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Updated: 22 May 2025

• Audience, content and news roles
• Communications
• Nonprofit organizations
• Fundraising and development
• Foundations and philanthropy
• Agencies, politics, products, projects and more
• Other job lists, guides and support

Audience, content, journalism and news roles 🗞️

• Chief Operating Officer : The Colorado Sun [Denver]
• Director of Civic Partnerships and Engagement : Beacon Media [Kansas City]
• Manager, Acquisition Marketing : Axios [Remote]
• Senior Graphics Reporter : NPR [Remote]
• Assistant Editor and Assistant Producer and Digital Producer : Mother Jones [San Francisco, New York City or Washington DC preferred]
• Vice President of Growth and Community : Civic News Company [Remote in the US]
• Director of Marketing and Growth and Director of Technology : Deep South Today [Location unspecified / Southern US]
• Managing Director : Investigate Europe [Remote]
• Specialist Editor, Asia Pacific and Specialist Editor, Europe and Central Asia and Specialist Editor, MENA : Committee to Protect Journalists [New York City / Remote - see description]
• Community Journalism Director, Columbus : Signal Ohio [Columbus, OH]
• Managing Editor : Santa Cruz Local [Santa Cruz, CA]
• Executive Editor : New York Amsterdam News [New York City]
• Environment and Health Editor : CalMatters [Los Angeles preferred]
• Managing Director, Storycorps Studios and Brand Partnerships : Storycorps [Brooklyn / Remote possible]
• Senior Energy Reporter : Axios [Remote in the US]
• Managing Editor, Neighborhoods and Managing Editor, Central Support and Partnerships : Los Angeles Local News Initiative [Los Angeles]
• Technical Content Editor : Insight Media Group [Remote]
• Experiential Strategist : Vox Media [New York City]
• Audience Editor : The Examination [Remote]
• Senior Associate, Audience : Axios [Remote]
• Reporters in Residence (Summer 2025) : Omidyar Network [Remote]
• Membership Director : Tiny News Collective [Remote in the US]
• Managing Editor, Newsletters & Breaking News : Boulder Reporting Lab [Boulder, CO]
• Newsletter Writer, The 10 Point : The Wall Street Journal [New York City]
• Director, Press Forward South Florida : The Miami Foundation [Miami]
• Associate Director of Consumer Marketing – Subscription : Daily Beast [New York City]
• Director of Audience Engagement : Deep South Today [Remote in the US]
• Senior Marketing Specialist, Digital : American Public Media [St. Paul, MN]
• Head of Audience and Membership : LA Local News Initiative [Los Angeles]
• Editor : Big Local News [Stanford, CA]
• Director of Consumer Marketing, Subscriptions, New York Magazine : Vox Media [New York City]
• Reporter, National : ProPublica [Remote / New York City]

Communications 🗣️

Mostly at nonprofits/NGOs

• Chief Communications Officer : Smart Electric Power Alliance [Remote in the US]
• Director of Communications : Upwardly Global [Remote in the US]
• Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative : The California Endowment [Oakland / Sacrament]
• Communications Manager : North Carolina Early Childhood Education Foundation [Remote in North Carolina]
• Marketing and Communications Associate : Food for Climate League [Remote]
• Communications and Marketing Director : Columbia Riverkeeper [Hood River, OR]
• Senior Vice President for Communications and Marketing : Central Park Conservancy [New York City]
• Head of Media : NEON [London]
• Senior Communications Officer : Greenpeace Australia Pacific [Flexible in Australia]
• Communications Manager, Climate Change and Environmental Justice : Lawyers for Good Government [Remote in the US]
• Communications Manager : Square [Remote / New York City]
• Communications Coordinator : Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED) [Remote / Minnesota preferred]
• Communications Manager : Sempevirens Fund [Remote in San Francisco area]
• Community Storyteller : Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin [Stevens Point, WI]
• Senior Communications Lead : Social Justice Partners LA [Los Angeles]
• Director of Marketing and Communications : American Meteorological Society [Remote / Boston]
• Director of Communications : Earthwatch [Remote / Newton, MA]
• Director of Communications : Every Mother Counts [New York City]
• Communications Manager : National Caucus of Environmental Legislators [Remote]
• Director, Communications and Marketing : Conservation X Labs [Washington, DC]
• Communications Manager, Creative : Pacific Environment [Remote / US preferred]
• Director of Broadcast Communications : Climate Power [Washington, DC]
• Director, Communications : Climate Imperative Foundation [San Francisco / Washington, DC / Remote]
• Senior Director, Communications : Black Feminist Future [Remote]
• Senior Communications Manager, Economic Education Project : The Hub Project [Washington, DC]
• Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications and Senior Manager, Content : JED [New York City]
• Vice President, Communications : National Council of Nonprofits [Washington, DC]
• Communications Officer : East Bay Community Foundation [Oakland]
• Communications Manager : Women Moving Millions [New York City preferred]
• Digital Marketing Copywriter : Environmental Working Group [Washington, DC]
• Senior Director, Editorial : Pew Charitable Trusts [Washington, DC]
• Senior Communications Director : Vote Mama PAC [Remote / US Eastern or Central time zone preferred]
• Senior Manager, Strategic Communications : Building Movement Project [Remote in the US]
• Chief Communications Officer : The Legal Aid Society [New York City]
• Communications Associate : Groundwork Collaborative [Washington, DC]

