Strategic Communications Director

ABOUT WORKING WASHINGTON:

Working Washington is a national leader in new forms of worker organizing and shifting the debate about economic justice and building an economy that puts workers first. Along with our partner organization, Working Washington Rights Center (formerly Fair Work Center), we build worker power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We currently lead innovative campaigns organizing domestic workers to win a statewide domestic workers bill of rights, bringing together a multiracial and cross-sector movement of workers improving standards in the restaurant industry and food delivery gig economy, and using strategic enforcement to reshape the labor landscape for historically excluded workers like bikini baristas and in-home care workers. We are building a statewide base of workers who will continue to drive our future campaigns to reduce income inequality, center the needs of immigrant workers and workers of color, and shift the balance of power back to working people.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We seek a creative, experienced communicator to provide strategic vision and direction for our work, shifting the narrative around labor, workers, and our economy. We are looking for someone with a mastery of persuasive communications across a variety of target audiences and media platforms, and who is a strong leader and confident spokesperson. They should have a sharp understanding of regional political debates and the economic narrative, and a strong ability to articulate worker-centered alternatives and the intersection of racial and economic justice.

The ideal person in this role will work fluidly across teams in the organization, collaborating on messaging and content development to support our organizing, enforcement and fundraising teams, while amplifying worker stories and voices throughout. They will also have strong familiarity with branding and an ability to continue the work of stewarding the organization through our transition into a new visual identity and messaging that clearly articulates our vision: worker power changes everything. Whenever possible, a racial equity lens should be applied to each responsibility under each section below.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Staff Coaching and Development

• Directly supervise at least one communications specialist, ensuring they have consistent work plans, feedback, and coaching to succeed in their role, and support training and mentoring of staff throughout the organization, ensuring that they can integrate the organization’s communications strategy and priorities into their work

Organizational Voice and Brand

• Provide strategic direction over digital communications to support our campaigns with emails, action alerts, and other communications efforts to win and enforce workplace rights statewide
• Continue leading the ongoing work to refine and strengthen our organizational voice and brand post-rebrand by project-managing the communications firms overseeing the organizational identity and website redesigns, and coaching the staff on new messaging
• Represent the organization and provide strategic communications support to coalitions in which we are active, including but not limited to:
  • The Powerbuilding Table
  • The Washington Domestic Workers Coalition
  • The Statewide Immigration Table

Strategic Communications & Storytelling

• Manage and help execute an annual communications plan to advance our organizing, enforcement, campaign, and development work across a wide range of media (earned media, talking points, email, social media, video, surveys, action alerts, and more)
• Support the development of worker leaders by coaching worker leaders and training staff to coach workers to share their experiences with other workers, elected officials, media, and on social media
• Develop new ways to challenge the dominant narrative around work and income inequality through elevating worker voices and worker-led storytelling

Social Media & Digital Communications

• Develop, grow, and manage social media strategy to support worker stories, organizational voice, fundraising, and support for various organizing campaigns

Media Relations

• Serve as organizational spokesperson on specific actions and events where neither organizational leadership nor worker leaders are the appropriate voices
• Oversee staff management of media relationships, including pitches, story placement, and responses to media inquiries
• Maintain and grow a network of relationships with local and national media to expand earned media coverage

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Mastery of core communications tactics in social media, paid media, earned media, and print media, and demonstrated ability to develop compelling narrative and use storytelling for movement building through shrewd use of these tactics
• Fluency with media relations, and a clear understanding of and ability to assess the earned media environment
• Demonstrated experience working with politically underrepresented and historically marginalized communities, and training and supporting workers as spokespeople
• Strong project management skills and ability to track multiple deadlines and priorities
• Proactive commitment to collaborating on new and emerging projects, and ability to thoughtfully communicate and discuss ideas as well as ask for help
• Prior experience managing a team and/or supervising and coaching staff

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience working in community or labor organizing or campaign settings
• Working knowledge of the state’s political landscape, including basic mechanics of state and local governance, legislative processes, and electoral engagement
• Experience refining and strengthening organizational voice and brand
• Possess an understanding of digital organizing strategies
• Experience supporting fundraising for both 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations
• Knowledge of national political and worker organizing landscape
• Professional proficiency in a second language, preferably Spanish

OTHER INFORMATION

Salary & Benefits: This is a management position with the anticipated salary range being between $100,000 - $110,000, depending on relevant experience. We provide a generous benefits package, including exceptional medical, dental, and vision care, 5% employer 401k contribution, substantial holidays, vacation and sick leave, and an ORCA card for employees in the Puget Sound area.

Location: This is a salaried, overtime-exempt position that we anticipate being based in our Seattle office. We are a hybrid workplace, and this role will involve a combination of in-person and remote work. It may require occasional evening and weekend work and occasional travel throughout the state.

How to Apply: The preferred application deadline is Friday, March 13, 2026. To apply, please upload your resume and respond to the application questions. NRG Consulting Group is supporting this search. Please reach out to jobs@nrgconsultinggroup.org with any questions.

Commitment to Equity: Working Washington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage people from communities most negatively affected by historical and ongoing inequity to apply, such as: people of color, immigrants, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We seek candidates whose lived experiences reflect the lived experiences of the workers we support. If you need disability, language, or other accommodation in the application process, please contact Zhi Chen at zhi@workingwa.org.