Communications Director

Windfall Trust; Greater London; Remote; GBP 113,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

An international policy organization is seeking a Communications Director to lead their voice on AI's economic implications. You will drive campaigns and build narratives across media and events, addressing the economic challenges posed by AI. The ideal candidate has strong strategic storytelling skills, proven campaign experience, and the ability to engage global audiences. This fully remote role offers a salary range of $150,000–180,000 and is committed to diverse perspectives in applications.

Qualifications

• Track record of shifting policy conversations at scale.
• Proven ability to ship high-impact campaigns on rapid timelines.
• Exceptional writing and editing across formats.
• Strong relationships across relevant media beats.
• Comfort with economic concepts and policy processes.
• Experience engaging global audiences.
• Experience working internationally at startup velocity.

Responsibilities

• Establish Windfall as the voice on AI's economic implications.
• Plan and run campaigns for strategic pillars.
• Commission and edit high-quality content.
• Develop global media relationships.
• Set and run a content calendar with measurement.
• Act as spokesperson for Windfall.
• Manage agency partners to accelerate impact.

Skills

Strategic narrative experience

Campaign excellence

Editorial mastery

Media fluency

Economic literacy

Global perspective

Operational excellence

Job description

Compensation : $150,000–180,000 plus benefits

Contract : Full-time

Location : Fully remote (global)

Reports to : Chief Executive Officer

Application deadline : November 17

The Moment

Advanced AI is rewriting the rules of economic value creation. The conversation about this transformation is fractured, under-developed, and dominated by technical safety debates while the economic paradigm shift goes largely unnoticed.

We have a narrow window to shape how humanity understands and responds to the greatest economic disruption since the Industrial Revolution. The narratives we establish now will determine whether transformative AI becomes a force for shared prosperity or unprecedented concentration of wealth and power.

About Windfall Trust

Windfall Trust is a global policy accelerator preparing society for the economic disruption where AI systems will outperform most skilled workers across non-physical tasks.

Our mission is to ensure the economic benefits of transformative AI are broadly shared, not captured by a few. We focus on :

• Raising Awareness : Building public understanding of economic risks before crisis hits
• Building the Movement : Creating unlikely coalitions that drive equitable futures
• Strengthening the Evidence : Producing research that makes policy action possible

The Role

As Communications Director, you will establish Windfall as the authoritative voice on AI's economic implications and drive campaigns that open new policy possibilities. You’ll help architect a global narrative shift and the voice that makes economic preparedness for AI as urgent as climate action became a generation ago.

You will :

• Build and own Windfall's narrative across media, web, events, partners, and funders
• Plan and run campaigns for our three strategic pillars, with rapid "activation moment" response capability
• Commission and edit high-quality content — long-form analysis, op-eds, video, and data visualizations
• Develop media relationships across technology, economics, and policy globally
• Set and run a content calendar and measurement framework that tracks narrative shift, not just coverage
• Act as spokesperson for Windfall in selected public and media engagements
• Manage agency partners to accelerate our impact

About You

You're a strategic storyteller who turns complex ideas into movements. You understand that communications is not about managing perception but about accelerating action.

• Strategic narrative experience : Track record of shifting policy conversations at scale
• Campaign excellence : Proven ability to ship high-impact campaigns on rapid timelines
• Editorial mastery : Exceptional writing and editing across formats
• Media fluency : Strong relationships or ability to build them rapidly across relevant beats
• Economic literacy : Comfort with economic concepts, labour dynamics, and policy processes
• Global perspective : Experience engaging audiences in both Global North and Global South contexts (eg differing labour markets, welfare systems, and political economies)
• Operational excellence : Experience working internationally at startup velocity

To Apply

Send a brief note expressing your interest and your CV or LinkedIn profile [e-mail] . Include :

• Your perspective on the narrative challenge we face
• An example of when you shifted a complex narrative

Your earliest start date

We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. We cannot craft narratives about economic inclusion without voices from the communities, geographies, and backgrounds that technology revolutions have historically left behind.