Strategic Communications Director

Working Washington is a national leader in new forms of worker organizing and shifting the debate about economic justice and building an economy that puts workers first. Along with our partner organization, Working Washington Rights Center (formerly Fair Work Center), we build worker power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We currently lead innovative campaigns organizing domestic workers to win a statewide domestic workers bill of rights, bringing together a multiracial and cross-sector movement of workers improving standards in the restaurant industry and food delivery gig economy, and using strategic enforcement to reshape the labor landscape for historically excluded workers like bikini baristas and in‑home care workers.

We are building a statewide base of workers who will continue to drive our future campaigns to reduce income inequality, center the needs of immigrant workers and workers of color, and shift the balance of power back to working people.

We seek a creative, experienced communicator to provide strategic vision and direction for our work, shifting the narrative around labor, workers, and our economy. We are looking for someone with a mastery of persuasive communications across a variety of target audiences and media platforms, and who is a strong leader and confident spokesperson. They should have a sharp understanding of regional political debates and the economic narrative, and a strong ability to articulate worker‑centered alternatives and the intersection of racial and economic justice.

The ideal person in this role will work fluidly across teams in the organization, collaborating on messaging and content development to support our organizing, enforcement and fundraising teams, while amplifying worker stories and voices throughout. They will also have strong familiarity with branding and an ability to continue the work of stewarding the organization through our transition into a new visual identity and messaging that clearly articulates our vision: worker power changes everything.

Whenever possible, a racial equity lens should be applied to each responsibility under each section below.

Staff Coaching and Development

• Directly supervise at least one communications specialist, ensuring they have consistent work plans, feedback, and coaching to succeed in their role, and support training and mentoring of staff throughout the organization, ensuring that they can integrate the organization’s communications strategy and priorities into their work

Organizational Voice and Brand

• Provide strategic direction over digital communications to support our campaigns with emails, action alerts, and other communications efforts to win and enforce workplace rights statewide
• Continue leading the ongoing work to refine and strengthen our organizational voice and brand post‑rebrand by project‑managing the communications firms overseeing the organizational identity and website redesigns, and coaching the staff on new messaging
• Represent the organization and provide strategic communications support to coalitions in which we are active, including but not limited to:
  The Power building Table, The Washington Domestic Workers Coalition, The Statewide Immigration Table

Strategic Communications & Storytelling

• Manage and help execute an annual communications plan to advance our organizing, enforcement, campaign, and development work across a wide range of media (earned media, talking points, email, social media, video, surveys, action alerts, and more)
• Support the development of worker leaders by coaching worker leaders and training staff to coach workers to share their experiences with other workers, elected officials, media, and on social media
• Develop new ways to challenge the dominant narrative around work and income inequality through elevating worker voices and worker‑led storytelling

Social Media & Digital Communications

• Develop, grow, and manage social media strategy to support worker stories, organizational voice, fundraising, and support for various organizing campaigns

Media Relations

• Serve as organizational spokesperson on specific actions and events…