Impact Communications Associate

TED; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

TED's Audacious Project seeks a Communications Associate to elevate brand storytelling, handling media outreach, content creation, and social media while collaborating with the Director of Brand & Communications and nonprofit partners.

You will surface compelling grantee stories, craft donor communications, manage editorial calendars, and contribute to campaigns in a fast-paced, mission-driven team that values creative storytelling and collaborative impact.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of communications experience, with exposure to philanthropy or social impact.
• Exceptional writing and editing across formats—from social copy to long-form narratives.
• Experience with media relations, including developing pitch angles and managing press outreach.
• Strong collaboration skills and enjoyment of cross-team work with external partners.
• Highly organized and proactive, able to manage fast-paced, multi-stream work.
• Creative thinker who brings fresh ideas and follow-through.
• Deep curiosity about the issues Audacious grantees are solving—from climate to health to social justice.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute proactive media outreach; draft pitches and talking points.
• Identify timely stories across the portfolio and content calendar.
• Draft media materials: press releases, backgrounders, talking points.
• Support media outreach, engagement, and press outcomes.
• Ideate, write, and edit grantee stories, blog posts, newsletters, web copy, donor updates.
• Develop accessible narratives translating global issues for core audiences.
• Collaborate with Director of Brand & Comms on storytelling approaches and donor connections.
• Maintain editorial calendars and content workflows.
• Support social media planning and content creation.

Skills

Writing

Media relations

Collaboration

Project management

Creative thinking

Curiosity

Tools

Analytics tools

Job description

TED's Audacious Project seeks a Communications Associate to elevate brand storytelling, handling media outreach, content creation, and social media while collaborating with the Director of Brand & Communications and nonprofit partners.

You will surface compelling grantee stories, craft donor communications, manage editorial calendars, and contribute to campaigns in a fast-paced, mission-driven team that values creative storytelling and collaborative impact.