commit bc5577ed2718fc9295cc4cd17ca58d993c54bb73 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Tue Jan 6 21:04:34 2015 -0500 Add the Director of Communications posting --- about/en/jobs-dircomms.wml | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ about/en/jobs.wml | 1 + 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+) diff --git a/about/en/jobs-dircomms.wml b/about/en/jobs-dircomms.wml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..379ca21 --- /dev/null +++ b/about/en/jobs-dircomms.wml @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +## translation metadata +# Revision: $Revision$ +# Translation-Priority: 3-low + +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Jobs (director of communications)" CHARSET="UTF-8" +<div id="content" class="clearfix"> + <div id="breadcrumbs"> + <a href="<page index>">Home » </a> + <a href="<page about/overview>">About » </a> + <a href="<page about/jobs>">Jobs</a> + </div> + <div id="maincol"> +<h1>Director of Communications</h1> + +<p>The Tor Project is seeking an accomplished Director of +Communications who has at least 10 years of communications experience, +ideally in an “in-house” leadership role within a complex (number and +variety of constituents) nonprofit entity. The ability to take +knowledge and transform it into powerful messages, and disseminate it +to the right audiences through the best distribution channels is +critical. The Director of Communications will work closely with a +senior peer group within the organization as the communications +partner on a variety of strategic initiatives.</p> + +<h2>Respnsibilities:</h2> + +<ul> +<li>Work with senior management to develop a communications strategy that will support Tor's organizational goals and will address Tor's diverse audiences: funders, hackers, human rights activists, companies, etc. +</li><li> Implement and evaluate the annual communications plan across the network's discrete audiences in collaboration with the Tor Project team and constituents. +</li><li> Identify challenges and emerging issues faced by the organization. Work with leadership team and staff to recognize communications opportunities and solutions, and define and execute appropriate strategies to support them. +</li><li> Train staff and community members on media and coach/prep/debrief them for specific contacts. +</li><li> Serve as communications counselor to Tor Project leadership. +</li><li> Lead the generation of print and online content that engages audience segments and leads to +measurable action. +</li><li> Put communications vehicles in place to create momentum and awareness and to track +progress toward longer term goals. +</li><li> Track and measure the level of engagement within the Tor Project’s network over time. +</li><li> Manage media contacts. +</li></ul> + +<h2>Qualifications:</h2> + +<ul> +<li>Commitment to Tor’s mission to be “the global resource for technology, advocacy, research and education in the ongoing pursuit of freedom of speech, privacy rights, and censorship circumvention.” +</li><li> Extensive experience as a media strategist or political strategist. +</li><li> Highly collaborative style; experience developing and implementing communications strategies. +</li><li> A strong track record as an implementer who thrives on managing a variety of key initiatives +concurrently. +</li><li> Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or related field. +</li><li> Minimum 10 years experience in a senior management role. +</li><li> Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with top tier reporters and +editors, and in positioning subject matter with the media to achieve high-impact placements. +</li><li> Demonstrated experience with crisis management, including media crises, and driving more advantageous coverage of the organization, its projects, and its people. +</li><li> Demonstrated ability to take initiative to work on one’s own, as well as in teams. +</li><li> Demonstrated high-level ability to proactively pitch stories to the mainstream press and tech +press. Experience placing and being part of high profile, high pressure media coverage. +</li><li> Experience writing and placing op-eds and editorials in major newspapers. +</li><li> Experience working with and as part of remote teams. Working with these teams requires +empathy, special communications strategies and adept use of special technologies. +</li><li> Excellent social skills and a sense of humor. +</li><li> Comfortable with highly technical topics and ability to explain them clearly and accurately to a +broader and non-technical audience. +</li><li> Experience with collectives or other alternative organizational structures. +</li><li> Demonstrated experience with complex and high profile social media engagement. +</li><li> Deep understanding and ability to support organizational diversity and to maximize the +strengths and advantages of this diversity. +</li><li> Excellent spoken and written English; fluency in other languages within the Tor Project +community is a plus. +</li><li> Outstanding writer/editor. +</li><li> Understanding and support for Tor’s fundraising efforts, working closely with the development +staff. Fundraising and fundraising communications experience is a plus. +</li></ul> + +<h2>How to apply:</h2> +<ul> +<li>Provide a CV and cover letter explaining your background, experience, skills, and other relevant qualifications. Please include links to writing samples. +</li><li> List some people who can tell us more about you. +</li><li>Email the above to jobs@torproject.org, specifying the "Director of Communications" position. +</li></ul> + +<h2>About the company:</h2> + +<p>The Tor Project is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to +research, development, and education about online anonymity and +privacy. The Tor network's 6000 volunteer relays carry 48 Gbps for +several million daily users, including ordinary citizens who want +protection from identity theft and prying corporations, corporations +who want to look at a competitor's website in private, people around +the world whose Internet connections are censored, and even +governments and law enforcement. Tor has a staff of 30 paid +developers, researchers, and advocates, plus many dozen volunteers who +help out on a daily basis. Tor is funded in part by government +research and development grants, and in part by individual and +corporate donations. </p> + +<p>(Posted 6 January 2015.)</p> + + </div> + <!-- END MAINCOL --> + <div id = "sidecol"> +#include "side.wmi" +#include "info.wmi" + </div> + <!-- END SIDECOL --> +</div> +<!-- END CONTENT --> +#include <foot.wmi> + diff --git a/about/en/jobs.wml b/about/en/jobs.wml index b3046d6..f6a0c3a 100644 --- a/about/en/jobs.wml +++ b/about/en/jobs.wml @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ <ul> <li><a href="<page about/jobs-projectmanager>">Project Manager</a></li> +<li><a href="<page about/jobs-dircomms>">Director of Communications</a></li> </ul> <p>In the past, we looked for the following people:</p>