Location: Washington, DC
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Organization overview Pew Research Center is made up of intellectually curious people from across many fields, places and backgrounds. For decades, our expertise, best-in-class methods and commitment to high-quality, fact-based research have made us a trusted resource for leaders and everyday people around the world. We generate a foundation of facts that enriches public dialogue and supports sound decision-making. We are nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonadvocacy. We value independence, objectivity, accuracy, rigor, humility, transparency and innovation. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Center’s work is carried out by a staff of about 170. Position summary The communications manager is responsible for promoting the work of Pew Research Center’s News and Information research team, at a pivotal moment in time for the media landscape. The manager assists communications leadership with achieving departmental and institutional goals, collaborates with colleagues on the communications team and provides audience-centric counsel to the research team. Key responsibilities include: 1) planning and managing the dissemination and promotion of Center research to traditional and non-traditional media, crafting outreach materials and monitoring coverage and discussion of the Center’s research; 2) ensuring the Center’s work reaches key stakeholder audiences by developing relationships with other organizations and arranging virtual and in-person briefings. (Stakeholders for this research team include newsroom, platform and media business leaders, media associations, audience professionals, journalism schools and communications professionals.); and 3) liaising with, and reporting on outcomes to, a major funder of the research team’s work. The communications manager for this research team is passionate for communication not only as a trade, but as a topic of study. They follow the news, get the details right, are cre