Director, Brand and Communications

The Audacious Project; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Audacious Project in New York invites applications for its first Director of Brand and Communications. You will steward the Audacious brand across channels, shape storytelling, and own brand guidelines while translating strategy into actionable communications.

You will launch campaigns around new cohorts and TED Talks, work with the Executive Director and cross-functional teams, and partner with TED counterparts to extend the Audacious narrative within the TED universe.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Audacious brand across channels and execute brand and communications initiatives.
• Lead launch campaigns for new cohorts and TED Talks; collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Job description

The Audacious Project is hiring its first Director of Brand and Communications. This role is responsible for maintaining the Audacious brand across channels and executing brand and communications initiatives that support organizational goals. This includes shaping how Audacious tells its story and where, as well as owning brand and messaging guidelines and working with cross-functional teams and external collaborators to translate them to their own work.

As a core part of your role, you will create and manage the launch campaign around each new cohort of projects as well the public launch of their individual TED Talks. As Audacious Project evolves its work, you will support the Executive Director and cross-functional leaders to ensure that any new initiatives reflect the brand and value proposition. You will also partner with counterparts at TED to bring Audacious and its work to life within the TED universe and identify areas of potential collaboration and support.