Communications Director, Regulated Botanicals and Functional Beverages

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, REGULATED BOTANICALS AND FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES– REMOTEABOUT US

Elevation Capital is a group of internationally impactful companies spanning consumer packaged goods, hospitality, technology, real estate, non-profit, and venture funding. Run by a highly entrepreneurial self-made founder, and supported by a team of highly capable executives across business units, the business operates globally with interests in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. With wholly owned companies in various growth stages and an expanding investment portfolio, this group collectively serves a global vision to create an evolved world where humanity reaches its highest potential.

Our mission is to create and deploy capital for a better world.

To learn more, please visit: elevationcapital.vc

As Communications Director, you will work for one of our operating companies focused in the botanical, dietary supplement and beverage industry to serve as the communications and media relations lead for our brand. This is the right opportunity for a candidate passionate about changing the world by working with cutting edge botanicals and regulatory environments. This right candidate will play an active role in creating, building, and managing strategic communication initiatives that promote and protect the company’s reputation and help recraft the industry messaging.

As part of this, the Director will lead corporate communications activities around commercial matters, spearhead proactive/reactive communications, and develop content strategies for earned and owned corporate channels.

This role is ideal for a passionate, strategic powerhouse who thrives in complex environments, brings relentless clarity to execution, and can lead across functional disciplines.

• Visionary Operator – You bring industry experience turning founder vision into enterprise-level messaging.
• Story Teller – You excel at telling stories and bringing those stories to our constituents.
• Trustworthy Partner – You’ve earned the loyalty of visionary founders by owning outcomes and safeguarding the mission.
• Decisive & Disciplined – You drive accountability through clear priorities, performance metrics, and a strong culture of execution.
• Calm Under Pressure – You bring composure, credibility, and clarity in complex, high-growth contexts.
• Detailed Driver - Not only can you drive the team’s vision to execution, but you can track and operate all the details that make it a reality.
• Passionate and Outgoing - You want to build your network with external resources to help recraft the industry narrative and inspire consumers.

• In collaboration with leadership of the Regulatory and Communications Team, play a lead role in driving and contributing to the overall communications strategy for the company.
• Manage and support the company’s corporate narrative and story-telling campaigns, working in concert with internal stakeholders.
• Lead communications for our sales network.
• Provide strategic counsel on corporate campaign development, earned media activations, proactive and reactive media stories, and owned content.
• Develop and execute content strategies to expertly respond to reputation challenges and issues, as they arise
• Develop and execute communications plans for integrated campaigns
• Move quickly and feel comfortable having autonomy to lead projects

• 7-10 years communications experience in-house, at a PR agency, or ideally a mix of both.
• Related undergraduate degree (communications, journalism, literature, or writing preferred).
• Experience developing and executing effective strategies and execution of corporate, brand, and issues communications.
• Strong media relations experience with a sophisticated understanding of reactive strategies.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience in highly regulated industries preferred.
• Track and report campaign results; track against KPIs.

An aggressive base salary will be provided in this position, with an additional lucrative bonus plan based on performance and liquidity events. In this role you will be given the opportunity to lead projects with lucrative upside and will be rewarded generously on success. Full medical benefits are provided as part of this role.