Head of Marketing and Communications

In this role you’ll build and manage Innovate Animal Ag’s media platform that critically supports all of our work. You’ll be responsible for all marketing and communications efforts, assist with fundraising, and potentially lay the groundwork for future policy work

About the role

• Full-time
• US applicants only
• In-person in Berkeley, CA preferred

Responsibilities

• Work with the Executive Director to develop our messaging for a wide range of stakeholders, including business partners, consulting clients, and donors.
• Develop marketing and communications strategies based on the organization’s goals.
• Manage key outreach channels, including our social media, newsletter, and website.
• Create engaging and insightful content to showcase our research.
• Develop and execute strategies to grow our reach among target audiences.
• Manage relationships with journalists and other external media.
• Help develop communications and marketing strategies directly for the technologies we support.
• Assist fundraising by identifying new potential audiences and communication channels.
• Line up speaking engagements, and work with other staff on media training.
• Work with external contractors and generative AI to manage our visual identity and maintain a consistent, professional, and beautiful visual appearance across all of our public-facing work.
• Lay the groundwork for our future policy work by contextualizing our research in broader political trends, understanding how our work might appeal to voters.
• Help out wherever else there is a need

About You

• You have a strong commitment to our mission of improving animal welfare through technology.
• You have a track record of stellar achievement in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• You love writing, and have the ability to write clearly and compellingly in a wide variety of contexts.
• You can understand what motivates many different groups of people, even if they are very different from you.
• You are excited to work in an early-stage startup nonprofit environment. This means:
• You have an entrepreneurial drive, are ambitious and anti-complacent.
• You thrive in environments with lots of ambiguity and little structure.
• You are eager to do whatever task is needed most, even if it is boring or inglorious.
• You are comfortable with - repeatedly failing, learning, and adjusting (then failing again).

If you’re interested, please send a resume and a short personal essay (<1 page) to careers@innovateanimalag.org. In your personal essay, be sure to mention your relationship to our mission, and why you want to work at Innovate Animal Ag.