Managing Director, Public Relations, Earned Media – High-Stakes Communications

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $90k - $139.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🎙️ Public Relations (PR)

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Founded 1990

📚 Education

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🌍 Social Impact

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Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

Teach For America is an education-focused organization dedicated to ensuring that every young person receives a relevant, engaging education and has the opportunity to choose their own future. Through its teacher corps, Ignite Fellowship, and alumni programs, it builds transformational relationships between students and educators, fostering leadership and social change. TFA aims to impact students in under-resourced communities by recruiting and training teachers, prioritizing diversity, and tackling educational inequities.

📋 Description

• Set earned media direction nationwide across regional markets and key national priority areas • Develop and lead 4–5 earned media campaigns annually • Design and drive regional earned media strategies aligned with organizational priorities and narrative goals • Set regional priorities for proactive outreach based on impact, opportunity, and risk • Oversee earned media campaign execution across regional markets • Serve as senior strategic partner to regional teams and national partners, including Growth, Development, and the Reinvention Lab • Develop pitches and story strategies for local and national outlets • Advise national teams on earned media strategy, narrative development, and positioning • Assess reputational and external affairs risks and navigate sensitive or high-visibility media situations • Advise regional staff and leaders on media strategy, messaging, and spokesperson readiness • Manage responses to incoming media inquiries during time-sensitive or high-stakes moments • Coordinate internal responses to mitigate reputational risk • Track, analyze, and synthesize regional media activity to inform strategy and identify trends • Partner with owned-channel and internal-communications colleagues to amplify earned media • Contribute to the evolution of earned media practices, tools, and standards across regions

🎯 Requirements

• 8–10+ years of related experience in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field • Demonstrated experience executing earned media efforts, including pitching reporters and supporting media interviews • Experience supporting reactive or high-stakes communications situations • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams • Strong alignment with Teach For America’s mission, values, and commitment to educational excellence for all students • Experience working with regional or local media markets preferred • Familiarity with the education sector or nonprofit communications preferred • Experience preparing senior leaders or staff as media spokespeople preferred • Comfort working behind the scenes to execute communications plans developed by senior leaders preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time employment • Remote/flexible work arrangement • Occasional evening or weekend work may be required • Limited ad hoc travel may be expected

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