Constructive Dialogue Institute

Communications

• Lead CDI's communications strategy and narrative
• Set the annual communications and thought leadership strategy, defining editorial priorities and narrative direction in service of CDI's mission and earned revenue goals.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to the Executive Director and Chief Growth Officer, helping assess trade-offs, evaluate reputational risk, and align leadership on key messaging decisions before work advances.
• Own CDI's messaging guide and narrative framework, ensuring consistent, politically grounded communication across all external channels.
• Monitor CDI's reputational landscape — including dynamics around partners, founders, and key stakeholders — alongside political, cultural, and higher education trends, to proactively identify risks and opportunities and advise leadership.
• Lead CDI's executive visibility program, building the Executive Director and other key CDI figures' profiles through op-eds, podcast appearances, conference keynotes, and media placements, and preparing and coaching the Executive Director for public appearances and interviews.
• Partner with CDI's thought-leadership bench (across the Research, Education, Culture Change teams) to translate research findings into media-ready narratives and public-facing content.
• Drive proactive media outreach to national, higher education, and mission-aligned press; build and maintain relationships with journalists, editors, and influencers.
• Lead rapid response and crisis communications, managing reputational risk with speed and sound judgment.
• Provide editorial leadership for CDI's higher education newsletter and blog; manage the Communications & Content Manager to maintain publishing cadence and quality.
• Own organic social strategy (brand, executive, and thought-leadership content), with the Communications & Content Manager executing the unified calendar.
• Support CDI's broader external relationships — including with funders, board members, and senior institutional partners — by ensuring CDI's communications reflect the organization's impact, credibility, and strategic direction.
• Build and lead the communications team.

VP of Strategic Communications

Director

• Lead complex, large-scale campus climate transformation initiatives
• Serve as the primary strategic partner to CDI clients
• Develop and adapt change and culture strategies
• Guide campus leaders through impact analyses
• Own the client relationship from initial engagement through delivery
• Develop partner-facing communication strategies
• Evolve and strengthen the consulting model
• Review substantive content of consulting engagements
• Conduct and oversee qualitative work
• Partner with the Impact team to assess effectiveness of consulting work
• Contribute to the Leadership Institute as a thought partner

VP of Strategic Communications

Director of Campus Culture Change