Prosperity Now

Associate

• The Public Affairs Associate supports external affairs, media relations, and public communications.
• Monitor media coverage, prepare press materials, and assist in stakeholder engagement.
• Translate complex policy issues into accessible content and support the organization’s narrative and reputation management.
• Track and summarize media coverage, compile press clips and coverage trends.
• Draft press materials, talking points, and external communications in collaboration with the Communications team.
• Assist in preparing briefings, presentations, and reports for media inquiries and external engagements.
• Coordinate with the Communications team to ensure policy-related messaging aligns with organizational priorities.
• Support the development and execution of public-facing campaigns, announcements, and events.

Public Affairs Associate

Director

• Develop and lead the enterprise applied research agenda aligned with organizational priorities.
• Establish research priorities, methodologies, quality standards, and publication schedules.
• Lead flagship initiatives including the State of Prosperity research portfolio.
• Advise executive leadership on economic, demographic, and policy trends.
• Direct quantitative and qualitative research on financial well-being, wealth-building, entrepreneurship, housing, tax opportunity, and family financial health.
• Ensure methodological rigor using appropriate economic and mixed-methods research.
• Evaluate policies, markets, and interventions using objective evidence.
• Oversee production of reports, briefs, dashboards, and research publications.
• Translate research findings into practical policy options and implementation strategies.
• Assess feasibility, tradeoffs, and expected outcomes of proposed solutions.
• Partner with Programs and Public Policy to ensure research informs organizational priorities.
• Develop partnerships with universities, research institutions, and government agencies.
• Support grant proposals by developing methodologies and technical narratives.
• Represent Prosperity Now through presentations and publications.
• Supervise, coach, and develop the Applied Research & Policy Associate and future Research Scientist.
• Establish research standards and review work products.
• Model collaborative leadership.
• Participate in planning, goal setting, and performance management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Public Affairs Associate

Director of Applied Research – Policy