• Public Affairs Manager : ClimateWorks Foundation [San Francisco / Remote in the US]
• Manager, Strategic Communications : Cleveland Foundation [Cleveland]
• Communications Director : Leaders We Deserve [Washington, DC]
• Deputy Director, Public and Media Relations : Southern Poverty Law Center [Atlanta, GA / Jackson, MS / Miami, FL / Montgomery, AL / New Orleans, LA / Washington D.C.]

Nonprofit organizations ⚡

• Director of Digital Marketing : Upwardly Global [Remote in the US]
• Director of Global Programs : Movement Law Lab [Remote in the US]
• Chief Executive Officer : Good Food Institute [Remote in the US]
• Organizing Director : Jobs to Move America [New York City / Chicago / Los Angeles / Birmingham / Remote]
• Alliance Coordinator : Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action [Remote]
• Senior Policy and Planning Specialist (National Wildlife Refuges and Parks Program) : Defenders of Wildlife [Denver / Washington, DC / Remote]
• President : Resources Legacy Fund [Remote]
• Senior Marketing Manager : Wikimedia Foundation [Remote in the Pacific Time Zone]
• AI Policy Manager / Senior AI Policy Manager : Centre for Long Term Resilience [London]
• Digital Organiser : Hope Not Hate [London]
• Senior Program Manager, Midwest : National Parks Conservation Association [Chicago]
• Energy Justice Director : California Environmental Justice Alliance [Remote in California]
• Head of Advocacy : Reporters Without Borders [Washington, DC]
• Creative Lead : Innocence Project [New York City]
• Director of State Campaigns : Reproductive Freedom for All [Remote in the US]
• Digital Strategist : Color of Change [Remote / New York City / Washington, DC]
• Documenters Site Success Manager : City Bureau [Chicago / Remote]
• Executive Manager to the CEO : TransLash Media [New York City]
• Senior Policy Director, Media and Technology : Common Cause [Remote in the US]
• Chief Executive Officer : Monterey Bay Aquarium [Monterey, CA]
• Project and Events Manager and Engagement and Organizing Director : Move Colorado Forward Initiative [Denver]
• Digital Content Strategist : Showing Up for Racial Justice [Remote]
• Senior Manager, People and Culture : Ballot Initiative Strategy Center [Remote / Washington, DC]
• Events Coordinator : The Communications Network [Remote]
• Director of Programs : TDF [New York City]
• Executive Director : NXTHVN [New Haven, CT]
• Director, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and related policy roles : Pew Charitable Trusts [Washington, DC]
• Senior Policy Advisor : Age International [London]
• Managing Director : Poverty Solutions [Ann Arbor, MI]
• State Campaign Strategist : Protect Democracy [Remote in the US]
• Senior Coordinator, Policy and Research : Public School Forum on North Carolina [Triangle Area of North Carolina]
• Senior Program and Membership Manager : Fund the People [Remote]
• Membership Operations Associate : League of Conservation Voters [Washington, DC]
• Director, Elections and Redistricting : National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) [Denver]
• Vice President of Program Operations : Spirit of America [Arlington, VA]
• Head of Houston : Greentown Labs [Houston]
• Social Media Manager : Save the Redwoods League [San Francisco]
• Impact Program Manager : Open Supply Hub [Remote in Kenya, Portugal or United Kingdom]
• Global Programme Director : Ember [Remote]
• New Mexico Campaign Coordinator : Dream.org [Remote in New Mexico]
• Research Director : Good Jobs First [Remote in the US]
• Executive Director : Adventure Scientists [Bozeman, MT]
• Chief Operating Officer : Animal Advocacy Careers [Remote]
• Chief Executive Officer : The Cultural Conservancy [San Francisco]
• Head of Impact : Canopy [Vancouver, CA / Remote]
• Chief Program Officer : National Caucus of Environmental Legislators [Remote]
• Senior Director of People and Culture : Committee to Protect Journalists [New York City]
• Operations and Outreach Manager : Heal the Ocean [Santa Barbara, CA]
• Director : Climate Plan [Remote in California]
• Social Media Specialist : Re:wild [Remote in the US]
• President : Demand Justice [Washington, DC / Remote]
• Senior Research Associate : Equis [Remote]
• Associate Director of Democracy and Senior Data & Policy Analyst / Data & Policy Analyst, Democracy Reform : Demos [Remote in the US]
• Senior Director, Operations : Black Feminist Future [Remote]
• Brand Engagement Manager and Technology Systems Administrator : Regenerative Organic Alliance [Remote in the US]
