Communications Director, State Power Division

About the Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.  

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.

The State Power Division is a newly created division that includes nearly 100 staff members in 14 chartered WFP states. State-level operations endorse and elect thousands of candidates each year, including some of the most dynamic elected officials in the country. And our work at the state level goes beyond serving as electoral operatives. In each state we are building a strong and aligned party infrastructure including member organizations and individual activists and leaders, a cycle-to-cycle voter engagement program that focuses on the multi-racial working class and a plan to win governing power with a strong focus on organizing and supporting caucuses of legislators. 

The Working Families Party is seeking a seasoned and multi-talented communications professional to tell the collective story of our work at the state and local level to a variety of internal and external audiences and to support our chartered states and regions to develop and execute impactful communications strategies. This position is ideal for someone who can think big and design systems and infrastructure, is excited about coaching and developing our state and regional communication leads and is also able to get into the details of execution. This is a newly created position that will require working with digital and communications professionals across the organization to bring state-level leaders and stories into the overall organizational communications and narrative strategy. 

• State and Regional Support:
• Provide direct or indirect oversight to 2-4 regional and state communications staff. 
• Support state-level staff to develop communications and narrative strategies that support state power building. 
• Provide direct strategy and implementation support to regions and states that lack communications capacity. Currently these regions are the Southwest, Northeast, and Northwest. 
• Provide ongoing media training and spokesperson development to staff, officers, and WFP members. 
• Assess and build consensus around staffing models to meet state and regional communication needs. 
• Coordinate and direct communications consultants where necessary. 

• Develop systems and structures to package and disseminate content and facilitate regular communications to various audiences of political insiders, reporters, funders,  and other WFP leaders. 
• Develop and execute a strategy to elevate WFP’s state-level work and state-level leaders, including a national earned media strategy, a brand development strategy and working with WFP’s digital director to identify and execute digital strategies.   
• Develop a vision for and manage the creation of promotional materials that center and tell the story of state level work.

• Develop centralized infrastructure that supports state level communications work and increases internal information flow about state level work. 
• Develop standard communications policies and procedures for state level staff.

• Five years of communications experience
• Significant experience working with state and national political reporters
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Ability to develop and execute strategic communications plans
• Experience with social media and digital communications
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work across a diverse, complex organization or eco-system to accomplish work involving multiple stakeholders at different levels
• Preferred, but not required:
• Experience managing or mentoring colleagues
• Experience developing communications strategies to support fundraising efforts
• Media relationships in regions where WFP lacks dedicated communications staff, including the Southwest, Pacific Northwest or the Midwest

• Compensation: The final salary for this role will be determined based on our Pay Scale, which takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. The upper end of the salary range is reserved for individuals who significantly exceed the minimum qualifications and years of experience. The final salary offer will fall into one of the following ranges depending on where you live:
• National Market $80,000 - $110,250
• High Market $92,000 - $120,750
• Very High Market $100,000- $131,250
• The locations listed above are just examples and not an exhaustive list. 
• We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plan options; professional development funding; and remote work support. 
• Location and Travel: You may work remotely from anywhere in the United States, with  preference for candidates on the West Coast or in the Southwest. You will need to travel once a month for major events and all staff meetings. 
• Schedule: The position is permanent and full time.
• Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a managerial position, not included in our bargaining unit. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Working Families is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.