[Remote] Director of Public Affairs, Stealth Educational Startup (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gifted and Talented Scholarships is a nonprofit Scholarship Granting Organization funding K-12 scholarships for gifted and talented students. The Director of Public Affairs leads the organization's public presence and partnerships, converting media, speaking and partner campaigns into attributable donations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal spokesperson for gifted education: pitch reporters, lead TV, radio, print, podcast and online interviews, and headline conferences, member meetings, webinars and community events
• Set the message: produce video and social content, review public materials for factual accuracy, and answer live questions from approved messaging, bringing in legal review when a question calls for it
• Build the partnership portfolio: identify, approach and win companies, associations, organizations and media influencers whose audiences include gifted students, families and educators
• Negotiate and close the agreements, including paid influencer arrangements, that commit partners to asking their members, employees, customers and followers to donate, then activate them into live campaigns
• Run the results: track active partners, reach, attributable donations, and media and speaking engagements, report them honestly, and redirect effort to what produces donations
• Increase donations for K-12 gifted and talented scholarships by owning the organization's public credibility and the partnerships that convert it into funding

Skills

• You know gifted education from the inside. You've spent 2+ years in the field as a teacher, coordinator, testing specialist, admissions lead or advocate. Or you're the parent or guardian of a formally identified gifted child and handled their testing and school or program choice yourself. Either way, families trust you because you've lived the problem
• You're at ease in front of a microphone or camera. You've given live and on-camera interviews as an official spokesperson, and you've pitched journalists, fielded press inquiries or engaged policymakers on an organization's behalf. You stay accurate when the questions get hard
• You close. You've personally sourced and signed partnerships with companies, associations or membership organizations, each ending in a signed agreement or MOU. You know the difference between a warm intro and a deal
• You know how to work with creators. You've negotiated or managed paid influencer or content-creator agreements and know how to keep a partner's audience engaged and the messaging on point
• You make complex topics clear. You've explained tax or public policy to the public in plain language, through articles, explainers, op-eds, testimony or interviews
• You're ready to master federal scholarship tax-credit and SGO rules within your first 30 days
• You work well on your own
• You're based in the United States, available 40 hours a week, and used to driving results in a remote setting without needing someone to set your agenda
• Experience as an educator or leader in gifted education
• Existing relationships with gifted-education associations, enrichment providers or education media
• Experience in school choice, scholarships or nonprofit fundraising

Benefits

• Full-time remote work in the United States

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