• Program Manager, Email Marketing : Humane World for Animals [Remote in the US]
• CEO : Sustainable Conservation [San Francisco area]
• Director, Digital Products and Services : Aspen Institute [Washington, DC]
• Data Director : Action for the Climate Emergency [Remote]
• Executive Vice President : Partners for Rural Impact [Remote in the US]
• Executive Director : American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy [Washington, DC]
• Senior Manager, Reference and Research : National Geographic Society [Washington, DC]
• Head of AI, Labor and Economy : Partnership on AI [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Organizing Manager : Center for Tech and Civic Life [Remote in the US]
• Senior Policy Strategist : Sierra Club California Chapter [Sacramento]
• Associate Director, Digital Strategy : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• Senior Strategist, Public Finance : The Sunrise Project [Remote in Europe]
• Research Associate, Conservation Policy : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• VP of Programs : Fast Forward [San Francisco]
• Food Security Government Programs Manager : Food Bank of the Rockies [Denver]
• Vice President of Engineering : Democratic Data Exchange [Remote in the US]
• Executive Director : Great Old Broads for Wilderness [Remote in the US]
• Managing Director : Urban Ocean Lab [Remote]
• Advocacy Specialist : Rights and Resources Initiative [Washington, DC]
• Narrative Communications Associate and various organizing roles : Florida Rising [Florida]
• Executive Director : Over Zero [Remote in the US]
• Director of Federal Affairs and Voting Rights : FairVote [Silver Spring, MD]
• Director, Digital Marketing and Platforms : Ocean Conservancy [Hybrid in Washington, DC or one of nine mostly coastal US states]
• Science and Policy Director : Heal the Bay [Santa Monica, CA]
• National Policy Director : American Farmland Trust [Washington, DC]
• Associate Director/Director, Northern Sierra Headwaters Conservation : American Rivers [Nevada City, CA or nearby / Northern Sierras]
• Climate Organizing Director : Jobs with Justice San Francisco [San Francisco Bay area]
• Senior Data Analytics Engineer and a few other data roles : Rainforest Alliance [Amsterdam / Nairobi / London]
• Digital Marketing Specialist : National Recreation and Park Association [Remote in the US]
• Director of Programming : Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance [Holland, MI]
• Chief Operating Officer : Climate Power [Remote in the US]
• Deputy Director of Government Affairs : Carbon Removal Alliance [Washington, DC]
• Manager, Brand Strategy - Philanthropy : United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee[Remote in the US]
• Operations Manager : Rights CoLab [Remote / Work Eastern US time zone hours]
• Operations Manager : Social Movement Technologies [Remote in the US]
• Associate Director, State Climate Policy : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• Executive Director or Co-Executive Directors : The Highlander Center [Semi-Remote / New Market, TN]
• Campaign Executive Director : Community Solutions [Remote in the US]
• Campaigns Specialist : New Roots Institute [Remote]
• Executive Director : SIECUS [Flexible / Washington, DC area preferred]
• Senior Director, Data Engineering and Infrastructure : National Audubon Society [New York City / Washington, DC]
• Director of Capacity Building : The Greenlining Institute [Oakland]
• Marketing Manager, Web and Email and Marketing Manager, Social and Engagement : National Geographic Society [Washington, DC]
• Senior Policy Advisor : Center for the New Energy Economy [Denver]
• Civic Impact and Communications Coordinator : Project Pericles [Remote / New York City]
• Multimedia Manager and Senior Director of Digital Media : Brookings Institution [Washington, DC]
• Senior Vice President, Campaigns : League of Conservation Voters [Washington, DC preferred]
• Regional Campaigns Director : League of Conservation Voters [Remote in the US]
• Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator : Initiative for a Competitive Inner City [Remote in the US]
• National Director, Time Done : Alliance for Safety and Justice [Flexible in the US]
• Vice President of Policy and Programs : Western Resource Advocates [Remote, in-person, or hybrid in WRA’s seven state region: AZ, CO, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY]

