Job Location: Atlantic Council Headquarters - Washington, DC
Employment Type: Full-Time
Seniority Level: Director
Job Category: Staff
The Atlantic Council is seeking a director of strategic communications to lead the organization's media outreach and communications strategy and to serve as a member of the broader Engagement team's leadership.
The director will manage the Atlantic Council's media profile, which has risen rapidly in recent years-ranking among those of the world's top think tanks. With a growing body of innovative editorial work and high-profile newsmaker events, the Council is cited daily by the world's leading news outlets. The director is responsible for advancing the Council's mission by amplifying its expertise, events, and publications through earned US and international media coverage and by coordinating external communications efforts and campaigns across the institution.
The director will oversee a creative, hard-working, and collegial team that has helped make the Atlantic Council a go-to source of expertise and groundbreaking research for policymakers, the media, and global stakeholders.
The director of strategic communications will bring to the role experience working with domestic and international media in a fluid environment. The director will report to the Atlantic Council's senior editorial director and will work collaboratively with the Council's digital, editorial, and event production teams, along with the Council's executive office and its sixteen programs and centers.
This position is based in our Washington, DC headquarters on a hybrid schedule. Pay is commensurate with experience, education, and organizational equity, with offers starting at $130,000.
Strategic Communications
Media Relations
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