Director of Communications

Overview

The Communications Director serves as a senior leader responsible for shaping and executing the narrative strategy for Our Voice Our Vote Arizona (OVOV) and Arizona Coalition for Change (AZC4C). This role leads all organizational communications to advance long-term organizing, advocacy, and political power-building goals. The Director builds a clear, disciplined narrative that connects community experience to policy change, electoral strategy, and governing power.

They will oversee storytelling, digital strategy, media relations, brand integrity, and rapid response—ensuring communications are strategically aligned with organizing campaigns and political objectives. This role works closely with the Executive Director, Chief of Staff, Organizing Director, and Political & Advocacy Director to translate on-the-ground work into compelling public narratives that build power, shift public will, and elevate leadership across Arizona.

About The Organization

Arizona Coalition for Change is a community power-building organization that empowers everyday people to transform their community through building civic power, leadership development, and community collaboration. We advocate for lasting progressive public policies that change the dynamics of communities by putting people first. We work to develop and uplift voices in communities to take on the nation’s most pressing issues.

Our Voice Our Vote Arizona (OVOV) is one of the state’s leading civic and electoral justice organizations. We empower communities to influence decisions that impact their lives through organizing, leadership development, and advocacy. Our work ensures that Arizonans—particularly those historically excluded from political power—have the tools, voice, and representation needed to shape the policies that affect them most. Through Our Voice Our Vote PAC
, we engage directly in elections to support candidates who govern with integrity, equity, and accountability to the people.

Organizational Beliefs

Arizona Coalition for Change and Our Voice Our Vote Arizona is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage women, people of color, and LGBTQ candidates to apply. We deeply value the expertise of lived experience and seek to invest in applicants that have shared lived experience with the constituents we currently and hope to work with, including folks of color, those who are immigrants, or children of immigrants to the US, those whose first language is not English, trans and queer individuals, and others from communities who have been impacted by systemic inequities.

Our team members must be passionate about developing relationships and building grassroots power for BIPOC communities in the state. We have undertaken a new strategic direction, doubling down on transformative organizing by establishing a culture where leaders are liberated through collective movement building, leadership development, and risk-taking.

Core Responsibilities

• Narrative Strategy & Leadership
  • Lead the organization’s overarching narrative and messaging strategy across the organizations ensuring alignment with long-term organizing and political goals.
  • Develop and steward a shared narrative framework that connects people power → policy power → electoral power → governing power.
  • Ensure messaging consistently centers working-class communities, community agency, and collective power.
  • Serve as a senior strategic advisor to leadership on narrative risks, opportunities, and message discipline.

• Communications Strategy & Execution
  • Lead and execute all organizational communications, including digital content, email, social media, website content, video, and visual storytelling.
  • Develop and manage integrated communications plans for major campaigns, initiatives, and moments (elections, legislative fights, direct actions, rapid response).
  • Oversee content calendars and production workflows to ensure consistent, high-quality output across platforms.
  • Maintain and evolve organizational brand voice, tone, and visual identity.

• Media Relations & Public Voice
  • Serve as the primary lead on media relations, including pitching stories, managing press inquiries, drafting press releases,…