Director of Communications

🕒 September 12

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $130k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🗣️ Communications

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Vitamin Angels

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1994

🤲 Charity

🏥 Healthcare

💰 $300k Grant - Vitamin Angels on 2023-12

Charity • Healthcare

Vitamin Angels is a global public health nonprofit focused on improving nutrition for pregnant women, infants, and young children by increasing access to evidence-based nutrition interventions such as vitamin A supplementation, prenatal vitamins, and deworming. They partner with local organizations and governments in about 65 countries to deliver training, resources, service delivery, and reporting support. Vitamin Angels emphasizes financial transparency, community and corporate partnerships, and aims to double impact to reach 140 million women and children annually by 2033. They provide program resources, corporate engagement, and accept philanthropic donations to fund interventions in underserved communities.

📋 Description

• Advance Vitamin Angels’ visibility, credibility, reputation, and influence through strategic external and internal communications • Lead corporate communications, public and media relations, executive communications, and external communications editorial strategy • Build, strengthen, and protect Vitamin Angels’ reputation among donors, technical stakeholders, and mass audiences • Develop and execute integrated external communications strategies aligned with organizational priorities, brand positioning, and fundraising goals • Develop proactive media strategies and storylines highlighting expertise, evidence, impact, innovation, and global health leadership • Build and steward relationships with media outlets, journalists, editors, thought leaders, influencers, celebrities, ambassadors, conveners, and relevant platforms • Advise the VP of Marketing & Communications, CEO, senior leadership team, and organizational leaders on messaging, positioning, and reputational opportunities and challenges • Identify and train spokespeople and create thought leadership opportunities through media, speaking engagements, opinion pieces, panels, conferences, podcasts, and other platforms • Lead executive communications, including speeches, talking points, presentations, op-eds, interviews, and leadership messaging • Lead organizational strategy for events, convenings, and conferences • Monitor emerging issues, media narratives, and reputational risks • Lead crisis and issues communications strategy and establish rapid-response protocols • Lead internal communications strategy to keep employees informed, connected, aligned, and engaged • Develop and manage internal editorial calendars, communications channels, content strategy, leadership cascades, and employee communications platforms • Translate organizational strategy, decisions, milestones, and progress into clear employee communications • Develop internal communications standards and governance • Partner with leadership and People & Culture on change communications • Equip leaders and managers with messaging, tools, talking points, and communications resources • Establish employee feedback mechanisms and use insights to improve communications and organizational alignment • Lead, mentor, and develop communications staff and external agency or freelance partners • Manage agencies, consultants, vendors, budgets, and communications resources • Establish effectiveness measures and use data and insights to optimize communications reach, engagement, reputation, and influence • Report to the VP, Marketing & Communications and supervise the Communications Manager, Technical Partner & Local Engagement, and third-party consultants/agency relationships • Travel internationally and domestically as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, public relations, nonprofit communications, global health, international development, or a related field • Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or a related field • Experience working in a nonprofit, global health, international development, public health, or mission driven work is required • Demonstrated experience developing and executing integrated communications strategies for complex organizations and diverse audiences • Strong track record in media relations, executive communications, thought leadership, reputation management, and issues/crisis communications • Experience communicating complex technical, scientific, health, or development topics in clear, compelling, and accessible ways • Demonstrated experience leading internal communications and organizational change communications • Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and verbal communication skills • Experience working with senior executives and subject-matter experts and translating their expertise into compelling external and internal communications • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment • Experience managing teams, agencies, consultants, and budgets • Strong strategic judgment, political acumen, collaboration skills, and ability to operate with discretion and sound judgment • Ability to manage stress, including stress resulting from local and foreign travel, large crowds, open spaces, shared office space, and daily activities with reasonable accommodations • Ability to remain seated and/or stationary for extended periods, including prolonged air travel and desk-based assignments • Every applicant is required to submit a cover letter with their application

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Care • Life Insurance • Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Wellness Reimbursement • 401(k) • Paid Time Off • Winter/Summer Recharge Weeks • Holidays • Paid parental leave • Comprehensive benefit package • Equal opportunity employer committed to a supportive environment and professional growth