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Communications Manager

Electrify DC Hybrid · Washington, DC, US 8 days ago

Job Description

Reports to: Executive Director

Location: DMV region, with a few in-person meetings each month.

About the role

Electrify DC is working to make home electrification real for people across the DMV, and the work is growing fast. We are looking for a Communications Manager to tell that story to homeowners and renters, to the contractors and real estate professionals doing the work, and to the wider public looking for ways to make their homes healthier, safer and more affordable to run.

This is an early hire on a small team, which means you will own communications rather than execute someone else's plan. You will set the editorial and creative direction, decide how we show up in the media and online, and shape how a growing organization sounds. Your first major test arrives quickly: the Healthy Homes Fair, our biggest annual event, takes place on March 13, 2027, and preparations begin in September 2026.

If you want climate work where your writing changes what people do in their own homes and how they participate in the energy market, this is that role.

What you will do

• Own Electrify DC's communications and content strategy, and set the editorial and creative vision for how we tell our story.
• Lead communications for the Healthy Homes Fair from September through the March 2027 event, and for our core programs including REALE and the demonstration sites.
• Write and produce our monthly newsletter, commission and edit blog posts and guest contributors, and run an editorial calendar that keeps the website, social channels, and newsletter consistent.
• Write content strategically, not just well — understanding how people search for topics related to home upgrades, so our work on electrification and clean energy actually reaches the people looking for it, rather than sitting unread.
• Build relationships with journalists and secure regular local, trade, and national coverage.
• Grow our storytelling to reflect the full range of people we serve — homeowners and renters, renovation professionals, real estate agents, and career seekers.
• Maintain our brand and style guidelines, and manage the videographers, photographers, and designers we bring in for campaigns.
• Support the monthly meetings of the community of practice Electrify DMV Network
• Grow the stature of the organization through sharing our impact on people’s homes and our thought leadership on energy affordability, health and grid stability.
• Create the decks, talking points, and materials that support the Executive Director and team at events, and bring a creative lens to grant writing and fundraising materials.

What we are looking for

• Three to five years developing and executing communications strategies, ideally somewhere small or scaling.
• A genuinely strong writer and editor who can find the human story inside a heat pump.
• Ability to “market”/influence the right choices through captivating, far reaching social media content. Good sense of what moves people and writing to that effect.
• Proven experience securing media coverage for a cause or an organization.
• Self-directed and comfortable owning a function, with the judgement to prioritize when everything feels urgent.
• Strong organization and follow-through, and the ability to hold several deadlines at once.
• High emotional intelligence, and the ability to work across a range of professional and cultural backgrounds.
• Confident with Google Suite, Wordpress, Canva, Slack, Asana, Eventbrite, and Zoom; familiarity with Salesforce or a similar CRM.
• Rooted in, or eager to plug into, the DMV climate community.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with residential electrification, clean energy, or the health impacts of burning fossil fuels indoors.
• Experience creating, or working with creators on, documentary film, podcasts, or visual storytelling.
• Basic SEO literacy (understanding search intent, on-page best practices)
• Spanish language proficiency, or experience working with translators.

Portfolio

Alongside your resume and cover letter, please include a portfolio with three examples of your communications or creative work. This should either be submitted as a link or separate attachments. Writing samples, video, podcasts, website content, coverage you earned, an OpEd you wrote: whatever best represents your work.

Application Deadline

Applications close Monday, August 31, 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Compensation

$70,000–$85,000, commensurate with experience, plus benefits. We offer the rare chance to build something that matters, early, with real ownership.

Electrify DC welcomes flexible working arrangements. While the role is based in the DMV and requires occasional in-person presence for team and partner meetings, we're happy to work around your schedule and commitments where possible for the organization, including caregiving responsibilities. We care about the work getting done well, not rigid hours, and we'll work to find an arrangement that's collaborative and sustainable for everyone.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Electrify DC is not able to provide visa sponsorship, including H-1B sponsorship, now or in the future.

Commitment to Equal Employment

Electrify DC values diversity in all its forms and is committed to an inclusive and transparent recruitment process. We recruit and hire without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, religion, creed, disability (actual or perceived), medical condition including genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic partnership status, citizenship, military service, height, weight, HIV/AIDS status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.