The Communications & Marketing Director is an integral part of the CFD team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about conservation issues to help develop and oversee a proactive, effective, and inspiring communications and media plan that engages key audiences in innovative and compelling ways. They will carry out creative marketing and communications assignments to build awareness about our initiatives and impact for various audiences. They will also provide support to the CFD team in building communications materials such as pitch decks, Sharepoint site content, and reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute communication and marketing initiatives and assignments under the guidance of CFD’s SVP, VPs, and CI’s Branding and Communications team.
• Translate CFD’s complex initiatives and work into compelling, persuasive, and people-oriented stories and messages that can be used externally with diverse audiences and donors.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of CI’s community-focused carbon finance project portfolio and develop strategies on how to effectively communicate the powerful impacts it is having on people, biodiversity, and climate change now and into the future.
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce and/or update content in key materials, including donor reports, fact sheets, programmatic highlights, newsletters, Sharepoint sites, program briefs etc.
• Provide timely communications expertise by responding to inquiries from CFD colleagues and external sources and, depending on needs and availability, taking on short-term technical assignments to support projects with communications planning and strategy, reporting, and other activities as needed.
• Identify, research, and liaise with CI’s  Brand and Communications team to develop useful and engaging content for stakeholders and target audiences for a variety of platforms including social media, printed articles, press releases, and news outlets.
• Writing and editing reports, proposals, and press materials.
• Ensure that all written communications and marketing materials have brand consistency, use correct syntax, and are free of spelling or grammatical errors.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Normal office environment.
• Expected to travel 10% or more.
• Guidance on flexible work arrangements will be shared during the interview process.
• For the health and safety of our employees, their families, and our community, all US-based Conservation International staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This mandatory vaccine requirement applies to all staff working remotely, in a hybrid work arrangement, and on-site in CI US offices. CI follows CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. Requests for reasonable accommodations or exceptions related to medical or religious reasons will be considered. Candidates are NOT required to state their COVID-19 vaccine status in their application.