Senior Director of Communications

The Senior Communications Director is a battle-tested campaign strategist and war-room leader who operates at the speed of political campaignnews cycles. Reporting to the CEO and servingon the Senior Leadership Team, the Senior Communications Director leads an aggressive, high-velocity communications engine designed to win votes, persuade targeted policymakers, and shape national narratives across federal and state battlegrounds. The Senior Director pivots instantly as news breaks, executing intra-day rapid response, deploying high-impact spokespeople, driving rapid-turnaround paid/earned/digital campaigns, and fiercely countering opponent narratives to advance ABIC’s mission and priorities.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Proactive Narrative Framing& Campaign Execution

• Proactively define and drive ABIC’s national and battleground narrative; develop offensive messaging playbooks designedto persuade targetedpolicymakers, sway fence-sitters, and win key legislative votes on immigration solutions.
• Transform communications operations into a high-velocity daily campaign apparatus, constantly injecting ABIC’s narrative positioning into fast-moving news cycles to dictate media coverage across targeted state and federal markets.

Rapid Response& "War-Room" Management

• Build and lead a nimble,"war-room" rapid-response capability to monitor breakingfederal/state legislative and political developments, instantly draft counter-messaging, issue reactive press statements, and position ABIC spokespeople during high-velocity news cycles.
• Direct real-time mediamonitoring to deploymessaging, statements, and op-eds continuously throughout the day to drive headlines and control the narrative as news develops.

Spokespeople Deployment & Management

• Build, train, and manage a rapid-deployment spokespeople group featuring businessCEOs, influencers, and bipartisan coalition voices.
• Ensure ABIC spokespeople are prepped, cleared,and deployed onto broadcast, print, radio, and digital outlets within minutes of news breaking across key battlegrounds.

Opposition Counter-Strategy & Narrative Defense

• Direct aggressive counter-messaging operations designed to neutralize opponenttalking points, dismantle hostile narratives, and support ABIC's priorities.
• Implement real-time digitaland media intelligence to track opponentcampaigns, identify narrative threats early, and launch immediate strategic counter-offensives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Campaign & War Room Record: Proven track record of executive leadership in senior level political or issue campaigns, high-stakes advocacy war rooms, or fast-paced legislative fights.
• Rapid Response Track Record: Demonstrated experience operating in high-pressure, rapid-response political or media environments, with a track record of driving headlinesand controlling narratives during fast-moving news cycles.
• Intra-Day Deployment Experience: Proven ability to manage dailymedia cycles, pre-clear

high-level surrogates, and executerapid response acrossTV, radio, digital,and print throughout the day.

• Legislative Persuasion Focus: Deep understanding of how to align communications strategy directly with vote-counting, policymaker persuasion, and constituency mobilization under tight deadlines.

The American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) promotes common sense immigration reform that advances economic competitiveness, provides companies with the talent they need, and allows the integration of immigrants into our economy as consumers, workers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.

ABIC members include CEOs, retired CEOs, business associations, small business owners as well as hospitals and universities. ABIC works in partnership with diverse immigrant advocates to support pro-immigrant legislation at the state and federal levels.

For more information, visit https://abic.us

ABIC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds, including those from communities directlyaffected by immigration policy to apply.

• 100% employer-paid health,dental, and visioninsurance, plus 70% coverage for family
• Unlimited PTO and 11 paid company holidays
• 401(k) match up to 4%
• $1,000 annual Lifestyle Spending Account

Additional benefits including life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, telemedicine, and a monthly cell phone stipendare outlined in full for candidates during the offer process.