Fundraising and Development 💰

• Senior Product Manager, Fundraising CRM : Wikimedia Foundation [Remote]
• Director, Major Gifts : League of Women Voters [Remote]
• Director of Major Gifts : Upwardly Global [Remote]
• Development Manager : Fairplay [Remote / New York City]
• Development & Partnerships Manager : Press Forward [Remote in the US]
• Senior Foundations Officer : Earthjustice [San Francisco / New York City / Washington, DC]
• Development Manager (Part-Time) : Work on Climate [Remote in the US]
• Development Manager : Climate Jobs National Resource Center [Remote in the US]
• Development Officer : The Intercept [Remote]
• Philanthropic Partnerships Lead : One Project [Remote / Pacific Time Zone Preferred]
• Digital Fundraising Officer : Freedom from Torture [London]
• Partnerships Manager : Donors Choose [New York City / Remote in the US]
• Philanthropy Officer, Southeastern Wisconsin : Wisconsin Watch and the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service [Milwaukee]
• Development and Grants Associate : Canary Media [Remote]
• Development Director : Heal the Bay [Los Angeles]
• Associate Director of Events and Sponsorship : Equality California [Los Angeles]
• Vice President, Development and Manager, Grassroots Fundraising : Mozilla Foundation [Remote in Canada, Germany, US, UK]
• Strategic Giving Operations Manager : The Conservation Fund [Arlington, VA]
• Senior Director of Development, East Coast : Voting Rights Lab [Remote in New York or New Jersey preferred]
• Philanthropic Communications Lead : Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) [Oakland / New York City / Washington, DC]
• Chief Advancement Officer : Institute for Nonprofit Practice [Hybrid / East Coast US]
• Director of Development : Food and Environment Reporting Network [New York City]
• Senior Officer, Philanthropy Partnerships : Climate Breakthrough [Remote / San Francisco or New York City preferred]
• Development Director : Heal the Bay [Santa Monica, CA]
• Development Officer, Writer : Tenure Facility [Remote]
• Director of Philanthropic Partnerships : Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy [San Francisco]
• Corporate Engagement Manager : Humanitarian Open Street Map Team [Remote]
• Director of Development : Sky High Farm [Flexible in New York state or Connecticut]
• Director of Philanthropy : The Humane League [Remote in the US]
• Director of Philanthropy, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic : American Rivers [Flexible in US Northeast or Mid-Atlantic, along the I-95 corridor]
• Senior Project Manager, Conservation Funding : National Audubon Society [Remote in the US]
• Chief Development Officer : Protect Our Winters [Hybrid in Colorado, New Hampshire, Vermont or Washington / Remote possible]

Foundations and Philanthropy 💸

• Program Associate, Strategic Communications : U.S. Energy Foundation [Remote]
• Senior Director, New Donor Strategy : Climate Lead [San Francisco]
• Head of Philanthropy : Greentown Labs [Houston or Somerville, MA]
• Program Officer - Global Initiative : Climate and Land Use Alliance [Remote]
• Associate, Food : The Rockefeller Foundation [New York City]
• Senior Program Associate : Rural Climate Partnership [Remote in the US]
• Chief Partnerships Officer : Water Foundation [Remote / West Coast US preferred]
• Director of Operations : Pisces Foundation [San Francisco]
• Managing Director of Programs and Impact : TransitCenter [Remote in the US]
• Vice-President, Philanthropy : Fremont Group [San Francisco]
• President : Barr Foundation [Boston]

