Director of Communications
Food Recovery Network (FRN)
Remote
Job Description
Food Recovery Network (FRN), one of the largest student movements fighting food waste and hunger, is seeking a Director of Communications. The Director of Communications will be responsible for standing up new external communications functions and will oversee the voice of FRN across our multi-channel communications touchpoints (website, social, newsletters, articles, etc.).The Director will oversee one direct report and work closely with a dedicated FRN team to implement the communications strategy to achieve our long-term and yearly goals. This role requires someone who has a strong desire to communicate across sectors to continue momentum and awareness that brings current and would-be stakeholders into action to advance the vision of FRN.
FRN’s vision is to recover surplus food to feed everyone who is hungry in the US. Launched in 2020, FRN10X is our strategic framework to achieve this mission. We seek a Director of Communications who can design and implement a communications strategy which promotes our programmatic offerings, data-driven findings and student and community level outcomes.
There is no one day which will be the same for this position. The role will require the ability to create new communications structures (such as program outcomes, press releases, op-eds, etc),and optimize existing communications structures (social, website, newsletter, etc.). The Director of Communications will manage the day-to-day communications internal and external communications of FRN. By increasing the visibility of FRN’s work and outcomes, we seek to grow our network of 6,000 students to help recover surplus food to feed more people, faster.
Responsibilities
The Director of Communications will report directly to the Executive Director and will work closely with FRN’s Leadership Team. Duties will include, but are not limited to:
Media:
Cultivate relationships with media interested in the areas of work of FRN so that they are aware of our work and interact with our pitches and releases
Manage and foster media relationships
Pitching will occur on an ongoing basis, specific needs are:
Identify and secure 3-5 national media headlines and 3-5 regional headlines / mentions before and after FRN’s large-scale Super Bowl Tailgate event
Identify 7-10 media and stakeholder conversations that result in at least 3-5 new funding leads and 1 new source of funding for FRN
Ensure Executive Director thought pieces (2-4) are pitched and published dependent on audience, so either regionally or nationally
Communication
Create appropriate marketing materials to distinguish across FRN’s various stakeholder audiences.
Oversee annual report publication, quarterly stakeholder communications and newsletters
Support FRN’s team to implement the multi-channel communications strategy
Prepare and manage communications materials
Oversee the creation of digital, video, audio and print content
Increase viewer and followership across platforms
Author blogs, social media posts, etc. as appropriate
Copywriting and editing of FRN materials such as op-eds, blogs, external communications
Collaborate with Program Team to promote program outcomes and community-level findings
Leadership Team
Create an evaluation framework to determine to what extent our communications structures are successful and to what extent they could be optimizedEnsure Executive Director and Leadership Team has all needed materials to properly prepare for all media interactions
Support FRN initiatives with a communications plan
Support Leadership Team with special projects as needed
Serve as external organizational representative as appropriate
Management
Lead communications meetings
Manage communications associate and support FRN staff involved in communications efforts to achieve unified goals
Manage communications consultants as needed