Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gifted and Talented Scholarships is a nonprofit Scholarship Granting Organization that funds K-12 scholarships for gifted and talented students. The Director of Public Affairs serves as its public voice, building media presence and partnerships that convert credibility into donations. The role also leads donor campaigns and tracks results attributable to media, speaking, and partner activity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal spokesperson for gifted education: pitch reporters, lead TV, radio, print, podcast and online interviews, and headline conferences, member meetings, webinars and community events
• Set the message: produce video and social content, review public materials for factual accuracy, and answer live questions from approved messaging, bringing in legal review when a question calls for it
• Build the partnership portfolio: identify, approach and win companies, associations, organizations and media influencers whose audiences include gifted students, families and educators
• Negotiate and close the agreements, including paid influencer arrangements, that commit partners to asking their members, employees, customers and followers to donate, then activate them into live campaigns
• Run the results: track active partners, reach, attributable donations, and media and speaking engagements, report them honestly, and redirect effort to what produces donations
• Increase donations for K-12 gifted and talented scholarships by owning the organization's public credibility and the partnerships that convert it into funding

Skills

• You've spent 2+ years in the field as a teacher, coordinator, testing specialist, admissions lead or advocate
• Or you're the parent or guardian of a formally identified gifted child and handled their testing and school or program choice yourself
• You've given live and on-camera interviews as an official spokesperson, and you've pitched journalists, fielded press inquiries or engaged policymakers on an organization's behalf
• You've personally sourced and signed partnerships with companies, associations or membership organizations, each ending in a signed agreement or MOU
• You've negotiated or managed paid influencer or content-creator agreements and know how to keep a partner's audience engaged and the messaging on point
• You've explained tax or public policy to the public in plain language, through articles, explainers, op-eds, testimony or interviews
• You're ready to master federal scholarship tax-credit and SGO rules within your first 30 days
• You're based in the United States
• Available 40 hours a week
• Used to driving results in a remote setting without needing someone to set your agenda
• Experience as an educator or leader in gifted education
• Existing relationships with gifted-education associations, enrichment providers or education media
• Experience in school choice, scholarships or nonprofit fundraising

Benefits

• Full-time remote work in the United States

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