Communications Director, REBUILD.US

Assets Under Movement•Washington, DC

5d•$145,000 - $164,000•Remote

About The Position

REBUILD.US is a national organization of disaster survivors and community leaders from climate-impacted regions, dedicated to building a new response to climate shocks. They aim to care for people and achieve lasting solutions by treating each disaster as a moment of trauma and possibility. Their work involves organizing money through a rapid-response fundraising and grantmaking platform, organizing people by bringing survivors and communities together, and organizing attention through a creative command center and strategic communications. REBUILD.US is fiscally sponsored by Assets Under Movement (AUM+). The Communications Director will be a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for executing the organization's communications, narrative, and brand-building strategy to advance its theory of change. This role requires an expert in producing high-quality materials quickly and collaborating with a diverse team across digital communications, social media, brand, design, media relations, narrative strategy, and influencer strategy. The position will lead a comprehensive communications program during both rapid-response climate disaster moments and "blue sky" periods to support organizing, fundraising, and advocacy campaigns, and to advance the overall narrative change and brand-building strategy. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of audience targeting, competing for attention in the new media landscape, and a rigorous approach to goal setting, testing, measuring impact, and integrating lessons learned. This is a significant opportunity to shape the country's political, cultural, and economic landscape by redefining disaster response and building the editorial and narrative infrastructure of a rapidly growing national organization.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in senior communications, editorial, or narrative strategy roles.
A track record of building and leading high-performing communications teams that span disciplines — digital, brand, media relations, and content.
2+ years of experience supervising direct reports.
Proven ability to translate organizational and narrative strategy into editorial output that shifts public attitudes, media coverage, or policy outcomes.
Exceptional writing and editing skills with experience crafting communication and narrative materials that hold a distinct point of view and mass, popular appeal.
Comfort operating at strategic and tactical levels -- big-picture strategy and hands-on drafting and editing.
Deep commitment to disaster-impacted communities and to a survivor-centered, justice-oriented approach to recovery; direct experience with climate disaster response, organizing, or survivor communities is a strong plus.
Exceptional relationship-building skills across a wide range of stakeholders: staff, media, funders, movement partners, and survivors.
Experience working with membership-based organizations (including labor unions, community organizations)
Insight into what makes content land in a fractured, high-pressure media environment—and how to turn attention into action.
Appetite and ability to execute at a high level both during rapid response and shock moments, and during blue sky periods.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with climate disaster response, organizing, or survivor communities is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute communications strategy aligned with REBUILD.US’s organizational priorities, theory of change, brand and narrative strategies.
Hold a bird's-eye view of the organization and an in-depth understanding of our main interventions and our brand and narrative strategies, and translate that into a clear, cohesive, and actionable communications plan.
Develop communications strategies for both rapid-response climate disaster moments and long-term “blue sky” periods.
Ensure communications effectively advance REBUILD.US’s organizing, fundraising, advocacy, and brand-building goals.
Introduce a lean-startup discipline to the organization by defining core value hypotheses, conducting quick and routine testing, and remaining nimble to adjust workflows.
Manage the communications function — staff, strategy partners, vendors alike — setting day-to-day priorities.
Translate long-term strategy into day-to-day priorities and establish clear systems, workflows, and expectations with staff, consultants, and vendors.
Maintain systems and workflows and track projects across multiple partners, vendors, and teams; and ensure the program is advancing our short- and long-term strategies.
Assess REBUILD.US's communications infrastructure on an ongoing basis and evolve the strategy, systems, and team structure needed to keep pace with the organization's growth.
Craft and implement a dynamic social media and digital communication strategy, overseeing content creation, design, scheduling, and analytics to optimize reach and impact.
Oversee content creation, design, scheduling, and distribution across multiple platforms.
Analyze and use insights from across platforms to optimize reach and impact.
Identify opportunities to translate attention and engagement into meaningful action.
Serve as the connective link between REBUILD.US and NewWorld, our partner that runs our creative command center.
Working closely with NewWorld and REBUILD.US’s staff and leadership team to ensure a consistent, compelling voice across earned, owned, social, and paid channels, and deploy sophisticated, innovative narrative and marketing tactics to steadily grow REBUILD.US's influence on public attitudes, policy, and behavior.
Oversee the full content lifecycle — either executing it directly or managing staff and vendors to execute — from strategy and ideation to creation, editing, design, and distribution.
Produce high-quality collateral as an individual contributor when necessary.
Align a team of staff and vendors to produce collateral and content.
Create processes to maintain strong editorial and brand standards while responding with urgency during rapid response moments.
Serve as an active member of the senior leadership team, helping to shape the organization's strategic direction, organizational health, and culture.
Collaborate with peers to strengthen cross-team alignment, support effective organizational decision-making, and actively work to advance a high-performance and rigorous evaluation.
Contribute to a high-performing culture grounded in organizational values.