Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest change-makers address the root causes of the country’s biggest challenges—from education and the economy to broken communities and harmful division, along with many other urgent issues at https://standtogether.org/issues. We support our partners with resources such as funding, thought leadership, a peer network, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly accomplished corporate communications leader who has thrived in complex, fast-paced environments to join an ambitious, mission-driven team tackling difficult national challenges through bottom-up, entrepreneurial, and innovative solutions.

The Chief Communications Officer (CCO) will be instrumental in building and leading a high-impact communications function that advances Stand Together’s mission and key organizational priorities. This executive will oversee earned media, brand reputation, executive visibility, and strategic campaigns—ensuring communications reflect our values and generate measurable influence with key audiences.

Serving as a senior advisor to the CEO, COO, and CMO, the CCO will bring strategic clarity, discipline, and an understanding of culture to how we engage the public, media, and internal stakeholders. The role calls for a visionary leader with deep expertise in media, policy, and brand strategy—someone who can shape narratives in complex environments and build trust through transparency and precision. The ideal candidate is both a builder and a strategist: a proven communications leader at scale who can navigate high-stakes moments with confidence and craft messages that resonate across platforms, cultures, and communities. Experience in entertainment, policy, tech, or brand communications is highly valued, especially for candidates who have succeeded at the intersection of these areas in fast-moving, influential settings.

How You Will Contribute
– Executive and Brand Positioning:
– Develop communications strategies to strengthen Stand Together’s brand awareness and reputation and support the multiple brands in the Stand Together portfolio, including strategic communications for partner brands.
– Ensure brand reputation and executive communications reflect our core principles and strategic messages.
– Strategic Communication Planning:
– Oversee planning, creation, and implementation of comprehensive communication plans aligned with organizational principles and the long-term vision for priority focus areas.
– Strategic Leadership of PR and Media Relations:
– Build and maintain a strong pipeline of media relationships, manage press activities, and secure meaningful media coverage.
– Execute innovative, multi-channel media strategies, including digital, influencer programs, thought leadership, and events.
– Editorial Processes and Consistent Messaging:
– Ensure consistent messaging across all platforms that reinforces Stand Together’s principles.
– Oversee editorial processes and design plans and systems to streamline development of consistent messaging and approvals.
– Crisis Communications Leadership:
– Lead a team to develop and execute crisis communication plans, including frameworks for rapid activation and response by issue and brand.
– With team leads, proactively manage and reduce reputational risk so the organization can respond effectively and quickly when needed.
– Serving as a Spokesperson:
– Act as a public representative for Stand Together and “Be the People” when appropriate, representing the organization across key media and public-facing channels.
– Build a team of credible spokespeople, drawing from executives, partners, and thought leaders who can speak to the organization’s principles and brand-relevant priorities.
– Developing and Maintaining Relationships:
– Build and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including media representatives, industry influencers, and community leaders.
– Use a broad network of Fortune 50 executives, social leaders, and cultural influencers to expand the organization’s reach and impact.
– Strategic Counsel:
– Partner with existing communications leadership to provide strategic guidance to senior executives and partners on communications priorities and potential issues.
– Monitoring and Evaluating Communication Effectiveness:
– Oversee Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to evaluate communication strategy performance and make adjustments as needed.
– Team Leadership:
– Lead and develop top-tier communications, crisis, media, and editorial professionals, with a focus on executive positioning.
– Build a team culture grounded in principles, collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
– Build, lead (directly or indirectly), and develop communications professionals who deliver campaigns and projects.
– Work with Stand Together’s Channel Marketing teams to execute marketing campaigns.
– Guide and manage operational infrastructure that supports efficient communications, processes, and workflows.
– Oversee budget and compliance for social impact marketing initiatives.
– Hire and manage external partners and vendors as appropriate.

What You Will Bring
– 20+ years of communications leadership experience supporting globally recognized brands, ideally within complex, matrixed organizations, with a record of building and scaling high-performing teams, shaping enterprise narratives, and leading through high-profile moments with Fortune 50-level rigor and impact.
– Proven ability to influence public perception, protect and enhance organizational reputation, and align executive leadership, policy, and brand communications around a clear, compelling voice.
– Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into clear, actionable messages and create narratives that drive engagement, understanding, and action.
– Deep expertise in brand reputation management, media relations, public affairs, and the relationship between policy and communications, with the judgment and composure to handle sensitive, high-stakes issues effectively.
– Demonstrated ability to develop and execute integrated communications strategies that advance organizational goals, deliver measurable results, and use performance metrics to strengthen impact.
– Strong cross-functional leadership skills, including a track record of building alignment, trusted partnerships, and collaboration across teams to accelerate priorities and organizational goals.
– Experience managing agencies and external partners, with a focus on strategic alignment, high-quality execution, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes.
– Enthusiasm for Stand Together’s vision and principled approach to solving problems (https://standtogether.org/our-vision-and-principles) and a commitment to championing our culture (https://standtogether.org/careers/our-culture), including values such as transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

What We Offer
– Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental coverage, and wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
– A meaningful career: Join a dedicated community of more than 1,300 employees focused on improving lives and driving progress on complex social challenges.
– Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that emphasizes self-actualization, with roles and responsibilities determined by strengths—not tenure.
– Competitive compensation: Compensation reflects the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, so you share in the success you help drive.

Our Values
Working within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other environments. Our culture is grounded in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework driven by principles that support human progress—such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® enables employees to be entrepreneurial, innovate, and continuously drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and drives success. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to treating all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.