Communications Manager

Location: Lander, WY or remote within Wyoming

Final date to receive applications: Feb. 6, 2026

Starting salary: Competitive and comprehensive benefits, time off, and compensation package, and a salary range of $61,000 - $66,000 annually

The Wyoming Outdoor Council is the state’s oldest independent conservation organization. We advocate for Wyoming's environment and communities using multiple knowledge systems and evidence-based practices to ensure comprehensive and long-term solutions.

We seek to enact lasting change that protects the land, wildlife, clean air and water we depend on, meet people where they are, ensure diverse perspectives are part of the conversation, build coalitions, and practice reciprocity.

The Wyoming Outdoor Council offers a flexible workplace with competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits include:

• Health insurance premium covered at 100% for employees and 50% for dependents, spouses, and domestic partners
• 100% of employee vision, dental, and disability premiums paid by WOC
• 50% of dependent, spouse/domestic partner health insurance premiums paid by WOC
• 403(b) retirement plan with up to a 5% match
• 12 days of paid wellness/sick leave per year
• Vacation accrual starts at 15 days per year
• 2 paid discretionary days per year
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid religious observance leave upon approval by the executive director
• A cell phone stipend
• 12 weeks of paid family leave (available twice, after 18 months of employment)
• 8 weeks of paid sabbatical leave (available every five years with approval by the executive director)

The Outdoor Council is an equal opportunity employer. We prioritize fairness in salaries across the organization. We are committed to building a diverse staff, board of directors, and an organizational culture of equity & belonging where we live our values.

The scope of this position's responsibilities may change depending upon experience.

• We are dedicated to protecting Wyoming’s environment and quality of life now and for future generations.
• In our conservation work, we lead with humility. We value diverse perspectives. We are solutions oriented.
• In our words and actions, we contribute to a respectful and equitable workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging.
• We seek creative solutions to tough problems. We are flexible and willing to change course if something isn’t working.
• With kindness and honesty, we communicate directly. We respond to feedback with openness and a growth mindset.

As a leader on the communications team, you will play an integral role in planning and executing WOC’s communications campaigns. You will write and edit content; help oversee the production of newsletters, print publications, social media, and other materials; and assist in fielding media requests. You’ll also work with the communications director to implement a strategic communications plan that strengthens WOC’s brand, reflects our commitment to equity and belonging, and helps achieve the organization’s conservation, legislative, and fundraising goals.

The communications team consists of a communications director, to whom you will report, and a communications coordinator and digital communications coordinator, who you will supervise and mentor. You will work closely with the comms team — and the rest of WOC’s staff — to build awareness of environmental issues in Wyoming, spark public engagement around conservation, and connect with new audiences, including tribal communities.

You will:

• Serve as a key writer and editor for newsletters, reports, fact sheets, action alerts, web pages, event materials, and other print and digital communications
• Work with the communications director to produce WOC’s quarterly magazine, including writing and editing stories, sourcing and shooting photos, and assisting with layout, production, and distribution
• Supervise the production of social media content, working with the digital communications coordinator to conceptualize and plan content, and provide feedback and edits on social media products
• Supervise the creation of targeted emails, newsletters, and text messages that go out to WOC’s constituents, working with…