Director of Broadcast Communications
Director of Broadcast Communications
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05-05-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 113582 - 135277
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-05-2025
Job Description
Type of Position: Fulltime exempt regular
Team: Communications
Reports To: Deputy Managing Director Comms Engagement
Salary Range: $113582 $135277 based upon experience
Tier: Director
Tier Description: Project management across teams; Manage a vertical of work & manage daily workflow; Positions lead work in an area of specialization and require expertise or near expertise in the relevant area. Requires significant experience. Middle Management
Minimum RoleSpecific Experience: 7 years
Preferred People & Project Management Experience: 3 years
About Climate Power
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club Climate Power integrates hardhitting research polling state and national earned media digital and paid media to influence the national conversation embolden leaders to take immediate bold climate action and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
About This Role
Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Director of Broadcast Communications to book senior surrogates storytellers and other relevant spokespeople across the broadcast spectrum including cable shows and new media outlets like podcasts and YouTube shows. The Director must be able to work in a rapid response environment and be responsible for developing building and maintaining relationships with producers and hosts to cement Climate Power as a resource. Additionally the Director will work across Climate Powers three campaigns the Clean Energy Economy Accountability and Climate Urgency to ensure that we are booking in key rapid response moments both nationally and in targeted states and proactively identifying moments to amplify Climate Powers voices and messaging.
Primary Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain relationships with producers and hosts at cable broadcast and new media outlets to position Climate Power and its surrogates and storytellers as resources. This includes conducting routine touchpoints with producers and hosts to ensure Climate Power is part of ongoing coverage.
- Draft and send booking memos or other relevant information to shows as needed.
- Stay up to date with new outlets platforms and opportunities to expand Climate Powers reach and elevate climate as part of their coverage.
- Proactively identify moments in the national and local news cycle to pitch and book surrogates storytellers and other spokespeople on outlets across the broadcast spectrum with an emphasis on new media outlets like podcasts and YouTube shows.
- Rapidly respond to book Climate Power surrogates and spokespeople on breaking news coverage when relevant.
- Coordinate and handle all logistics for a hit from start to finish including drafting memos for Climate Power surrogates and storytellers that include relevant talking points.
- Develop strategic booking plans for toptier moments or other moments as needed.
- Build and maintain updated contact lists of producers.
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as need and capacity dictate.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- 7 years of communications experience including experience in network or political booking and working with a principal producers and hosts.
- 3 years people and project management experience
- Keen understanding of the news cycle and how to build relationships with products and hosts.
- Strong instinct for powerful storytelling combined with strong editorial and ethical judgment.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced campaign environment with unpredictable hours in highpressure situations.
- Ability to work collaboratively across internal teams and with external partners.
- Strong strategic and writing skills.
$113582 $135277 a year
Compensation
Climate Power offers a competitive compensation package including experiencebased salary (please ensure that all relevant experience is included on your resume) and comprehensive benefits including the following:
Medical Dental and Vision insurance100% paid for employee50% for their dependents. Unlimited Paid Time off including every other Friday and extended summer fall and winter breaks. 401(k) with 5% match. Education Assistance including student loan repayment program. Sabbatical Leave. Employee Assistance Program. Monthly Tech Allowance. Cell Phone Stipend. Work From Home Stipend for home office furniture. Employee Wellness & Treat Yourself Funds.
Location & Hours of Operations
Climate Power is a remotefirst organization based in Washington DC. This position can be located anywhere in the United States but must be able to work Monday Friday 9 am 6 pm EST plus weekends and evenings as the work dictates.
Our Hiring Timeline and Process
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis and will continue to interview until the position is filled (posting will remain up until the position is filled).Our interview process generally involves 3 rounds of interviews ranging in length from 3060 minutes. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meets or Zoom. Successful candidates who move forward in the hiring process will be invited to complete a skills assessment activity (for which they will receive compensation) and will undergo a vetting process including reference and background checks to ensure cultural and political alignment.
Climate Power is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity equity and inclusion. We are an equalopportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race color creed national origin ancestry sex marital status disability religious or political affiliation or sexual orientation.
Additionally Climate Power is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Climate Power will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the interview and hiring process.
If reasonable accommodation is needed in the interview process please . Requests for updates in the hiring/interview process or other solicitations should not be sent to this email.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
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