Senior Communications Officer – North America (Digital Strategy & Campaigns)
About The Position
The Senior Communications Officer for Digital Strategy and Campaigns will investigate, develop, and lead innovative digital communications strategies that expand how the Foundation and its partners engage U.S. audiences on global health and development priorities. The role calls for expertise in digital storytelling, audience targeting, and campaign design, including the ability to translate complex issues into compelling, culturally relevant concepts that resonate beyond traditional policy audiences. The officer will advise programmatic colleagues, grantees, and partners on reaching and influencing priority audiences through digital channels and integrated campaigns. They will build and activate campaign concepts for partners and validators to use, coordinate engagement across trusted voices, and assess emerging platforms, formats, and approaches to strengthen awareness, shape narratives, and sustain support for advocacy priorities. The position is part of the Foundation’s North America Team within the Communications Division. It works across communications, federal government relations, and program teams to align digital efforts with advocacy, policy, and narrative goals. The role may require up to 20% domestic and international travel. The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship; candidates must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where the position is located.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of the U.S. digital, media, and cultural landscape, with the ability to anticipate trends and translate them into forward-looking communications strategies.
- Extensive experience leading digital communications strategy for advocacy organizations or political campaigns in the United States, with a track record of shaping high-impact national or multi-state efforts.
- Experience developing and managing partnerships with influencers, creators, and external organizations to extend reach and drive coordinated campaign impact.
- Demonstrated expertise designing and executing integrated, audience-first digital campaigns that influence perception, mobilize stakeholders, and drive measurable results.
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, with strong project management and execution discipline.
- Comfort with complexity and ambiguity, paired with strong judgment and strategic decision-making.
- Experience in nonprofit, advocacy, political, or other mission-driven environments, with a strong understanding of how communications drives policy and public engagement outcomes.
- Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.
- Unrestricted work authorization in the country where the position is located; the Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Work across communications, federal government relations, and program teams to align digital efforts with broader advocacy, policy, and narrative goals.
- Monitor emerging digital trends, platforms, and audience behaviors; identify new partners and opportunities; and translate insights into recommendations for the Foundation’s digital communications strategy in the U.S. and Canada.
- Work with stakeholders to define measurable campaign objectives, target audiences, and digital strategies, including partnerships to reach those audiences.
- Pilot creative digital storytelling approaches, including partnerships with new organizations, content creators, and nontraditional media platforms.
- Identify, evaluate, and manage agencies, consultants, creators, and digital vendors supporting campaign development and execution.
- Develop campaign concepts that partners, grantees, and validators can adopt and amplify across their networks.
- Partner with insights teams and vendors to use audience research and performance data for targeting, messaging, and channel strategy; apply a test-and-learn approach to refine strategies, improve effectiveness, and share learnings.
- Support partners and grantees in understanding and applying current digital trends to strengthen their communications efforts.
- Model behaviors that support an inclusive culture and promptly escalate issues to appropriate stakeholders.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums.
- Generous paid time off.
- Paid family leave.
- Foundation-paid retirement contribution.
- Regional holidays.
- Opportunities to engage in employee communities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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