Director of Marketing and Communications

The role

Build and lead CEA's Marketing and Communications function, including hiring and developing the leaders of Media, Brand and Content, and Marketing. Set the strategy for reaching new audiences and shaping public narratives about effective altruism, and act as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team.

What you will do

• Build and lead an exceptional Marketing and Communications Team, including hiring, coaching and performance management
• Set an integrated marketing and communications strategy that advances CEA's priorities
• Shape public narratives and protect CEA's reputation, including high-profile communications and sensitive issues
• Build relationships and coordinate with leaders and communications teams across EA-aligned organizations
• Help shape CEA's organizational direction as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team

Required qualifications

• Deep expertise and a strong track record in at least one of marketing, communications, media, or brand, with enough breadth to guide strategy and lead complementary experts
• Substantial experience leading teams through managers or other senior leaders
• Experience building and scaling teams or functions in startups or similarly fast-growing environments
• Experience operating in publicly visible or reputationally sensitive environments
• Entrepreneurial, ambitious approach: able to challenge assumptions, create new initiatives and turn ideas into execution
• Collaborates across functions and keeps senior stakeholders informed of risks, trade-offs and progress
• Strongly aligned with CEA's mission and core principles, and able to engage with effective altruism's ideas, arguments and debates
• Able to independently assess the accuracy and appropriateness of communications about EA

Nice to have

• Direct experience handling crisis communications, public controversy, or a significant reputational challenge

Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Flexible work hours
• $6,000 annual professional development allowance
• $6,000 mental health support allowance
• Extended parental leave
• Ergonomic equipment
• 25 days of paid vacation or country-specific time off entitlements, whichever is greater
• 10% unconditional 401k contribution (US)

Before you apply

• Application is reviewed on a rolling basis; early application is encouraged
• Interview process includes paid test task 1 (2–3 hours), paid test task 2 (3 hours), and a 1–2 day work trial
• CEA participates in E-Verify for US employees

About the company

The Centre for Effective Altruism stewards the movement of people putting effective altruism principles into practice to address the world's most pressing problems. It focuses on growing and supporting a global community that analyzes where it can do the most good and acts on those insights.