Director, Rapid Response & Narrative Strategy

We strongly encourage people of color, transgender and non-binary people to apply. HRC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone, including non-LGBTQ+ people, to join our team.

Position Summary:

The Director, Rapid Response & Narrative Strategy drives/amplifies HRC's day-to-day political narrative online, translating fast-moving news, research, and campaign priorities into content that lands with reporters, influencers, partner orgs, and persuadable audiences. This role blends digital press shop instincts with video-based content strategy, ensuring HRC consistently sets the frame, not just reacts to it.

Position Responsibilities:

• Digital rapid response: Own real-time narrative response across HRC platforms (plus leading an X/Twitter re-ignition), including drafting posts, statements, and short-form video explainers tied to breaking news and HRC campaign moments.
• Digital press operations: Build and maintain daily digital press guidance (talking points, storylines, Q&A, message discipline) for spokespeople and partner amplification.
• Opposition narrative tracking: Monitor right-wing media, mis/disinformation, and emerging anti-trans attacks; produce "what's happening, what it means, what HRC says" briefs.
• Research-to-content translation: Turn polling, reports, and HRC products into persuasive, shareable assets ideal for sharing across teams.
• Cross-team alignment: Coordinate with Comms, Campaigns, Digital, FSA, Membership, et al to ensure message coherence and maximum reach.

Position Qualifications:

• At least eight years of work experience in media relations or communications, with non-profit experience desired;
• Experience working closely with organization principals;
• Outstanding verbal communications skills and writing talent;
• Demonstrated experience with successfully placing stories, op-eds and ensuring that an organization's message is placed in reactive stories;
• Familiarity with and ability to forge relationships with members of the media;
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines with attention to detail;
• Willingness and ability to respond to breaking news, often outside the workday;
• Comfort working in a high-volume environment and ability to closely follow the messaging of the organization on a wide variety of issues;
• Passion for non-profit programmatic work directly impacting communities;
• Background or experience with LGBTQ+ rights, politics, and/or non-profit programmatic work;
• The ability to travel 10-15% of the time will be required. This may often include evening and weekend work.

All positions at the Human Rights Campaign and/or the Human Rights Campaign Foundation may require travel on a regular basis or periodically. Where the need arises for business travel, appropriate compensation as outlined by the Fair Labor Standards Act will apply.

Employer is the Human Rights Campaign, Inc., an I.R.C. 501(c)(4) non-profit entity.