CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Objective: Responsible for managing the CLT Alliance brand and reputation in the market, the Vice President of Communications will be a strategic leader responsible for developing and overseeing all communications initiatives to enhance the company’s brand, reputation, and public image. This individual will lead a dynamic communications team, working closely with senior executives, stakeholders, and external partners to ensure consistent and effective messaging across all channels. The VP of Communications will also be a key advisor to the executive team on matters related to public relations, media strategy, crisis communication, and internal communications, including building awareness of the organization’s mission, strategic initiatives, and activities among investors, community at large, and the media.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a wide range of comprehensive communications strategies that align with the organization’s business goals and enhance its brand visibility and reputation.
2. Public Relations: Manage the company’s PR strategy, including crisis communication, reputation management, and the creation of key messages and narratives. Create and distribute news releases, announcements, and updates on CLT Alliance activities. Identify key opportunities for CLT Alliance leadership and subject matter experts to participate in interviews, panels, and other community engagement opportunities.
3. Media Relations: Respond to and coordinate needs related to media, PR, speaking engagements, or interview requests. Provide CLT Alliance staff with talking points, media coaching, and other prep materials as needed. Build and maintain relationships with key media outlets, journalists, and influencers. Oversee press releases, media inquiries, and interviews, ensuring clear and accurate media coverage.
4. Internal Communications: Work closely with internal teams and external agencies to fully and meaningfully integrate the CLT Alliance’s value proposition into all programming, events, and materials, ensuring alignment on key messages, announcements, and organizational updates.
5. Brand Marketing: Manage agency relationships to create marketing materials highlighting the CLT Alliance in ads and videos. Lead the development and execution of brand campaigns and ensure consistency in messaging, tone, and visual identity across all communication channels.
6. Executive Communication: Advise and coach senior executives, including the CEO, on public speaking, media interviews, and stakeholder communications. Help craft speeches, talking points, and communications to key stakeholders.
7. Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop the communications team, comprised of a Content Manager and a Graphic Designer, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment. Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and ensure professional growth opportunities
8. Owned Media: Oversee development and execution of the Monthly Report, an update on key CLT Alliance activities distributed to the region’s business community. Create Alliance Alert electronic updates when relevant. Manage the news section of the website and oversee home page news.
9. Measurement and Reporting: Establish metrics to track the effectiveness of communication strategies and campaigns, providing regular reports to senior leadership. Utilize media monitoring tools to track coverage and measure mentions, sentiment, and other key metrics.
10. Content Creation: Support Marketing/Communications team with content, articles, scripting, social media, presentations, and other needs.
11. Other duties as assigned: Handle other requests and projects that may be assigned by the COO, President and CEO, and other CLT Alliance leadership.

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in communications, public relations, or a related field, with at least three years of management experience.
• Proven track record of leading and executing communications strategies for large or complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional writing and communications skills. Meticulous attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to understand, adapt, and consistently align messaging with the brand’s voice across various platforms, ensuring a cohesive and engaging experience for target audiences.
• Proven media relations track record and polished on-air/interviewer skills; relationships with local and regional media a plus.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple complex projects and excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making abilities, especially under pressure.
• Collaborative and approachable leadership style.
• CLT Alliance Staff are required to be in-office five days a week with flexibility.

Evaluation of Job Performance: Bi-yearly review with COO.

Compensation: Salary range $115,000-$125,000 plus eligible incentive structure based on individual, team and organizational performance metrics.

CLT Alliance:

The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance champions, serves, and works to unite a region comprised of people from all walks of life. We honor diversity, inclusion, and equity internally and externally. We are committed to advancing economic opportunity and prosperity for all across the Charlotte Region.

Please download and complete the application, forward with cover letter and resume to careers@charlotteregion.com.

Reports to: Chief Advocacy Officer

Objective:    Responsible for co-developing and executing the Alliance’s advocacy agenda to expand the organization’s visibility, relevancy, and effectiveness on key issues that will drive a positive, inclusive, and successful business environment for the Charlotte Region.

• Work closely with the Chief Advocacy Officer and Advocacy team members to drive organizational development and implementation of short and long-term tactics to fulfill the objectives of the strategic plan.
• Represent the Alliance and Charlotte region externally and internally as a policy trailblazer, and work to elevate the Charlotte Region’s competitiveness for investment and inclusive economic growth.
• Strategically advance the Alliance’s relevancy in public policy formation, political representation, and advocacy communications and increase awareness of its legislative agenda, referendum campaigns, membership programs and impact.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):

1. Responsible for preparing communications to keep Alliance investors informed of issues and actions as appropriate. Contributes to internal/external communications including Alliance videos, podcasts, newsletters, emails, website, and Executive Committee and Board of Directors reports, support/opposition letters and all public policy related statements.
2. Serve as a point of contact for local elected officials and builds and maintains trusted working relationships with state legislators, legislative staff and the federal delegation; Lead all efforts in SC, Co-lead with Advocacy Officer in NC.
3. Works as part of the Advocacy team to shape lobbying strategy for regional competitiveness agenda.
4. Stays well-informed of and identifies key developments relative to policy initiatives with regional significance (i.e., infrastructure to include transportation/mobility, water, 5G/IoT/AI, housing; education and workforce development; innovation; sustainability; systems governance and more).
5. Provides legislative tracking, bill analysis, policy and political intelligence to the Alliance’s member companies and works to build a broad regional consensus on key policy issues.
6. Develop Alliance programs to support the onboarding/orientation of elected officials and policymakers across the bi-state region.
7. Execute campaign strategy and implementation for ballot referendums related to Community Investment Programs and Transportation funding.
8. Execute and sustain strategic partnerships with investors, the region’s businesses, industry associations, coalitions, and special interest groups, as well as grassroots networks and organizations that are counter to established Alliance goals.

Handle all other duties assigned by the Chief Advocacy Officer.

Job Requirements:

-Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of the federal, state, regional and local legislative and policymaking processes.

-Skills:

• Strong written communication skills.
• Experience with successfully lobbying elected officials.
• Proven track record in crafting and developing effective and successful policies and programs.

-Ability:

• Effectively manage complex projects and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to cultivate relationships with elected officials. Existing relationships with local/state/federal government decision-makers a plus.

-Bachelor’s Degree or higher degree preferred.

-5-10+ years’ experience working in government relations in a policy-related field.

Evaluation of Job Performance:

Bi-Yearly review with Chief Advocacy Officer.

Compensation:

Salary range $90,000-$110,000 plus eligible incentive structure based on individual, team and organizational performance metrics.

CLT Alliance:

The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance champions, serves and works to unite a region comprised of people from all walks of life. We honor diversity, inclusion, and equity internally and externally. We are committed to advancing economic opportunity and prosperity across the Charlotte Region.

Please download and complete the application, forward with cover letter and resume to careers@charlotteregion.com.