Director of Strategic Communications

Core responsibilities:

• Build and deploy communications campaigns with clear content pillars to support program work, fundraising, and organizational positioning
• Define and steward the Pulitzer Center's communications strategy across all platforms, overseeing development, production, and dissemination of content
• Manage the Communications team, including staff, consultants, and budgets, and strengthen systems, tools, and processes
• Lead integrated public campaigns that elevate the Pulitzer Center's voice and influence, positioning the organization and its leaders for impact

This role transforms breakthrough reporting into public discourse, movement-building narratives, and lasting impact by crafting narrative strategies that amplify journalists' work, position the organization as a trusted voice in global conversations, and drive engagement across diverse audiences to shift worldviews and catalyze action on pressing issues.

Required qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic communications, digital strategy, nonprofit communications, or related fields
• Proven track record leading integrated communications campaigns that drove measurable outcomes
• Team management and leadership experience with track record of developing high-performing teams
• Budget management experience including oversight of paid media, production, and external partnerships
• Commitment to equity and inclusion and experience centering diverse voices and perspectives

Compensation: $100,000 - $118,000 annually for US-based employees. Benefits include paid time off (holiday, vacation, parental and sick), health care coverage (medical/dental/vision), health savings accounts, 403(b) retirement plan, transit benefit, parental leave, and Life & ADD/LTD/STD Insurance. Non-US employees receive paid leave benefits but no health or retirement benefits.

The Pulitzer Center champions the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action, supporting enterprise reporting globally to create a ripple effect of world-changing impact through journalism that engages diverse audiences.