Agencies, politics, products, projects & more 💻

• Senior Executive Assistant : Patagonia [Ventura, CA]
• Executive Director : Vision Change Win [Remote]
• Associate Vice President, Digital Content : MissionWired [Remote in the US]
• Project Manager : 4Site Studios [Remote]
• AI Innovation Manager : Bully Pulpit International [Chicago / New York City / Los Angeles / Washington, DC / San Francisco]
• Program Manager, AI for Impact : Salesforce [Chicago / New York City / San Francisco]
• Two Postdoctoral Fellowships on Governance by Data Infrastructure : University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam]
• Senior Strategist/Strategy Director : Invisible Hand [Remote]
• Product Designer, Contractor : TalkingPoints [Remote]
• Staff UX Researcher, Local Lab : New Public [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Social First Communication Strategist : Propulsion Strategies [Remote in the US]
• Software Engineer : Daisychain [Remote with East Coast US hours]
• Success Teams Lead : Arabella Advisors [Hybrid or remote in several US cities and states]
• Senior Data Architect and Senior Salesforce Implementation Consultant : Purple Otter [Remote in Canada preferred]
• Senior Engineer - Exchange Team : Democratic Data Exchange [Remote in the US]
• Senior Project Manager and Digital Marketing Specialist : Teal Media [Remote in the US]
• Senior Partner Success Manager : Democracy Works [Remote in the US]
• Open Source Developer, Public Space Incubator : New Public [Remote in the US or Canada]
• Director of Product Marketing, USA and Director of Content Marketing, USA : Fundraise Up [Remote in the US]
• Senior Manager of Creator Strategy and Director of Social Listening and Research : Vocal Media [Remote]
• Account Executive : Yoko Co [Remote]
• Director of Client Success : Scale to Win [Remote in the US]
• Research Assistant : Possibility Lab at University of California [Berkeley, CA]
• Senior Accountant : Pocketbook Strategies [Remote in the US]

Resources ⚒️

A wildly incomplete list of helpful job boards, newsletters, people, networks and more. Some of these are personal projects and may not be active and updated forever but are all fabulous. Like you. Awwww....

• So, You Want To Work in Climate...that's not rhetorical. It's the name of an amazing resource put together by Nicole Kelner. It includes job boards, newsletters, communities, events and more.
• Follow Justin Daugherty on LinkedIn to see links to jobs in climate communications.
• Public Solutions Jobs is a new job board for roles in policy, public good research and more. Basically, they're helping find homes for people working in public service whose lives were overturned when Trump and DOGE decided to toss the Monopoly board in the air and storm off like the immature fools they are.
• The folks at All Hands run a huge jobs list and matchmaking service for people looking for roles in nonprofits and social good tech. They also run a Slack community where jobs get posted weekly and a lot of people support one another in their search.
• A friend recommended Never Search Alone, a book by Phyl Terry. Best part might be the hundreds of job search councils, local and sector support groups, supported by the book.
• Democracy Notes, run by Gabriel Lerner, shares out pro-democracy roles in nonprofits, think tanks, foundations and more.
• A Job Opportunities list set up by Pi-Isis Stefana Ankhra.
• Progressive Job Resources is a brilliant compilation of job lists, boards and groups curated and shared by Allison Ehrich Bernstein.
• Mandy Hofmockel runs Journalism Jobs and a Photo of My Dog and it is a super compilation of solid news and media roles plus insights on the sector’s hiring trends.
• Rebecca Aguilar compiles a great list of Journalism Jobs.
• Matt Lockshin’s Job list a super source for roles in progressive organizing and digital leadership. Matt also provides recruiting and job search services.
• Tech Jobs for Good includes hundreds of current tech roles in nonprofits and companies that support nonprofits.
• Ethical Tech Job Resources is a list of job lists mostly centered around progressive technology in the US and UK. It’s built by the community and maintained by me and Edward Saperia, Dean of Newspeak House in London.
• Words of Mouth is a weekly newsletter run by Rachel Meade Smith. Words has a fantastic set of new roles in the arts, writing and editing, creative professions.
• Follow Mandy Van Deven on LinkedIn to get news on open roles in philanthropy and social change leadership around the world. Mandy also shares insights on narrative and systems change.
• Check out The Nonprofit Hive if you’re working in/around nonprofits and would like to connect with new folks via real conversations. Not job specific but a brilliant way to build a network and learn alongside peers.
• Daniel Levitt’s Inside the Newsroom newsletter seems to be a solid resource for journalism jobs.

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