[Hiring] Senior Managing Communications Associate @Carbon180

Role Description

Carbon180 is seeking a Senior Managing Communications Associate to build and run the content engine behind our work. This person turns what our policy, science, and program teams know into things people actually read, watch, and share. They will lead execution of our first sustained public education push on carbon removal, own several of our channels end to end, support our fundraising team in telling the story of our impact to donors, and help more people outside of Washington understand why removing legacy carbon matters. This role reports to the Director of Communications.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

• Content production and editorial pipelines:
  • Own the systems that get Carbon180's work out the door on a regular schedule.
  • Write and edit blogs, explainers, one-pagers, newsletter copy, and social content across our policy areas.
  • Manage production for our newsletters, working with program staff to source and shape content.
  • Own the editorial calendar for our channels.
  • Work directly with policy, science, and program colleagues to pull out what's newsworthy in their work.
  • Maintain and improve our style guide and internal comms hub.
• Media and public relations support:
  • Advance Carbon180's media program in partnership with our external PR firm.
  • Draft press releases, statements, media advisories, and talking points.
  • Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for media inquiries and coverage tracking.
  • Help prepare spokespeople for interviews and public appearances.
  • Lead communications for our events, including our presence at climate conferences.
• Development communications:
  • Partner with our development team to ensure donors understand our impact.
  • Produce fundraising emails, appeals, and campaign collateral.
  • Build and run the content pipeline that moves people from first contact into our supporter base.
  • Lead audience segmentation for donor communications.
  • Support funder-facing materials, reports, and webinars alongside program colleagues.
• Public education and campaign leadership:
  • Lead execution of Carbon180's public education campaign.
  • Own the weekly production cycle: one topic, explained clearly.
  • Recruit and coach colleagues across the organization to contribute.
  • Build and maintain the campaign's home on our website.
  • Set measures of success with the Director of Communications and track performance.
• Digital channels and discoverability:
  • Own Carbon180's social channels end to end.
  • Produce and edit short-form video.
  • Lead our approach to search (SEO) and AI-generated answers (GEO).
  • Maintain and update carbon180.org content.
• Analysis and organizational learning:
  • Conduct landscape and audience analysis.
  • Lead a twice-yearly review of communications impact.
  • Build performance reporting that program, development, and leadership colleagues can use.

Qualifications

• Six to ten years of experience in communications, marketing, content production, journalism, or advocacy.
• Strong writing capabilities.
• Ability to analyze trends and challenges in the team’s focus area.
• Working knowledge of social media management and performance data.
• Experience collaborating across teams.
• Strong communication skills.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice (DEIBJ).
• Experience in video production and relevant tools is welcomed.

Requirements

• Ability to build trust and leverage meaningful relationships.
• Ownership of projects and results.
• Ability to excel on a small, nimble team.
• Ability to translate complex information into understandable content.
• Fluency in moving from strategy to execution.
• Demonstrated ability to drive results.
• Constant quest for knowledge and learning.

Benefits

• 36-hour workweeks (we close at 1 pm every Friday).
• A remote-first flexible work culture.
• Four weeks of PTO and three weeks of paid org-wide breaks.
• 100% company-covered insurance premiums for medical/dental/vision/long-term disability.
• A quarterly health and wellness stipend.

Company Description

Carbon180 is a climate-focused NGO on a mission to rethink carbon fundamentally. We work at the intersection of science, business, and policy to champion solutions transforming carbon from a liability to an asset.