Climate Defiance is hiring an earned media director. This position is responsible for generating earned media in print, radio, television, blogs, podcasts, and other media.
Location:
Any location in the U.S. works, although we have a slight preference for candidates who live in or are willing to relocate to a major metropolitan area.
About You:
You are a collaborative and empathetic leader, deeply invested in team building. Your adeptness in team development is bolstered by your robust communication and organizational proficiencies. Committed to social change, you champion racial, economic, and environmental justice. As a self-starter, you excel in executing, implementing, and troubleshooting without excessive oversight. Your convictions align with the principles of nonviolent confrontation, direct action, and disruption.
You are a great communicator. You stay on script and on message. You have experience working with the press.
Qualifications:
- Professional Experience: Experience generating earned media and liaising with press, ideally for progressive causes. You know how to take interviews, cultivate relationships with reporters, write press releases, cold call tv networks and journalists, etc.
- Willingness to Travel: Flexibility and readiness to engage in extensive travel for actions and site visits.
Pay & Benefits:
The salary for this position is $62,400 with additional benefits, including unlimited vacation time (with 20 days plus Christmas week encouraged), group health care, and a 401(k) with a 3% employer contribution.
To Apply: Please use the "Apply To Position" link to apply and complete our application. If you use the other application links, your application will be incomplete. Thank you!
More Info:
Climate Defiance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and impassioned team, with a special emphasis on encouraging applications from women, gender non-conforming individuals, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other individuals from historically marginalized communities. We uphold a policy of non-discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or medical condition. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Skills Required
- Experience generating earned media and liaising with press
- Experience taking interviews, cultivating reporter relationships, writing press releases, and cold-calling TV networks and journalists
- Willingness and readiness to engage in extensive travel for actions and site visits
- Strong communication, organizational, and team-building leadership skills
- Experience working on progressive causes or social change communications
- Alignment with principles of nonviolent confrontation, direct action, and disruption
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
What We Do
Climate Defiance is a youth-led climate movement organization and nonprofit dedicated to ending fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters. The group organizes direct action, such as strikes and blockades, to resist the fossil fuel industry and advocate for a just transition for those most impacted by the climate crisis.
