Director of Communications
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$ 105000 - 135000
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THE ORGANIZATION: Mi Familia Vota (MFV) and Mi Familia en Accin (MFA) are national Latino-led civic engagement organizations working year-round to strengthen democracy and empower our communities.
MFA a 501(c)(3) focuses on nonpartisan programs such as citizenship voter registration voter education and leadership development on key issues including immigration education healthcare voting rights workers rights reproductive rights and the environment.
MFV a 501(c)(4) organization builds Latino political power through advocacy organizing and mobilization to ensure that Latino voices shape the policies that impact their health safety and prosperity.
Together we operate one of the largest Latino civic engagement infrastructures in the country with programs across eight states (Arizona California Nevada Texas Colorado North Carolina Georgia Florida) and Washington D.C.
Position Overview:
Mi Familia Vota and Mi Familia en Accin seek a National Communications Director to lead the organizations communications and media strategy. This leader will oversee external and internal communications drive strategic plans for programmatic and policy campaigns across multiple states and elevate MFVs presence on the national stage.
The Communications Director will serve as MFVs chief strategist and brand steward shaping how Latino civic engagement is represented in the public sphere. The Director will manage a communications team and collaborate closely with organizers policy leaders and national/state staff to advance our mission of building Latino political power.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Communications Leadership
- Develop implement and oversee comprehensive communications strategies that raise MFVs visibility nationally and in states.
- Serve as the primary press contact for MFV.
- Shape messaging across key issue areas aligned with our policy agenda (immigration voting rights etc.) to ensure cultural resonance and political impact.
Campaign & Media Strategy
- Lead proactive and rapid-response communications for national and state-level campaigns.
- Manage earned media digital campaigns advertising and partnerships with organizers researchers and data teams.
- Oversee and track the communications budget including political communications expenditures.
Team Leadership & Development
- Hire train and supervise communications staff and consultants.
- Provide leadership mentorship and growth opportunities to team members.
- Establish effective systems for cross-departmental collaboration.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Represent MFV with external stakeholders including media outlets allies elected officials and partner organizations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key political reporters influencers and opinion-shapers.
- Collaborate with vendors (consultants pollsters advertising agencies multimedia producers) to execute campaigns.
Internal & External Alignment
- Work with state offices and national departments to ensure consistent messaging and branding.
- Provide communications support for organizational leadership Board of Directors and state leadership.
Benefits:
- 100% paid employer health benefits
- Life & short-term disability Insurance
- 12 paid holidays; winter break
- 10 days vacation & 10 days sick pay
- 401(k) with 5% non-elective employer contribution
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
- Must be based in Washington D.C. or the surrounding area
- 8 years of experience in communications media relations or campaign strategy ideally in political advocacy or nonprofit settings.
- Proven track record of developing and executing communications strategies for organizing electoral or policy campaigns.
- Strong editorial judgment excellent writing and messaging skills and the ability to simplify complex issues.
- Experience supervising mentoring and managing staff in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities and meet deadlines under pressure.
- Established relationships with national and/or political reporters strongly preferred.
- Experience in multilingual communications (Spanish/English) is a plus.
- Proficiency in cloud-based project management tools (Google Suite Slack Trello etc.).
- Commitment to MFVs mission and values of equity justice and Latino empowerment.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
