Director / Marketing And Communications

Knight Foundation is seeking a creative thinker who can translate complex ideas into impactful stories. Working with the communications team, the Director/Marketing & Communications will identify and engage target audiences both on and offline and help lead the strategic development and creation of creative campaigns to support the impact of our grantmaking. The right candidatethrives in a fast-paced environment and loves the challenge of creating engaging and innovative content.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on strategies with the Director/Communications to help maximize our earned media coverage.
• Oversee social media strategy, web design/development and email marketing.
• Develop marketing campaigns that drive awareness and impact of the foundation’s program investments and research.
• Advise and direct the development of videos, infographics, podcasts, publications, reports and other assets that broaden the reach of Knight Foundation content.
• Source, select and manage a team of vendor partners to drive the quality and pace of the work.
• Help develop creative and brand alignment for a number of franchise efforts.
• Advise on creative strategies for large-scale hybrid events and programs.

Things we look for in a successful candidate:

• A high-level understanding of PR, digital strategy, UX, web development and social media content creation
• Event design and project management experience
• Belief in Knight Foundation’s mission
• A wide-ranging portfolio managing and executing creative storytelling concepts and campaigns.
• Strong judgment and readiness to be held accountable
• Strong writing skills
• Eight or more years of experience in marketing and communications work
• An understanding of data analysis, visualization and media metrics expertise

Knight Foundationrepresents social investors who support a more effective democracy by fundingfree expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothersonce published newspapers. We also invest heavily in measuring the outcomes of our work so that we are able to learn from it. Our mission is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy.

Our approach is inclusive and non-partisan; we value freedoms of speech and the press, and we often embrace new and innovative technology to achieve our goals. The qualities we look for are openness to new ideas; courage to push for change; and the expertise and tenacity to achieve the desired results.