Remote Public Affairs Associate: Energy Policy & Campaigns

Bantam Communications; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible PTO

Employer 401(k) match

Annual team retreats

Job summary

Bantam Communications seeks a versatile Public Affairs Associate to join our remote-first team and support our mission of accelerating advanced energy deployment across the United States. You will work across Research, Campaigns, Advocacy, and Communications teams, owning workstreams and adapting as priorities evolve.

This role offers hands-on experience from research to strategy, coordinating across departments, and serving as a client and partner contact.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of experience in public affairs, policy, communications, or related field
• Experience with political, electoral, or issue-driven campaigns
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong interpersonal skills and sound political and stakeholder instincts
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams independently, with limited day-to-day supervision
• Self-directed and effective in a fully remote environment
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally (roughly once or twice per quarter)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Owns assigned workstreams from planning through delivery, setting the approach, prioritizing competing demands, and determining how to meet objectives with limited day‑to‑day supervision
• Operates as a cross‑functional resource across Bantam's departments, supporting one or more teams at a time and shifting focus between teams as priorities and capacity needs change
• Analyzes and synthesizes research including stakeholder, policy‑landscape, opposition, public‑opinion, and media analysis, into findings and recommendations that inform campaign and engagement strategy
• Develops and adapts campaign, brand, and internal communications materials and collateral across formats, applying editorial judgment to align content with audience and objective
• Contributes to campaign and engagement strategy and exercises independent judgment in executing and adapting approach, messaging, and tactics to the specific permitting environment, audience, or partner
• Serves as a knowledgeable point of contact for clients and partners on assigned engagements, advising on operational and strategic matters within the role's scope
• Leads cross‑functional coordination across research, campaigns, communications, and advocacy workstreams, determining sequencing and resource trade‑offs, and managing dependencies across teams
• Designs, documents, and improves the internal processes and workflows that strengthen how the team's work gets done
• Uses AI tools such as Claude to strengthen and accelerate the work, including drafting, revising, and polishing materials and improving workflows, while applying judgment to review, refine, and quality‑check outputs

Skills

Public affairs

Policy analysis

Communications

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Research synthesis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Monday.com

Job description

Bantam Communications seeks a versatile Public Affairs Associate to join our remote-first team and support our mission of accelerating advanced energy deployment across the United States. You will work across Research, Campaigns, Advocacy, and Communications teams, owning workstreams and adapting as priorities evolve.

This role offers hands-on experience from research to strategy, coordinating across departments, and serving as a client and partner contact.