Senior Communications Officer

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🔥 12 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $80k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

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The Cost

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2020

📚 Education

📱 Media

💼 Consulting

Education • Media • Consulting

The Cost is a media company that focuses on connecting professionals who love writing about their experiences, helping them in overcoming their fear of career change, and showing aspiring professionals their career options.

📋 Description

• Lead California Ocean Science Trust’s day-to-day communications function • Steward OST’s external voice, messaging, and reputation across audiences and channels • Advise the Deputy Director and Executive Director on communications strategy, audience, timing, framing, visibility, and risk • Develop donor- and funder-facing materials, including cases for support, appeals, impact stories, stewardship communications, annual reports, and fundraising collateral • Translate complex scientific, policy, and organizational work into clear, accurate, compelling communications • Write, edit, and shape web, email, social media, reports, presentations, public statements, donor materials, and other external communications • Provide editorial direction and feedback on staff-produced materials • Own website, email communications, and social media strategy, content development, publishing, and coordination • Maintain an organization-wide editorial and communications calendar • Use web, email, and social media analytics to measure impact and refine communications • Support media, state and federal engagement, conferences, public presentations, and other high-visibility settings • Lead or coordinate media outreach and communications around major events and convenings • Establish communications systems, standards, templates, workflows, and review processes • Coordinate messaging across programs, philanthropy, leadership, and external engagements • Manage and direct communications interns, contractors, and other contributors • Build communications capacity across the organization • Monitor policy, media, philanthropic, and ocean science landscapes relevant to OST • Surface communications opportunities, inconsistencies, and risks to leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of progressively responsible communications and public relations experience, including demonstrated senior-level responsibility • Experience developing and executing communications strategy across multiple audiences and channels • Experience developing donor, funder, or institutional advancement communications • Ability to translate complex scientific, technical, policy, or organizational content for non-expert audiences without sacrificing accuracy or nuance • Experience advising colleagues or organizational leadership on communications strategy, framing, audience, timing, or tone • Experience directing or coordinating communications work produced by colleagues, interns, contractors, or others • Familiarity with California government, public policy, or public-sector environments preferred; comparable experience in politically or institutionally sensitive environments may substitute • Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills • Strong strategic judgment and political awareness • Ability to adapt framing and language for different audiences while maintaining a consistent organizational voice • Strong project-management skills • Ability to work with scientists, program staff, fundraisers, and senior leadership • Proficiency with digital communications tools, including content management systems, email platforms, social media, analytics, and basic design tools • Comfort learning and working across comparable communications and collaboration tools • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be current residents of California or willing to relocate to California if hired

🏖️ Benefits

• Health coverage • Retirement savings with a 4.5% employer match after one year • Generous paid time off and holidays • Paid year-end office closure • Monthly remote work stipend • Family-friendly, flexible schedules • Remote work flexibility