Senior Communications Strategist

Location:

ACLU Offices (currently Miami or Tallahassee) or Remote within Florida

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Florida seeks a Senior Communications Strategist to join our Communications Department and help achieve the organization’s goal of protecting the liberties that define our democracy. This position is based in the ACLU Offices (currently Miami or Tallahassee) or Remote within Florida

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida (ACLU of Florida or ACLU-FL) is an affiliate of the national ACLU, a national public interest organization devoted to the defense of the Bill of Rights. For over 100 years, the ACLU has served as the nation’s primary protector of the liberties that define our democracy. The organization implements its vital civil liberties mission in all 50 states, in large part through affiliate entities such as the ACLU of Florida.

The ACLU of Florida, the state’s largest civil rights and civil liberties organization, employs litigation, public policy advocacy and organizing, and public education to protect and promote a broad range of constitutional values and individual rights, such as freedom of speech, racial justice, right to privacy, religious liberty, criminal justice reform, voting rights, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, and immigrants’ rights.

The ACLU of Florida litigates a broad range of complex constitutional cases in federal and state courts through direct representation, filing amicus briefs, and submitting administrative complaints to state and federal agencies.

This is a regular, bargaining-unit position represented by the National Organization of Legal Services Workers/United Auto Workers Local 2320 (NOLSW/UAW Local 2320), under the terms of the ACLU of Florida’s collective bargaining agreement.

Reporting to the Communications Director or Deputy Communications Director and working in close collaboration with the ACLU-FL Communications team, the Senior Communications Strategist is responsible for advancing the organization’s public narrative, shaping media strategy, and driving communications across the full arc of the ACLU’s civil rights and civil liberties work. This role leads issue-based communications strategy – translating complex legal and advocacy work into compelling public-facing narratives that build awareness, mobilize support, and move audiences to action.

The Senior Communications Strategist may be primarily dedicated to one or more issue areas such as First Amendment Freedoms, Equality, Justice & Dignity Rights, and Democracy and Accountability Issues, while also contributing to cross-cutting organizational communications priorities. This position goes beyond execution: it provides strategic counsel to leadership, develops integrated communications campaigns, and serves as a senior voice in shaping how the ACLU of Florida communicates its mission to the public, press, and partners.

Work is performed with significant autonomy and independent judgment. The Senior Communications Strategist is expected to lead without close direction, anticipate communications needs, and seek guidance only on matters of unusual complexity or organizational sensitivity.

• Lead the development and execution of multi-faceted, issue-based communications strategies – defining goals, target audiences, messaging frameworks, and platform-specific tactics in collaboration with legal, policy, and advocacy teams.
• Drive proactive and rapid-response media relations, including cultivating and maintaining relationships with local, state, and national journalists, editors, and producers to amplify the ACLU of Florida’s work and secure high-impact coverage.
• Draft, edit, and disseminate a wide…