Director, Oceans Communications

Responsibilities

• Drives communications planning, including the development and execution of strategies and tactics in line with the Ocean team's key conservation priorities and overarching communications strategy in coordination with the senior director of communications.
• Provides ongoing management of the Oceans editorial calendars, content development, digital presence, blogs and newsletter. Supports the development of narrative building for the Oceans team and relevant projects.
• Works as a thought partner with the senior director and Oceans team leaders to develop communications approaches, prioritize projects, provide guidance on meeting communications goals and manage capacity and funding for communications work across seascapes, blue foods and market and finance.
• Manages day-to-day Ocean team communications work, providing direction and oversight to team members, supporting required operational processes, and ensuring high-quality, timely delivery of communications products aligned with Ocean priorities and overall communications strategy.
• Ensures alignment, coordination, and consistent priorities and messaging across the Oceans team and key internal stakeholders, including Marketing & Communications, Development, Public Sector Engagement, and Policy and Government Affairs.
• Manages incoming requests for information from and opportunities to collaborate with WWF colleagues, external partners, and the general public ensuring appropriate prioritization and follow-up.
• Leads tracking of communication activities and progress and works with the senior director to optimize communications approaches and activities.
• Monitors and incorporates communications best practices and market insights into ongoing communications planning and execution.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Key Competencies
• Skills and Abilities:
• 10 years of experience conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and managing communications strategies that support an entity's goals. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., communications, journalism, conservation, or international development) is required.
• Experience with mission-oriented strategic communications and success as a creative and effective communicator.
• Ability to manage complex communications issues and think strategically, pulling in market best practices and trends.
• Excellent program management and organizational skills and proven experience leading complex communication projects.
• Experience leading, managing and developing communications staff.
• Exceptional verbal and written communications skills.
• Stellar copy-editing skills and familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style and Associated Press Stylebook standards.
• Profici

Additional Information

Major Function The Director, Oceans Communications leads the development and execution of communications plans to advance the WWF-US Ocean team's major initiatives and the organization's ocean conservation goals. This position plays a critical role in leading the Ocean team's communications efforts with internal and external audiences and manages and implements projects across the Oceans team in seascapes, blue foods and markets and finance. The director supervises and manages a communications team and oversees the success of the Oceans team's programmatic communications.

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