Vice President for Campaigns and Communications

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$238K/yr – $274K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead a 20-person communications, marketing, and campaigns team to shape gender-justice narratives and drive national public engagement.

  • Own integrated campaigns and strategic communications across policy, litigation, and organizing.
  • Must-have: 12+ years leading diverse teams with equity-focused leadership.
  • Standout: Budget oversight of a $2M operating budget and cross-functional leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leadership and Team Development: Provide vision, transparency and clear priorities as well as strong day-to-day leadership and oversight of the team's work, and lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing communications, marketing, and campaigns team of nearly 20 staff.
  • Foster a collaborative, creative, and inclusive team culture focused on innovation, accountability, and impact.
  • Oversee departmental planning, budget management, and resource allocation to ensure strategic use of the department's $2M operating budget.
  • Strengthen cross-team collaboration across policy, litigation, development, and executive leadership.
  • Strategic Communications and Narrative Leadership: Lead the organization's overall communications and campaigns strategy to expand awareness, shape public narratives, and drive engagement around gender justice.
  • Translate complex legal and policy work into compelling public storytelling that resonates with diverse audiences and advances cultural and policy change.
  • Identify emerging narrative opportunities and cultural moments to elevate the Law Center's voice and leadership nationally.
  • Ensure communications strategies are integrated across research, litigation, policy advocacy, and organizing efforts.
  • Public Visibility and Awareness Building: Grow the Law Center's national visibility through coordinated earned media, digital strategy, partnerships, and public engagement.
  • Oversee a modern media strategy that positions the organization's experts and leaders as trusted voices in national conversations.

Benefits

  • generous leave and a comprehensive benefits package — including a match of up to 3% of the employee's compensation to their 403(b) retirement plan account along with a non-elective contribution of 6% of the eligible employee's salary, after they successfully complete their 90-day probation period.

Preferred

  • experience with influential personalities is preferred
  • Past experience working with non-profit or movement leaders, legal scholars, policymakers, and/or attorneys is preferred.
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National Women's Law Center

The National Women's Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women's legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families, including economic security, education, employment and health, with special attention give to the concerns of low-income women.

Founded in 1972
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
161 employees (18 in marketing)