Communications Manager
The Richard L. Duchossois Foundation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $105,000 - $135,000 per year
About the role
- Build and lead the organization’s communications strategies and functions from the ground up
- Shape how the Foundation tells community stories in support of meaningful partnership with grantees.
- Ensure the foundation operates with openness and transparency in ways that contribute to more meaningful relationships and dialogues with grantee partners and the communities served.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the leadership team in addition to executing early work across external and internal communications platforms.
- Develop and lead an integrated communications strategy primarily focused on building bridges and trust within the philanthropic and non-profit landscapes.
- Oversee communications, including thought leadership content, media relations, digital channels, publications, and executive communications.
Requirements
- 5 - 7 years of progressively responsible communications experience, with a strong preference for candidates with backgrounds in philanthropy, non-profits, or mission-driven organizations.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing organization-wide communications strategies highly aligned with values and mission. This includes strategy and content planning, brand management, and stakeholder engagement.
- An understanding of how communications practices can support and elevate people-centered systems or philanthropic and community ecosystems.
- Proven project management experience with demonstrated collaboration skills across organizational levels and departments.
- Ability to nuance messaging using the appropriate balance of humility, service, knowledge-sharing, and marketing/branding in a way that advances the Foundation’s mission.
- Proficiency with modern communications and marketing tools (e.g., CMS, email marketing platforms, social media management, practical AI application, basic design tools and/or oversight of creative teams).
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance (80/20 split)
- Life insurance (no cost)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance (no cost)
- Competitive PTO policies
- Pre-tax Commuter Expense Reimbursement Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
communications strategycontent planningbrand managementstakeholder engagementproject managementmedia relationsthought leadershipdigital communicationsexecutive communicationscommunity storytelling
Soft Skills
collaborationstrategic advisingopennesstransparencynuanced messaginghumilityserviceknowledge-sharingtrust-buildingrelationship management