Job Description: Communications Director

POSITION TITLE:      COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

ORGANIZATION:      ENERGY ACTION COALITION

MANAGER:              DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

LOCATION:              WASHINGTON, DC OR SAN FRANCISCO, CA

SALARY:                 DEPENDANT ON EXPERIENCE

HOURS:                  FULL-TIME

DEADLINE:              AUGUST 10th, 2007

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
The Communications Director will manage the external communications and media strategy for the Energy Action Coalition and it's major projects. The Communications Director will manage the development of materials and messaging, coordinate media for events, and convene a bi-national team of media experts, student spokespersons, and coalition staff to lead the coalition's ongoing communications work.  The Communications Director will coordinate the maintainance and implementation of a strong communications strategy, utilizing best practices in new media, digital organizing and traditional media relations to reach hundreds of thousands of young people and earn significant local and national media coverage for the youth climate movement.

ABOUT ENERGY ACTION COALITION:
Founded in June 2004 by youth climate leaders, the Energy Action Coalition unites a diversity of organizations in an alliance that supports and strengthens the student and youth clean energy movement in North America. The 33 active and 13 supporting partners of Energy Action Coalition work together to leverage our collective power and create change for a clean, efficient, just and renewable energy future. The work of Energy Action is focused on four strategic areas: campuses, communities, corporate practices, and politics.

ABOUT CAMPUS CLIMATE CHALLENGE:
The Campus Climate Challenge is the primary campaign of the Energy Action Coalition. The Challenge unites students to win 100% clean energy policies on their campuses. The Challenge is a three-year campaign of the Energy Action Coalition located on more than 500 high school and college campuses throughout the U.S. and Canada. Through its 45 organizational members, Energy Action Coalition is fueling a youth movement to stop global warming and climate change. The Challenge was designed to build a presence on targeted campuses where large numbers of students can be engaged and activated to help achieve campus victories and to build a long-term organizing structure. By working together in partnership with students to reduce the carbon emissions of their campuses down to zero, we help to provide real world models for other students, elected officials, corporate leaders and the public of how we can stop global warming now. Over the longer term, The Challenge will help to develop the next generation of political and corporate leaders who will shape future policy debates about global warming and climate change.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Recent experience in youth and student organizing.
• 2+ years of communications experience.
• Experience in coalition/multi-organization/multi-stakeholder organizing and communications.
• Knowledge of best practices in online communications and new media.
• Experience with online communications including blogging, social networking outreach and mass email communications.
• Strong writing skills.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the development and implementation of a communications strategy for the coalition.

• Coordinate communications training and leadership development across the coalition.

• Convene and maintain a strong and active communications team including coalition partner staff, student leaders and external advisors as the lead body in the implementation of the coalitions communications strategy.

• Coordinate research, polling, message/story/meme development and branding for coalition campaigns and projects.

• Manage the development, procurement and distribution of coalition promotional and educational materials.

• Support communications strategy development and implementation for coalition projects such as the national conference.

• Support the Digital Organizer in the maintenance of new media efforts.

• Build and maintain partnerships with companies and organizations to support and strengthen the coalition's online strategy.

TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume, including salary requirements to josh@energyaction.net. Please include the job title in your email subject.

Energy Action Coalition is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to engaging the skills and leadership of people of color, low-income persons, LGBT persons, differently-abled people, and other people from diverse backgrounds. People from these and other traditionally marginalized backgrounds and communities are strongly encouraged to apply.