HELLO! NICE TO MEET YOU

We’re a community-driven communications agency for changemakers, powered by social justice. We’re a small, mighty, diverse and fully remote team that believes we can use our communications expertise to make a difference in our communities. Although this is a remote position, for this role, we’re looking to build our team in the San Diego area only.

COMPENSATION & CULTURE
  • Salary for all director-level positions is $100,000.
  • We offer these outrageously awesome benefits, a four-day work week and a paid winter break between Dec 25 and New Years. 
A LITTLE ABOUT US 
  • Mixte is committed to an equitable hiring process and building teams where people of all identities and backgrounds are welcome, included and respected (see our employee video). We encourage candidates to apply who are from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as folks who are from, or who have experience working, in social justice communities. 
  • Our core values drive everything we do – from the clients we work with to the way we operate as a team. We don’t advertise on Meta platforms, as it actively goes against our values, and we partner with organizations to offer paid job training to the communities that they serve.
  • We support every employee through professional development courses mapped to a customized 23-step proprietary program at Mixte. 
A LITTLE ABOUT YOU
  • You are dedicated to social justice – both in your local community and broader – and you get fired up reading the news, particularly related to housing and homelessness.
  • You are from (or have been) a resident of San Diego for years and have been there long enough to have strong familiarity working with immigrant communities or communities south of the I-8.
  • You’re looking to put your years of experience to work in creating lasting change, rather than using it to climb a corporate ladder.
  • You understand the power of strategic, long-term communications to build trusting audiences and drive them to action, which leads to real change.
  • You have led lots of teams, and you know how to inspire them to think big and trust them to deliver high-quality results.
  • You’ve worked at big agencies and you’re way more inspired by the idea of being a part of a small and nimble team where everyone has the opportunity to collaborate and surface ideas without the bureaucracy of larger companies.
  • You have high levels of emotional intelligence and love building long-term relationships.
  • Your tenure with other employers – both the good and the bad – has allowed you to crystallize exactly what you’re looking for in your next career, and you won’t sacrifice that vision for any job.
  • You’re excited by – and have tremendous understanding and comfort with a 100% remote working environment. You appreciate the perks of creating magic from home and you know how to produce stellar results virtually.
YOUR ROLE

As a Communications Director at Mixte, you will have a vision for leveraging public relations and digital community building to connect communities, drive social impact and increase Mixte’s visibility as a communications agency focused on changemakers. As part of the company’s leadership team, this role will report to the Vice President of Communications, while partnering closely with the other Directors and collaborating daily with Account Supervisors and Strategists.

LEADERSHIP
  • Engage in financial, operational and HR conversations as part of the leadership team
  • Lead approximately 8 accounts and develop trusting, long-term relationships with clients who renew contracts year over year
  • Use your emotional intelligence to foresee and respond to client concerns before they materialize into something bigger
  • Lead a team of highly skilled communications professionals to activate on projects with alignment on the bigger picture vision and long-term goals and hold them accountable to results
  • Collaborate to develop solutions for necessary processes, noticeable trends, company-wide systems, shared client needs, team needs and more
  • Find technological solutions to day-to-day challenges so we can work smarter, not harder
  • Engage in advocacy actions that matter to you and build relationships within your local community as part of building Mixte’s brand awareness regionally
CREATIVE WORK
  • Define measurement models for project success and review analytics regularly to understand the story the data is telling and translate that to clients and into next steps
  • Push the creative envelope and encourage the team to see their creative work as outside-the-box catalysts for social change
  • Ensure all work meets Mixte’s standard for quality-of-work
  • Oversee the development of communications deliverables that align with client and Mixte strategic plans, including but not limited to:
    • Mixte’s own Momentum Model framework for social justice communications
    • Campaign strategies
    • Messaging frameworks
    • Audience personas
    • Creative assets (videos, gifs, photography, social content, creative campaign elements)
    • All forms of written content (think everything from press releases to newsletters and social media posts)
BUSINESS GROWTH
  • Cultivate and earn new business for the company. Each director has specific revenue goals for the department as well as outreach goals for each team member to achieve.
REQUIREMENTS

This role requires that you are established and located in the San Diego area. Don’t meet every one of our other requirements but have most? No problem. Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they do, so we encourage you to apply anyway.

  • Located in the San Diego area and involved with the local community
  • Understanding of homelessness and history working on housing and services that help people out of homelessness
  • Experience working with immigrant and refugee communities
  • At least 7 years working at a communications agency leading client accounts
  • At least 7 years implementing public relations strategies and leading PR teams
  • Previous experience and comfort working 100% remotely
  • History of developing and implementing strategic communications plans
  • Exceptional communication and public speaking skills
  • Outstanding leadership, program management and organizational skills
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in Asana, Slack and Google Workspace preferred
  • Multilingual, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Vietnamese preferred

Mixte is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodations are required to fully participate in the application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please let us know in a manner in which you are comfortable.

READY TO APPLY?

Please send your resume to hiring@gomixte.com with the subject line: “Your Next Communications Director,” and include a 30-second video that shows us why you should be our next Health Justice Communications Director. You do not need to be in the video. Be specific. Be creative. Be yourself.

Everything we do is guided by our values and our pursuit of justice for all people. That includes how we hire. If you choose to apply, here’s what you can expect from the hiring process.

No phone calls, please. We will begin reviewing applications immediately, and will keep our search open until we find the right candidate.