Vice President of Communications

Status: Exempt

Reports to: Executive Director

Location: Remote

Union Position: No

Salary: $175,000-$200,000, commensurate with experience

Job Summary: The Vice President of Communications is tasked with developing, leading, and executing ECU’s communications, press, and digital strategy. In this role, the VP will oversee staff at a variety of career and experience levels within their department. They will join a collaborative work environment and partner with ECU’s President, Executive Director and the rest of the executive team to ensure the organization is a leading voice nationally and at the state level on issues related to democracy, money in politics, voting rights, and corruption.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage three areas of the organization: communications, press and digital.
• Develop and implement our short and long-term communications plans.
• Guide the organization’s press and earned media efforts, including serving as an on-the-record spokesperson.
• Oversee the development and execution of our digital strategy, including social media, videos, websites, and email, while collaborating with teams to ensure consistent, engaging content and analyzing performance.
• Lead our relationships with members of the media and communications and digital partners.
• Direct the creation of internal and external materials including talking points, statements, press releases, press notes, memos, emails, and videos, and approve external content from other departments.
• Identify new ways to expand and promote ECU, the issues we work on and the candidates we support in the press and on social media.
• Represent ECU publicly in the press, on panels, at meetings, or for other events.
• Develop and manage project-based and long-term budgets.
• Engage actively as a senior member of the executive team to help set organizational short and long-term goals and priorities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications: The VP of Communications must be a self-starter with at least 10 years of political and/or campaign communications experience and a minimum of three cycles in high-level leadership positions. The ideal candidate will have an extensive background in communications, media relations, and digital work, with a strong understanding of political messaging and advocacy. Proven success in leading high-profile campaigns, developing compelling narratives for diverse audiences, pitching the media, and serving as an on the record spokesperson is essential. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, along with a deep understanding of digital media and social platforms, are a must. The candidate should also possess strong leadership abilities, with experience managing teams and collaborating across departments to drive organizational goals. The VP must be aligned with our commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to apply, as diversity strengthens our team and drives innovation.

Employee Benefits: End Citizens United offers a competitive benefits package, including health insurance (there are many health plans available that are fully employer paid, and Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, STD, & LTD plans are fully employer paid), reimbursement for your cell phone bill up to $100 a month, and an IRA with up to 3% of salary matched.

Job Location: This is a remote position, with a strong preference for the employee to live in a state in which ECU currently operates. Regular work-related travel is required.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter through our website. No calls please.

End Citizens United’s Mission: End Citizens United is the leading electoral organization dedicated to fixing our democracy, getting big money out of politics and protecting the right to vote. We are a grassroots movement made up of millions of supporters across the country dedicated to fighting corruption from Washington to Wall Street to State Capitals. Over the past 10 years, the organization has grown from a start-up to an established force that is driving change across the country. We have raised over $230 million to fight back against the powerful special interests and have over 1.4 million individual donors. This grassroots power has changed the face of the pro-democracy movement and helped respond to the ever-increasing corruption, attacks on democracy, and voter suppression that we see in our country. Over the past five cycles, we have helped elect over 700 candidates up and down the ballot. These leaders have kept reform efforts at the top of the agenda and pushed forward on impactful policies. Over the coming years, we will continue combatting big money in politics, voter suppression, and corruption, both federally and at the state level, through organizing, electoral work, research and messaging, and legislative advocacy.

End Citizens United is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multicultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply. ECU’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or disability, or any other legally protected basis. ECU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in the hiring process and on the job, as required by applicable law.

Note: At the end of this application we include several optional questions about your identity. These questions are completely optional and will not be used to make specific hiring decisions, but rather to help us make sure we're building a diverse pool of candidates in the initial stages of the process. Your responses are kept separate from the rest of your application and are not shared outside of our human resources team.