Director of Communications

Director of Communications

Changing Markets Foundation

London, United Kingdom

Changing Markets is looking for an experienced Director of Communications to join our dynamic team and play a key role in our mission of running and winning market transformation campaigns. This is an exciting new position, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to create our public communications strategy and shape our media relations on a range of impactful international campaigns that our team is running. The position is full-time, and we offer a flexible working environment with at least three days a week in our London office (based in Shoreditch).

The Changing Markets Foundation was formed to accelerate and scale up solutions to sustainability challenges by leveraging the power of markets. We create and support campaigns that expose irresponsible corporate practices and shift market share away from unsustainable products and companies towards environmentally and socially beneficial solutions. We work on a range of different topics at the intersection of environmental and social issues and have a strong track record of winning campaigns. We have been running campaigns across climate, food, fashion, and circular economy issues, as well as impactful projects, such as a cross-sectoral greenwashing observatory.

About the role

The Director of Communications will be responsible for all our public communications, building relationships with journalists, as well as with other key audiences through our website and social media channels. The successful candidate will work across all our projects and be responsible for developing communications strategies for our campaigns and the development and implementation of an organisational comms strategy. We are a small team, so this is a hands-on role, which requires managing all our communications channels, but we have a generous budget available for work with external consultants and creatives to support this. The Communications Director will report directly to the CEO.

We are looking for an experienced communications professional with at least 10 years’ experience in leading successful communications for a non-profit organization, PR agency or similar. Ideally, you are a creative individual with outstanding inter-personal skills, who is a team player and able to form collaborative working relationships with a variety of different stakeholders, ranging from journalists to creative agencies and our NGO partners.

The successful candidate must have:

• demonstrable experience in leading communications to win corporate or public policy campaigns at the national and international level;
• excellent writing, editing and communication skills in English, knowledge of other languages is a plus;
• proven track record of engaging and developing relationships with journalists and successful press work around key campaign moments;
• the ability to lead, implement and coordinate the launch of our impactful reports (created either in-house or by external consultants). This entails working with Changing Markets campaigners and external partners, writing press releases, liaising with other organisations, and reaching out to journalists;
• a good eye for detail, combined with a strong ability to distil and critically evaluate key information and translate it into simple media and social media materials;
• good organisation skills with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines, multi-task and operate in a fast-paced environment with occasional heavy workloads;
• the ability to think out-of-the-box and introduce new and innovative ideas, as well as to adapt our communications to changing circumstances;
• digitally-savvy with experience leading online campaigns for social engagement and mobilisation;
• the willingness to regularly create and disseminate content, such as social media posts, op-eds, blogs, and newsletters. Familiarity with web tools such as Word Press, Mail Chimp and Canva is a plus;
• an interest in environmental issues with a passion for creating lasting social change. We would be especially interested in individuals with a passion for narrative shifts on complex social issues and countering misinformation.

It’s a plus if the candidate has:

• good knowledge of debates surrounding environmental and climate change issues;
• good knowledge of the use of creative communication tactics, such as creating short videos;
• good knowledge of the media landscape beyond the UK.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• an open-ended competitive UK employment contract around 75,000 £/year (the final salary will depend on the candidate’s skills and experience);
• benefits, such as pension, protection benefits, private health insurance and sports allowance;
• flexible working hours and possibility for hybrid work;
• An opportunity to be part of a diverse international team based in London and Brussels; possibility to travel for work.

HOW TO APPLY?

Please send your CV and a cover letter demonstrating your experience, skills, and motivation to work for us to [email protected] by close of business on Tuesday, 5 March 2024.

Because of the large number of applications we receive, we will only contact selected candidates to arrange an interview.

We will hold the first round of interviews on 11 and 12 March 2024.

Changing Markets is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

No recruitment agencies, please.