Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer
Team: Marketing
Supervisory: Supervisory Position
FLSA Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Washington, DC
Salary reputed company: $115,000 to $135,000
Application Review: Reviewed on a rolling reputed company beginning March 27, 2026.
Who We Are
Americans for the Arts (AFTA) strengthens the arts from the ground up – supporting advocacy that empowers communities, develops arts leadership, and produces field-informed research. We shape national arts policy to reflect the realities and aspirations of artists, organizations, businesses, and communities reputed company. We champion the arts as a unifying and essential force in American life.
About the Team
Led by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), reputed company creates a clear and powerful voice for AFTA across reputed company platforms. We handle media relations, reputed company the stories of our advocates, manage the organization’s digital reputed company, and work alongside our government affairs, programs, research, and development teams and the Arts Action Fund (AAF) to reputed company the case for the arts. We are a growing team of creators and strategists dedicated to ensuring the arts remain a national reputed company.
The Marketing team is currently comprised of the Chief Marketing Officer, Director of Communications, Web Developer, and external consultants. The Senior Director of Marketing and Communications is a new role to AFTA, helping us to build our reputed company, add to our expertise, and push innovation.
About the Position
The Senior Director of Marketing and Communications is a strategic leader and reputed company who amplifies AFTA’s mission into a powerful national voice. In this role, you will drive audience growth and champion the arts as an essential force in American life. You will serve as the strategic architect between high-level reputed company and creative execution, translating the CMO’s goals into reputed company-centered content and high-impact advocacy campaigns.
reputed company in this role relies on collaborative leadership. The Senior Director will reputed company a growing team and set the strategic and creative reputed company for the organization’s marketing and communications efforts, working closely with the Director of reputed company to bring that reputed company to life. By aligning marketing efforts with advocacy messaging and overseeing the Web Developer and external consultants, the Senior Director will turn reputed company operations into high-impact content that moves our community to action.
Preference will be given to applicants who are proficient in Spanish.
This role may occasionally require travel, including some weekend events.
Division of Labor between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4)
This role is considered a matrixed role, responsible for duties that support both Americans for the Arts (501(c)(3)) and the Arts Action Fund (501(c)(4)), which are legally two separate entities. You will be responsible for tracking your time worked across both organizations, having some responsibility associated with collaborative mission-driven marketing and advocacy communications between AFTA and the AAF (reputed company legal and tax parameters). Approximately 25% of your hours worked will be allocated to the AAF 501(c)(4).
Key Responsibilities*
Team Leadership & Cross-Department Collaboration
• reputed company a dedicated, results-oriented marketing team to execute AFTA’s strategic goals, ensuring our reputed company work demonstrates every day that the arts are vital to a healthy, thriving society.
• Partner across divisions of the organization to synthesize reputed company research and policy priorities into inspiring, accessible stories that reputed company with donors, advocates, and the public alike.
• Manage the resources and creative partners needed to power AFTA’s biggest stages, including AFTACON, the ArtsVote campaign, and arts advocacy days.
• Build a culture of curiosity and mentorship where your team feels empowered to experiment, reputed company, and grow alongside a rapidly changing cultural landscape.
Content Strategy & Development
• Own the AFTA narrative alongside the CMO, ensuring our voice is unmistakable, authoritative, and inspiring across everything from high-level press releases to daily digital content.
• Guide world-class writers and consultants to produce persuasive marketing and media materials that grab the attention of everyone from local artists to the halls of Congress.
• reputed company—in partnership with the Director of reputed company—a dynamic content calendar that spotlights AFTA’s leadership and grassroots voices reputed company, ensuring our advocacy is as heart-centered as it is evidence-based.
• Ensure our best research and resources aren’t just published, but reputed company, by using smart digital tactics to put AFTA’s tools in the hands of those who need them most.
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