Communications Lead

Location: Home based, remote role, Europe or Asia. Competitive pay based on location.

You must have the right to work in the country you live in (please note we are not able to offer sponsorship for a business visa or work permit at this time).

Contract: Between 0.8-1 FTE, with flexibility for the right person.

About us

Action Speaks Louder (ASL) is a not-for-profit galvanizing people around the world to hold

major corporations to account for their climate promises. We focus on pressuring corporations to walk the talk on climate, in order to help deliver international climate goals. If we can pressure large consumer-facing, brand-sensitive corporations to live up to their climate commitments it will transform the landscape – dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting renewable energy procurement, whilst creating the political space for governments to increase ambition.

Action Speaks Louder has built a diverse team of campaigners across multiple countries, and

has a strong track record delivering outcomes from multinational companies. We are

committed to offering equal opportunities in a diverse, flexible, family-friendly, supportive

working environment.

The role

We are looking for a sharp, experienced communications professional to lead ASL's voice and drive its communications strategy at a pivotal moment in the organisation's growth. This is a senior, strategy-led role for someone who combines rigorous campaign instincts with genuine digital fluency.

About you

You have at least 8 years' experience in senior communications roles, ideally within campaigning or purpose-driven organisations. You have a track record of delivering communications campaigns with measurable real-world impact.

Critically, you are a digital native. You understand how campaigns live and die on social platforms, how to build and activate online audiences, and how to use data to test, iterate and sharpen messaging in real time. You are confident navigating the rapidly changing media landscape and as comfortable crafting a social campaign as you are pitching a broadsheet journalist.

You know how to tell complex stories simply without losing rigour. You understand that both message and messenger matter, and you know how to target both to diverse audiences across different markets and cultures.

Duties and responsibilities

Strategy

• Lead and continuously refine ASL's communications strategy
• Develop integrated campaigns that combine digital, earned media and stakeholder engagement to maximise impact
• Identify emerging opportunities and risks in the communications landscape

Digital campaigning

• Lead ASL's digital campaign strategy across social, email and content channels
• Oversee content production, ensuring quality, consistency and platform-appropriate storytelling
• Harness data and analytics to test messaging, track performance and optimise campaigns

Media liaison and PR

• Develop and maintain relationships with key journalists across target markets
• Build and manage media contact databases
• Develop pitch content, press materials and key messaging
• Identify and capitalise on media moments

Management

• Manage external contractors and agency relationships
• Lead a diverse, distributed team
• Support spokespeople with messaging, briefings and media preparation

Selection criteria

Essential

• Demonstrated experience developing and executing communications strategies for international campaigns with measurable outcomes
• Strong digital campaign experience: social strategy, content, community building, analytics and paid amplification
• Demonstrated experience securing top-tier targeted media coverage across varied markets
• Experience crafting, testing and iterating topline messages
• Ability to communicate complex material clearly without sacrificing accuracy or credibility
• Comfortable leading a remote, globally distributed team
• Fluency in English.

Desirable

• Experience working across diverse regions and stakeholder communities
• Experience with AV production and multimedia content
• Media training skills
• Familiarity with corporate climate accountability, energy transition or adjacent issue areas

What we offer

• A genuinely significant opportunity to shape a dynamic, fast-growing international organisation with strong connections to global philanthropy
• Work that matters — with a team that combines passion with rigour and a results-oriented approach
• Real autonomy to shape and develop your role over time
• A fully flexible, remote working environment

How to apply

If any of this sparks your interest, please send

• Your CV, and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria. No more than two pages each in PDF
• Email to kate@speakslouder.org
• Email subject heading ASL Communications Lead Application
• If you have a portfolio, please feel free to attach.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our organisation. We strongly encourage candidates from historically disadvantaged or marginalised groups to apply.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated confidentially.