Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Overview

The Communications team seeks to be an accelerant for AV's philanthropic and policy missions. We work to strengthen AV's brand and reputation, inform the public debate, and advance AV's policy and advocacy goals.

The Director, Content will define AV's voice and produce written and other content that advances AV's mission. This role serves as the organization's senior writer and editor, setting and maintaining editorial standards across owned content - including thought leadership, op-eds and related advocacy materials, social media, and more. The Director will help to define AV's overall content and channel strategy, in partnership with other communications and AV leaders. The Director also will manage a network of freelancers and partner with communications leaders and executives across AV.

This individual will report to the Executive Vice President, Communications and will be based in AV's Houston, TX or Washington, D.C. office.

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior editorial voice, writing and editing for the AV Board, leadership team, and subject matter experts (e.g., opinion pieces, speeches, policy narratives, social copy, and external announcements)
• Develop content for advocacy and issue campaigns, major policy moments, and executive visibility initiatives
• Build and manage a network of writers, including freelancers, and set strategy and drive quality outputs across a distributed production model
• Strengthen AV's approach to owned content, ensuring any output reflects the organization's voice, mission, and strategic priorities
• Partner on the team's overall editorial calendar and content pipeline.
• Establish and maintain editorial standards, style guides, and other resources that govern quality across the team and external partners, including freelancers
• Help embed AI into the communications team operating model and workflows, including using AI and other tools to optimize content production

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 10 years of experience in journalism, content strategy, communications, brand writing, or a related field, with a record of high-quality work across formats and audiences
• High tolerance for ambiguity and comfort working in a dynamic, initiative-based environment with shifting priorities and cross-team collaboration
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, including executive-level content, opinion and advocacy writing, and narrative work; ability to translate complex policy ideas into compelling narratives
• Experience managing writers, editors, or content teams, with the ability to maintain quality across a distributed production model
• Strong editorial judgment and strategic instincts; a thought partner who can shape content strategy, not just execute
• Experience working in or developing strategies for creative formats (e.g., media, visual storytelling)

The salary range for this position will be $160,000-$200,000.

Benefits Overview

AV is committed to providing a robust and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our current benefits package includes 100% paid employee premiums for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance; 20 days of paid time off, 16 paid holidays (including a winter break from December 24 to January 1), a hybrid policy that includes four days in office and one flexible day for remote work, and a summer schedule with alternating Fridays off beginning on Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day; paid parental leave; a 401k retirement savings plan with an employer match, profit-share contribution, and immediate vesting; pre-tax transit benefits; a professional development stipend; a charitable giving stipend; and an employee assistance program. In addition, a relocation bonus is available for candidates who will move for a position.