Strategic Communications & Data Products Lead

location: remote with periodic travel as necessary for project outcomes and partner coordination.

reports to: executive director

supervises: contractors, interns, and/or future communications staff (as applicable); may coordinate specialized contractors for web and data visualization (as needed)
grade: 5

status: exempt

this position will be located in seward, alaska, at the alutiiq pride marine institute (apmi), a branch of crrc. Crrc is a nonprofit inter-tribal fish and wildlife commission established to address environmental and natural resources issues of concern to its seven member tribes, located in the chugach region of southcentral alaska. These include chenega ira council, native village of eyak (cordova), port graham village council, nanwalek ira council, qutekcak native tribe (seward), tatitlek village ira council, and valdez native tribe.

the strategic communications & data products lead leads crrc’s organization-wide strategic communications function and crrc’s data-to-public storytelling pipeline, ensuring crrc’s research and program work is translated into high-quality, accurate, and compelling publications, verifiable datasets, and impact storytelling products for funders, partners, boards, and external audiences. This role develops and maintains a communications & publications roadmap (and associated data product plan) to guide dissemination of crrc work through reports, briefs, conference submissions, web content, and other external channels, increasing visibility and ensuring crrc’s impact is shared broadly and respectfully.

This role strengthens crrc’s ability to secure funding and partnerships by translating high-quality science into funder-ready narratives, compelling publication products, and clear evidence products (documented data + visualizations) that staff, partners, and decision-makers can easily understand, champion, and support.

this role does not manage routine social media posting cadence, education programming/curriculum development, or event planning, which remain within education & outreach. This role focuses on strategic communications, publications, data products/visualizations, and dissemination of crrc work to external audiences. This role also supports crrc’s web presence as a primary dissemination channel, travel will be planned strategically and limited to what is necessary to achieve project outcomes and partner coordination, to manage costs and reduce burden on staff and partners.

• lead development of crrc’s organization-wide strategic communications priorities, messaging framework, and external narrative strategy in alignment with tribal values and crrc program goals including plain-language interpretation of program findings and data for public audiences
• partner with executive director on executive-level communications, including briefings, presentations, memos, external messaging, and funder communications
• support the executive director in developing high-quality presentations and briefing materials for gatherings, board meetings, conferences, funder meetings, and other external speaking opportunities (including slide decks and talking points)
• translate technical research/program outputs into clear and compelling narrative products that are appropriate for external audiences and culturally responsive, including producing or coordinating public-facing charts/graphics and evidence summaries
• mine and synthesize crrc internal data and external gray literature into analysis-ready, documented datasets that can be responsibly shared with the public
• establish lightweight qa/qc and provenance practices for externally published data (source logs, versioning, definitions, known limitations)
• develop public-facing visualizations (figures, dashboards, story maps, infographics) and plain-language interpretations suitable for non-technical audiences
• maintain a crrc “evidence inventory” of key datasets, indicators, and knowledge products (what exists, who owns it, update cadence, and publication status)
• coordinate with program staff to ensure permissions,…