Communications Director

AKPIRG • Anchorage, AK

11d • $70,000 - $74,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Communications Director plays a key role in translating AKPIRG’s programmatic work into compelling storytelling, accessible public education, cohesive fundraising narratives, and strategic communications that help move policy, connect complex policy issues to Alaskans’ lived experiences, and build people power. The Communications Director will work closely with other AKPIRG staff and the Digital Communications Lead to grow AKPIRG’s public presence, deepen meaningful engagement with Alaskans across the state, and strengthen the impact of our advocacy and organizing work.

Requirements

• Commitment to operationalizing AKPIRG’s values of decolonization, justice, transparency, and community within communications and AKPIRG as a whole.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to craft compelling public narratives and translate complex information for a variety of audiences and platforms.
• Experience managing digital communications, including social media and email.
• Experience developing cohesive, consistent, and strategic messaging across multiple issues, audiences, and platforms.
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects at once across teams, with a collaborative, adaptive, and organized approach
• Professional experience (2+ years) in communications, journalism, marketing, or related field; or a combination of lived experience, education, movement work, and/or demonstrated communications skills that prepares you to succeed in this role.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of earned media; experience with press and media relations.
• Prior meaningful experience, relationships, and/or interest in specific AKPIRG issue areas and the communities we work with.
• Skilled relationship-builder across a diversity of backgrounds and cultural contexts.
• Experience in public policy, lobbying, legislative advocacy, or regulatory spaces, particularly within Alaska’s political and governmental landscape.
• Familiarity with communications and project management systems such as EveryAction, Airtable, Asana, Meta Business Suite, and Google Workspace.
• Experience supervising staff through non-hierarchical management practices.
• Familiarity with audience engagement strategies and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement communications strategies that translate complex issues into accessible, compelling messaging grounded in a cohesive AKPIRG voice.
• Ensure AKPIRG communications strategies, framing, content, and processes reflect and center AKPIRG values of decolonization, justice, accountability, community, and trust.
• Guide organizational narrative, messaging, and long-term communications planning.
• Lead on writing and editing communications across platforms and audiences.
• Coordinate communications projects across teams, managing timelines, workflows, and dissemination strategies to ensure alignment with organizational and campaign goals.
• Manage press and media relations
• Expand the organization’s reach across digital, earned media, and public platforms.
• Collaborate with AKPIRG’s Digital Communications Lead on digital strategy
• Support the Digital Communications Lead through collaborative supervision, non-hierarchical leadership, project coordination, and professional development.
• Contribute to organizational vision, strategic planning, and internal policy development.
• Manage AKPIRG Communications team budget.

Benefits

• 4-day work week with paid wellness time
• retirement match
• HSA
• employer-paid healthcare premium
• dental and vision coverage
• generous PTO policy
• office gym

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed