Job Opening

The National Women’s Law Center seeks a Media Director to raise the visibility of the organization and advance the Center’s work on health and reproductive rights, education and employment opportunities, family and economic security, and judicial nominations through outreach to online and offline media outlets.

The Media Director will focus, at least initially, on all of the Center’s key public policy and legal initiatives – health care, reproductive rights, education, employment, family economic security, and judicial nominations.

Responsibilities in these areas include:-

• Working with the Vice President of Communications to design and implement strategic communications plans and messages.
• Acting as lead writer and editor of communications materials, including press releases, op-eds, letters to the editor and editorial board memos.
• Conducting outreach to national and state media and bloggers.
• Organizing press conferences, teleconferences and other events.
• Working closely with legal and policy staff and the communications team.
• Reports to Vice President of Communications.

Qualifications:-

Applicants should have a B.A. degree, 5-10 years of experience in public relations or journalism, excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to write quickly under pressure, and a demonstrated ability to place stories in a competitive environment. Applicants also must have excellent verbal skills and attention to detail and accuracy.

Knowledge of one of the Center’s issue areas, along with communications/media experience at a non-profit public policy organization is highly desirable. Campaign or Capitol Hill experience also a plus.

Candidates also must have the ability to grasp complicated policy messages and translate them for a mass media audience. Candidates must be self-directed and have the ability to work well with competing priorities, meet deadlines, and manage projects involving multiple people from across the department and organization.

To Apply:-

Interested candidates should send their resume with cover letter and salary requirements.

Please click below to apply.