Title: State & Regional Press Secretary (Spanish language preferred)
Reports to: Communications Director
Hours: Full-time, Exempt
Location: Washington, DC (candidates working from NY, FL, TX, CA, or CO will be considered)
Led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, GIFFORDS is a nonprofit organization whose team is on a mission to save lives from gun violence. GIFFORDS is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion. People of color, trans individuals, gender non-conforming individuals, women, people with differing abilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
GIFFORDS is seeking a State & Regional Press Secretary to join our team. The State & Regional Press Secretary is an experienced political communications professional and a senior member of the Communications team who will be responsible for promoting our mission, work, and principals across media markets and advancing the gun violence prevention agenda nationally. The position will work closely with the Communications Director and National Press Secretary to formulate and promote GIFFORDS experts, research, and messaging to journalists across the country. It will play an important role in the expansion of GIFFORDS’ State Initiative work as the organization establishes additional state-based programs.
This is a full-time position ideally based in our Washington, DC office. This position requires evening and weekend work as well as interest and ability to travel up to 25% of the time. GIFFORDS requires all staff members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exemptions as required by federal and state law.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Due to the high volume of applicants, no phone calls or emails, please.
Duties + Responsibilities:
Required knowledge, skills + experience:
Valued non-essential knowledge, skills, + experience
Salary + benefits
The salary range for this position is $91,000 - $110,000 annually, with the exact salary depending on experience. Competitive benefits include employer-funded health, dental, and vision insurance; health, transit, and parking flexible spending accounts; 401k plan with 4% employer match; 25 days of PTO annually plus paid week vacation between Christmas and New Year’s; and ten paid federal holidays.
Applying + the interview process
Submit your resume and a short writing sample (i.e., a press release or an op-ed). Our interview process for this position consists of a phone interview, a video interview, a writing exercise, a final interview, and reference checks.
GIFFORDS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion. People of color, trans individuals, gender non-conforming individuals, women, people with differing abilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Title: State & Regional Press Secretary (Spanish language preferred)
Reports to: Communications Director
Hours: Full-time, Exempt
Location: Washington, DC (candidates working from NY, FL, TX, CA, or CO will be considered)
Led by former…
Spanish fluency
Spanish fluency
Submit your resume and a short writing sample (i.e., a press release or an op-ed).
Submit your resume and a short writing sample (i.e., a press release or an op-ed).