Communications Director

Core responsibilities:

• Lead the Communication Department and serve as a member of the organization's leadership/senior management team
• Develop and execute comprehensive communications initiatives across traditional and digital platforms
• Shape the public voice and amplify the visibility of the organization while ensuring alignment with mission, values, and programmatic goals
• Advance ACLU-MT's integrated advocacy efforts through strategic communications

This role creates positive change by advancing civil rights and liberties in Montana through strategic communications that support policy, advocacy, and litigation outcomes while uplifting community storytelling with an anti-racist and de-colonial lens.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Demonstrated deep commitment to civil rights and liberties with sophisticated understanding of strategic communications
• Experience in both internal and external communications across media relations, digital/social media strategy, speechwriting, brand management, and fundraising communications
• Strong news judgment, political acumen, and ability to lead during crisis or heightened visibility periods
• Cultural competency to effectively communicate about social justice issues with diverse audiences and impacted communities

Compensation and benefits:

• Annual salary between $101,000 and $111,000 depending on experience
• Health, vision and dental insurance
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
• Generous vacation, holiday, sabbatical, and family/medical leave policies
• Relocation reimbursement up to $4,000 (contingent on two years' employment)
• Monthly reimbursement for personal mobile phone and internet
• Professional development investment

The ACLU of Montana works to defend civil rights and liberties, covering issues including privacy rights, voting rights, criminal-legal reform, and 2S-LGBTQIA+ rights, with strategic priorities in Indigenous Justice and decriminalization of poverty.