Career Opportunities

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

Positions Available

Communications Director

Our Mission

Founded in 1979, FAIR’s mission is to examine immigration trends and effects, to educate the American people on the impacts of sustained high-volume immigration, and to discern, put forward, and advocate immigration policies that will best serve American economic, societal, and environmental interests today and into the future.

Today, FAIR is the foremost immigration reform organization in the country with more than three million members and supporters nationwide. Providing essential educational and activist materials to the American public and arming them with the facts they need to make informed decisions about public policy, FAIR is the go-to organization for immigration policy information nationwide. We are committed to promoting strong border security and interior enforcement, advocating on behalf of American workers, families, and communities and providing protections for our nation’s resources – in order to preserve the prosperity of our country for generations to come.

If you believe that immigration should have limits, that illegal immigration is a crime, and that the American people have the right to control their own borders, consider pursuing a career with FAIR today!

Full-Time Positions

Communications Director

(Hybrid Schedule)

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), America’s largest immigration reform group, advocates for enforcement and controls serving our nation’s interest. We’re looking for an energetic, do-it-all communications professional who can collaboratively develop and implement FAIR’s messaging, media, and communications strategy to educate and influence public opinion to advance true immigration reform.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a key spokesperson for FAIR; proactively and effectively communicates FAIR’s mission and position on a wide range of immigration-related policies.
• Creates and executes a strategy for expanding FAIR’s media outreach through print, radio, and television; assists with social media outreach.
• Serves as primary contact for all media inquiries. Determines who will respond. In some instances, the Communications Director will respond directly as an authorized spokesperson.
• Maintains constant awareness and understanding of local, state, and national immigration issues and internal program activities and priorities.
• Rapidly identifies and acts on opportunities for FAIR to generate news coverage, whether proactively or in reaction to external events.
• Assists with editing, writing, and distributing press releases, opinion pieces, and blogs; writes and edits weekly newsletter sent to targeted media members.
• Ensures that FAIR media is posted correctly on the website and ready for social media distribution by working with the Digital department.
• Tracks media appearances and develops metrics to analyze the effectiveness of outreach strategies and develop opportunities for improvement.
• Develops and maintains trusted relationships with key members of the media.
• Develops and maintains trusted relationships with media colleagues in like-minded organizations and on Capitol Hill.
• Evaluates and maintains department vendor relationships. Serves as primary contact for communications vendors.
• Stays abreast of all trends in the communications field.
• Organizes, reviews, and updates media databases.
• Manages and updates the department’s page in SharePoint.
• With staff assistance, gathers and distributes daily news clips across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications/Media or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in Communications/Media or a related field; experience in public policy preferred.
• Vision for developing and executing complex, proactive media strategies.
• Ability to develop talent and manage a professional communications department; managerial experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, maturity, and sound judgment.
• Exceptional oral communication skills; ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to non-experts.
• Exceptional writing skills; experience composing professional quality op-eds, blogs, and publications.
• Superior aptitude to confidently and effectively appear on television, radio programs, and in print media.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Skill at pitching concepts and stories to media contacts.

This position is at FAIR’s Washington, DC headquarters. The position is exempt, full-time offering generous benefits; the salary is commensurate with experience.

(Candidates are encouraged to visit FAIR’s webpage at www.fairus.org to learn more about the organization).

For your application to be considered, please submit a cover letter indicating familiarity with our mission, a resume, and one writing sample to bluej@fairus.org.

FAIR provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.