VP of Communications & Marketing

VP of Communications & Marketing

Location:

Denver

Work Schedule:

Exempt, Full-time, Hybrid

Deadline for submission:
Jan 19, 2026

Conservation Colorado is seeking a VP of Communications & Marketing to shape and execute the organization’s communications strategy to advance the organization’s mission, advocacy goals, strengthen its brand, and support fundraising efforts.

As the largest statewide environmental organization in Colorado, our mission is simple: we work to protect our state’s climate, air, land, water, and communities. We play a unique role in Colorado as our work focuses on organizing communities, influencing decision-makers, and electing conservation‑minded leaders.

We work for a Colorado where every community can breathe clean air, drink clean water, protect the landscapes we share and secure our climate future. And, where communities once burdened by environmental injustices lead the way forward.

You can learn more about our mission here.

This position reports to the CEO and plays a vital role in advancing the organization’s mission by crafting powerful narratives that mobilize public support for protecting Colorado’s climate, lands, water, and communities. Through elevating the organization’s public profile and leading in creating multi‑channel storytelling and strategic advocacy messaging, this role ensures the organization’s voice drives action, influences decision‑makers, and builds lasting public engagement — and supporting a team of content creators to do the same.

• Develops and drives compelling, issue‑based narrative strategies that inspire public action and influence decision‑makers & creation of program collateral
• Oversees rapid response communications, campaign messaging, and issue framing across channels
• Builds relationships with media, influencers, and partner organizations to amplify advocacy efforts
• Ensures alignment between communications and program goals, integrating grasstops and grassroots voices and lived experience
• Applies an equity lens to message development, resisting harmful tropes and uplifting community expertise

• Lead marketing and communications campaigns that support acquisition, conversion and stewardship of donors as a key audience and aligning messaging with the organization’s values, urgency, and community impact
• Oversees creation of fundraising collateral, campaign materials, and annual reports across digital and print formats
• Supports major gift cultivation through tailored communications strategies that reflect equity values and community impact

• Shapes, manages and evolves the organization’s brand identity, voice, and visual presence ensuring it is consistent, inclusive, reflective of communities served, and resonant across platforms
• Leads cross‑channel storytelling that reflects mission, values, and impact (social media, website, email, brochures, etc.)
• Positions the organization as a thought leader through strategic content, media engagement, and public speaking
• Owns online membership engagement and works closely with the executive team to develop Conservation Colorado’s membership program.

• Manages a high performing team of three (directly managing one person) that delivers results in a way that is equitable, centers collaboration and encourages transparency & open communication
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality
• Oversee the day‑to‑day activities of the team including budgeting, planning, staff development, and ensuring the organizing team has the resources, tools, and support needed to succeed
• Builds collaborative workflows with program, development, and executive teams
• Oversees the Communications Teams’ processes and structures that ensure the team is working as smoothly & efficiently as possible
• As a member of the executive team, shares responsibility for driving the strategic plan and operational success of the organization. Contribute to shaping and executing the…