Senior Director, Communications
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Senior Director of Communications at KIPP Foundation leading communications strategy and execution across internal and external audiences. Overseeing media relations, executive communications, and internal messaging.
Responsibilities:
- The Senior Director of Communications leads the strategy and execution of KIPP Foundation’s communications across internal and external audiences.
- This role oversees earned media, executive communications, issues management, and internal communications—ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact in how KIPP shows up nationwide.
- The Senior Director partners closely with the Office of the CEO, senior leadership, and regional teams to align messaging, elevate strategic priorities, and strengthen KIPP’s brand and reputation.
- This role manages one direct report and serves as a core member of the Marketing and Communications team, reporting to the VP of Marketing and Communications.
- Design, lead, and execute a national earned media strategy that aligns with KIPP’s annual storytelling arc and organizational priorities —delivering high-profile national and local TV, print, and digital placements.
- Provide strategic counsel to senior leadership (in Office of the CEO, Development, and One KIPP Priority Program Leads) to shape executive communications and secure high-impact speaking engagements and media placements.
- Strengthen regional alignment by cultivating deep partnerships with regional communications leads and coordinating network-wide efforts to elevate local stories and reinforce national messages.
- Oversee sourcing, refine, and elevate regional stories that demonstrate progress on One KIPP priorities for use in campaigns, announcements, speeches, newsletters, and social media.
- Develop external communications plans to announce new KIPP Foundation initiatives and partnerships, including publishing press releases and regional press release templates.
- Partner with Digital Marketing colleagues to amplify earned media, executive, and editorial content across channels, including paid media, social media, website, and email.
- Serve as an on-the-record spokesperson for the KIPP network.
- Monitor and shape KIPP’s media reputation, analyzing coverage trends, identifying risks and opportunities, and advising leadership and regional teams accordingly.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience in marketing and communications, ideally leading Media Relations in a large-scale public service organization (e.g. a national or regional networked organization).
- Access to productive media contacts at national, regional, trade and Black and Latino media outlets that can drive an organization’s evolving reputational strategy.
- Experience working as a reporter or journalist a plus.
- Demonstrated experience supporting C-Suite level leaders with timely decision making on communications.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with stakeholders in a demanding environment, using a combination of analysis and inner-personal skills to drive both proactive and reactive communications initiatives and campaigns.
- Bachelors or equivalent experience required, Masters or equivalent experience desirable.
Benefits:
- 25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
- 100% paid parental leave
- 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family’s medical/dental/vision plans.
- Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program.
- Finance Security benefits including a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
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