Public Affairs Associate

🕒 July 27

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $55k - $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Bantam Communications

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

Bantam Communications is a public affairs and communications firm that designs and executes advocacy campaigns to build public support, shape policy, and advance deployment of low‑carbon energy infrastructure. The agency combines strategic campaign planning, grassroots and local partner engagement, and data-driven research — including AI-powered insights and custom platforms — to help developers, communities, and policymakers navigate permitting, land use, and public opinion challenges. Bantam emphasizes a campaign mindset to mobilize stakeholders and clear the way for large-scale energy projects while honoring local communities.

📋 Description

• Owns assigned workstreams from planning through delivery, setting the approach, prioritizing competing demands, and determining how to meet objectives with limited day-to-day supervision. • Operates as a cross-functional resource across Bantam's departments, supporting one or more teams at a time and shifting focus between teams as priorities and capacity needs change. • Analyzes and synthesizes research including stakeholder, policy-landscape, opposition, public-opinion, and media analysis, into findings and recommendations that inform campaign and engagement strategy. • Develops and adapts campaign, brand, and internal communications materials and collateral across formats, applying editorial judgment to align content with audience and objective. • Contributes to campaign and engagement strategy and exercises independent judgment in executing and adapting approach, messaging, and tactics to the specific permitting environment, audience, or partner. • Serves as a knowledgeable point of contact for clients and partners on assigned engagements, advising on operational and strategic matters within the role's scope. • Leads cross-functional coordination across research, campaigns, communications, and advocacy workstreams, determining sequencing and resource trade-offs, and managing dependencies across teams. • Designs, documents, and improves the internal processes and workflows that strengthen how the team's work gets done. • Uses AI tools such as Claude to strengthen and accelerate the work, including drafting, revising, and polishing materials and improving workflows, while applying judgment to review, refine, and quality-check outputs.

🎯 Requirements

• 2 to 4 years of experience in public affairs, policy, communications, or related field • Experience with political, electoral, or issue-driven campaigns • Excellent written and verbal communication • Strong interpersonal skills and sound political and stakeholder instincts • Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams independently, with limited day-to-day supervision • Strong research and synthesis skills • Adaptability and comfort shifting focus across teams and priorities as needs change • Self-directed and effective in a fully remote environment • Comfort using AI tools in daily work and a willingness to adapt as the technology evolves • Genuine alignment with Bantam's mission to accelerate advanced energy deployment • Willingness and ability to travel occasionally (roughly once or twice per quarter) as project and client needs arise • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

🏖️ Benefits

• A mission-driven culture • Fully remote, work-from-anywhere environment • Flexible PTO and paid company holidays • Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance • Generous paid parental and medical leave • Wellness, mental health, and work-life support • 401(k) with employer match • Annual in-person team retreats