What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Communications position at RedBalloon?
Company: National Religious Broadcasters
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Job Summary
The Director of Communications will serve as the organization’s chief storyteller and strategist, responsible for shaping and executing a comprehensive communications plan. This role combines leadership of a small but growing communications team with hands-on content creation and media engagement responsibilities. It is ideal for a professional who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. This is a high-impact, senior leadership position that combines strategic communications, media relations, digital leadership, and team management.
Responsibilities
RedBalloon posts jobs on behalf of client companies
Job Summary
The Director of Communications will serve as the organization’s chief storyteller and strategist, responsible for shaping and executing a comprehensive communications plan. This role combines leadership of a small but growing communications team with hands-on content creation and media engagement responsibilities. It is ideal for a professional who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. This is a high-impact, senior leadership position that combines strategic communications, media relations, digital leadership, and team management.
Responsibilities
- Shape and execute NRB’s overall messaging and communications strategy
- Serve as spokesperson (alongside the CEO and other senior executives) on religious liberty, free speech, and other policy issues
- Head up media relations with Christian, conservative, and mainstream outlets
- Draft speeches, op-eds, talking points, and rapid-response statements
- Operate all digital channels (website, email, social media, CEO’s accounts)
- Oversee and write publications, member communications, and advocacy alerts
- Supervise NRB's graphic design and visual branding
- Manage the communications team, budget, and vendors
- To perform other duties, as assigned by the executive staff
- To perform all work with the highest ethical and moral standards, in compliance with all NRB internal policies and procedures
- To strive to maintain a servant attitude toward co-workers, accepting them as Christ accepted you
- To strive to fulfill our motto: “Excellence in all things, and all things to *** (redacted due to LinkedIn job post guidelines)’s glory”
- Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience (Master’s a plus)
- 7–10 years in strategic communications/PR; 5 years leading teams
- Knowledge of analytics tools for measuring communication impact
- Proven national media relations and spokesperson experience
- Expert-level writing across platforms (from tweets to speeches)
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Deep digital and social media strategy experience
- Strong prioritization and time management skills
- Success in navigating teams through changing and competing priorities
- Comfort and credibility navigating Capitol Hill and policy issues
- Comfort and ability to dive into hands on work and lead from the front
- The applicant should be a committed, well-established, mature Christian, and an active member of a local church
- Must reside in or be able to relocate to the Washington DC area
Salary : $90,000 - $115,000