital communications, in partnership with digital marketing and the teams that manage cityyear.org, brand social channels, and broader organizational emails
• - Translate AmeriCorps member, student, and alumni stories into development-centered content that meets goals across channels, in collaboration with program, field, and site communications partners
• - Keep content aligned to funding priorities and major moments in a focused calendar
• - Own City Year’s core narrative and partner with internal communications leaders to keep priority messages consistent from the national office to sites
• - Lead crisis communications and protect the organization's reputation
• - Build and manage a high-performing communications and creative team

Requirements

• 10+ years in communications, with deep experience in media relations
• A track record landing coverage in national or education-focused outlets
• Experience translating complex, data-heavy priorities into narratives that move funders
• Team leadership experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

• City Year offers a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees live their best lives and grow personally and professionally.
• Employment at City Year is at-will.
• City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.
• Benefits Full-time employees will be eligible for all benefits including vacation, sick days and organization holidays. You may participate in all benefit programs that City Year establishes and makes available to eligible employees, under (and subject to all provisions of) the plan documents that govern those programs. Currently, City Year offers medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and other benefits including 401(k) plan(s) pursuant to the terms and conditions of company policy and the 401(k) plan document. For more information, click here .
• Employment at City Year is at-will.