Climate Cabinet Action · 3 weeks ago
Senior Communications Director
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$140K/yr - $160K/yrClimate Cabinet is an organization dedicated to supporting state and local climate champions. They are seeking a Senior Communications Director to lead their communications function, develop impactful strategies, and enhance their brand presence while collaborating with various departments to amplify climate leadership.
Civic & Social Organization
Responsibilities
Define Climate Cabinet Communications Strategy across all platforms and channels
Build and deploy communications campaigns with clear content pillars to support program work, fundraising, and positioning
Drive analysis to make strategic decisions about list management and communication channels
Position Climate Cabinet and its leaders for impact in the national landscape; drive thought leadership across organizational and individual staff channels
Define state-specific and issue-specific communications campaigns in partnership with program staff
Support the programmatic teams in producing technical policy reports as well as accessible materials for lawmaker and partner engagement
Leverage the team’s data analysis capabilities for powerful data storytelling to support communications goals
Translate program work into compelling deliverables that support fundraising and external engagement
Ensure communications strategies strengthen fundraising effectiveness and support institutional and individual donor goals
Strengthen and steward systems to support the communications function, including content calendars, messaging guidance, and processes to operationalize strategy
Train and coach staff to strengthen organization-wide narrative capacity and ensure compliance with brand and messaging guidance
Manage the Communications team, including management of staff, consultants, and budgets
Approve public materials to ensure quality, coherence, and strategic alignment
Represent Communications function on the leadership team to support organization-wide priorities, inform strategy, and define strategic organizational positioning
Qualification
Required
Strategic Thinking & Positioning: Maintains a systems-level view of climate, policy, political, and organizational context; applies deep insight to position Climate Cabinet within the broader landscape
Excellence in Communication: Masterful writer and communicator; Leads compelling storytelling that resonates across diverse audiences, simplifying complex policy and governance information while retaining appropriate nuance
Operational Leadership & Team Enablement: Builds the conditions for strong execution by defining team workflows, decision boundaries, and systems; manages and coaches staff to deliver on outcomes; designs systems and rhythms that enable deep collaboration and collective ownership of results
Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Demonstrates a growth mindset—seeks feedback, iterates processes, experiments with new tools, and fosters team learning
Climate Movement & Policy Experience: Has led or significantly contributed to climate policy communications campaigns and policy reports
Political & Advocacy Experience: Has experience leading political or advocacy campaigns and nonprofit structures; has a track record of shaping communications that reflect political realities and advance strategic influence. Fully fluent in nonprofit and political structures, rules, and multi-entity compliance
CRM & Data-Driven Metrics Fluency: Proficient with CRMs and analytics for communications platforms and list management, leveraging analysis for measuring impact and honing strategy
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, with the organization covering nearly 100% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums
Unlimited PTO
Basic life insurance and long-term disability
Health FSA and Dependent Care FSA
401k employer contribution
Paid parental leave
Computer reimbursement stipend
Company
Climate Cabinet Action
Helping local candidates run, win, and legislate on the climate crisis.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase