Marketing & Communications Manager

The Climate & Clean Energy Equity Fund•Washington D.C., MD

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Marketing and Communications Manager plays a critical role in advancing the Climate Equity Fund’s mission, visibility, and strategic influence through integrated marketing, communications, storytelling, and brand management. Working cross-functionally across the organization and in partnership with external consultants and strategic communications firms, this role manages the Equity Fund’s external-facing communications infrastructure, digital presence, messaging systems, and collateral development to strengthen engagement with funders, partners, grantees, and broader stakeholder audiences. The Marketing and Communications Manager serves as a strategic storyteller and project manager who translates complex climate, racial equity, and clean energy initiatives into compelling and accessible narratives that elevate the organization’s impact and thought leadership. This role supports organizational growth through content strategy, communications planning, digital engagement, brand stewardship, and production oversight while ensuring consistency in messaging, visual identity, and compliance with organizational communication standards across all platforms and materials. This position also supports the development and execution of communications strategies that strengthen donor engagement, amplify grantee partner impact, support fundraising and strategic partnerships efforts, and reinforce the organization’s values-centered voice and mission.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience working within nonprofit, philanthropic intermediary in both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) fundraising, climate justice, racial equity, advocacy, or mission-driven organization utilizing a brand voice to create content, messaging, and market programmatic work to engage donors, and foundations.
Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, brand management, strategic storytelling, or related communications functions.
Minimum of 5 years of content creation experience to market programmatic work, ideally with at least 2-3 years of that experience engaging investors, donors, and foundations.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing communications strategies, editorial calendars, messaging frameworks, and brand management systems.
Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging for varied audiences and platforms.
Demonstrated experience translating qualitative and quantitative data into compelling narratives and impact-driven communications.
Experience managing websites, social media platforms, email communications systems, and digital engagement strategies.
Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.
Experience collaborating with consultants, creative vendors, communications agencies, and cross-functional internal teams.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaborative editing and approval processes involving multiple contributors and stakeholders.
Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and with external stakeholders.
Demonstrated track record of writing and excellent editing skills, including managing multiple rounds of editing across multiple staff.
Comfort using Adobe Suite, Canva and other tools for basic design work/edits.
Commitment to and experience in successfully fostering a working environment that supports the well-being of staff and recognizes that valued and supported staff are better able to serve others.
Demonstrated commitment to equity-centered communications practices and the ability to apply an anti-racist and anti-oppression lens to communications work.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available.
All selected candidates will consent to reference and background checks as part of the hiring process.

Nice To Haves

Preferred Technical Competencies: Communications and Brand Strategy, Graphic and Visual Design, Data Visualization, CRM and Email Marketing Platforms, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and related communications tools, Marketing Automation Platforms, Video and Multimedia Content Coordination

Responsibilities

Collaborate across departments to maintain and operationalize organizational messaging architecture, style guides, visual identity standards, and brand voice protocols.
Support the development and implementation of comprehensive marketing and communications strategies aligned with organizational priorities, strategic partnerships, fundraising, and thought leadership goals.
Ensure consistent application of brand guidelines, messaging standards, and communications best practices across all external-facing materials and platforms.
Partner with leadership and external communications consultants to support brand audits, messaging refinement, strategic campaigns, and communications initiatives.
Develop and maintain communications calendars, editorial workflows, and content production systems that support organizational priorities and recurring communications needs.
Create and maintain communications SOPs, templates, and process documentation to strengthen organizational consistency and operational efficiency.
Develop, write, edit, and manage compelling multi-channel content including newsletters, website content, reports, presentations, talking points, collateral, social media content, grant support materials, and organizational announcements.
Translate complex climate, racial equity, and clean energy initiatives into accessible and engaging narratives tailored to diverse stakeholder audiences.
Gather, synthesize, and elevate stories, data, lessons learned, and impact metrics from grantees, staff, and organizational initiatives to demonstrate organizational impact and advance strategic communications goals.
Lead editing and quality assurance processes for external-facing communications to ensure accuracy, consistency, accessibility, and alignment with organizational voice and messaging standards.
Support executive thought leadership by developing strategic messaging, talking points, presentations, speeches, and written communications.
Manage organizational digital communications platforms including website content, email communications, social media channels, and emerging digital properties.
Lead content posting, scheduling, monitoring, and approval workflows across digital platforms.
Manage email list segmentation strategies and support engagement optimization through audience analytics and communications performance metrics.
Track, analyze, and report on communications KPIs, audience engagement, digital analytics, and marketing performance to inform recommendations and continuous improvement efforts.
Explore and recommend emerging communications tools, technologies, and digital engagement strategies to strengthen organizational reach and visibility.
Lead and coordinate communications projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and overlapping timelines.
Serve as a strategic communications partner and internal consultant to staff across departments regarding messaging, collateral development, and communications planning.
Coordinate and manage external vendors and consultants including graphic designers, photographers, video producers, data visualization consultants, and communications firms.
Support organizational events, webinars, funder engagements, and external convenings through communications planning, promotional support, collateral development, and logistics coordination.
Review dashboards, reports, presentations, and visual materials to ensure brand consistency and message alignment.
Support development and strategic partnerships efforts through creation and editing of donor-facing communications, reports, briefing materials, presentations, and engagement collateral.
Assist in the production of annual reports, impact reports, funder communications, webinars, and strategic partnership materials.
Collaborate with fundraising and program staff to communicate organizational impact, strategic priorities, and grantee partner success stories to funders and stakeholders.
Help identify and recommend communications ROI and KPI measures tied to organizational growth, engagement, visibility, and strategic communications effectiveness.
Travel approximately 10–15% annually to offsite meetings, conferences, convenings, retreats, and other Equity Fund events.
Participate in organizational meetings, cross-functional initiatives, and strategic planning activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.