Job Description: Communications Director

Position purpose: Serving as a member of the five-person senior leadership team and reporting directly to the president, the communication director leads the Foundation’s strategic and operational communications efforts. The communications director supports the Foundation’s goals, strategies, and points of view by framing and helping to convey them to relevant internal and external audiences. The communications director devises and implements communications strategies for McKnight, develops content, and acts as lead media contact. The communications director supervises a communications officer and communications administrator to strengthen internal and external understanding of the Foundation’s identity and impact, and to inform, engage, and influence key audiences.

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