Communications Director

The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of business, labor, environmental and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution in America to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, cut the carbon emissions that are destabilizing our climate and expand opportunities for American businesses and workers. Inspired by the vision and technological achievements of the Apollo space program, we promote policies and initiatives to speed investment in clean energy technology and energy efficiency, put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of well-paid, green collar jobs, and make America a global leader in clean energy products and services.

Apollo has a unique role to play in the national energy debate. We speak directly to the economic opportunities associated with the changes to a clean energy economy and view the challenges confronting our nation as an opportunity to improve the lives and economic security of our fellow Americans.

Position Overview:

The Apollo Alliance seeks an entrepreneurial, energetic and experienced public relations professional to serve as its national Communications Director (CD). This is the ideal position for a communications professional with 3-5 years of experience who enjoys the excitement and challenge of working for a strategically aggressive organization whose success depends directly on the quality of its people.

The Apollo Alliance is at the epicenter of mounting public interest and engagement in clean energy and good jobs. If you'd like to see your own hard work translate into fundamental change in America, change that will make our world safer and more sustainable, this is a perfect job for you.

Responsibilities:

The CD will promote Apollo initiatives to persuade key political leaders, opinion leaders, and the public to embrace Apollo's clean energy, good jobs agenda. In addition to securing press coverage, the CD will plan and execute press strategies to support specific Apollo initiatives in coordination with Apollo's program, research and field staff. The CD will schedule and prepare briefings for media events and interviews that feature Apollo's Chairman of the Board (and Board Members), and Executive Director. The CD reports to the Executive Director and supervises website design and maintenance.

Qualifications:

• A passion for Apollo's issues and an ability to articulate and translate that passion into a disciplined, effective communications strategy;
• Demonstrated news judgment, technological savvy and ability to work collaboratively with internal and external players;
• Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate and implement effective media strategies in major media markets;
• Exceptional writing, editing and oral communications skills;
• Working knowledge of leading-edge communications and web software;
• Experience staffing and briefing organizational spokespeople;
• Experience coordinating press and other organizational events to promote the organization's message and gain targeted press coverage; and
• BA or equivalent, and 3-5 years of communications experience, as described above.

Compensation: Salary and benefits are competitive, and commensurate with experience.

Application deadline: July 9, 2010.

To Apply:

Please email a resume, cover letter and 2 writing samples, and indicate "Communications Director" in the email subject line.

The Apollo Alliance has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity. In that spirit, women, people of color, veterans, disabled individuals and LGBT candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.