Communications Advisor

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🇪🇨 Ecuador – Remote

💵 $40k - $45k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

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Amazon Watch

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. The organization partners with indigenous and environmental groups to campaign for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. Amazon Watch envisions a world that values cultural and biological diversity, emphasizing the importance of indigenous self-determination and traditional practices in ecological stewardship.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and coordinate a media and communications strategy in the Western Amazon • Develop, advise on, and coordinate campaigns on Indigenous rights and Amazon protection, with particular focus on Stop Amazon Crime and End Amazon Crude • Generate content, multimedia assets, and communications materials for Amazon Watch’s website, social media platforms, and campaigns • Organize, convene, and moderate virtual and in-person events, including press conferences, public forums, and webinars • Pitch stories, write press statements, and coordinate media responses with program and communications teams • Translate information and results from the Western Amazon field team’s work into communications campaigns with national, regional, and international reach • Conduct trainings with Indigenous allies on media and communications strategies • Coordinate acquisition of multimedia assets and images for Amazon Watch campaigns • Travel as needed to document relevant events and collect multimedia materials • Provide information and strategies to share key messages across Amazon Watch’s networks, including translating social media kits • Increase visibility and build public support for Indigenous peoples’ work to defend their rights and the Amazon • Report to the Western Amazon Director and work closely with program and communications teams in the United States

🎯 Requirements

• At least five years of experience in communications, media relations, or campaigns, ideally with a social justice, human rights, environmental, or Indigenous rights organization • Strong written and spoken English • Proven record of developing and implementing communications strategies and campaigns at the national, regional, or international level • Strong media relations skills and existing relationships with journalists and media outlets in Ecuador or the wider Western Amazon • Ability to pitch stories and respond quickly to breaking news • Experience producing multimedia content, including photography, video, audio, or graphic design • Experience coordinating with photographers, filmmakers, and other content creators • Deep knowledge of the Western Amazon’s social, political, and environmental context, especially oil extraction, mining, illicit economies, and their impacts on Indigenous peoples • Demonstrated commitment to Indigenous rights, self-determination, and climate justice • Experience working respectfully in solidarity with Indigenous organizations and communities • Experience planning, organizing, and moderating virtual and in-person events, including press conferences, public forums, and webinars • Strong judgment and ability to work independently while coordinating closely with remote, cross-cultural teams across time zones • Based in Ecuador is a desired qualification • Experience designing and leading communications or media trainings for Indigenous organizations is desired • Familiarity with digital security practices and safety protocols for working in high-risk contexts, including with environmental and land defenders is desired • Existing network of contacts among Indigenous organizations, civil society groups, and media in Ecuador, Peru, or Colombia is desired • Familiarity with international advocacy spaces, including UN mechanisms, the Inter-American human rights system, and climate negotiations is desired

🏖️ Benefits

• Health care • Employee assistance program • Generous vacation time • Sick time • Paid parental leave • Paid holidays • 12 weeks paid sabbatical after 5 years • Employer-matched retirement plan