Senior Communications Coordinator

Location: Denver

Work Schedule: Non-exempt, Full-time, Hybrid

Deadline for submission: COB December 10, 2026

Conservation Colorado is seeking a Senior Communications Coordinator to support the creation of high-impact communications that move people to action and elevates our mission across the state.


About Conservation Colorado
As the largest statewide environmental organization in Colorado, our mission is simple:  we work to protect our state’s climate, air, land, water, and communities.  We play a unique role in Colorado as our work focuses on organizing communities, influencing decision-makers, and electing conservation-minded leaders.  We work for a Colorado where every community can breathe clean air, drink clean water, protect the landscapes we share and secure our climate future.  And, where communities once burdened by environmental injustices lead the way forward.  You can learn more about our mission here.
 

What You’ll Do

Reporting to the VP of Communications & Marketing, this position helps build awareness, inspire action, and strengthen support for protecting Colorado’s environment and communities.  They bring our work to life through compelling and credible communications across email, social media, press releases, and other materials.

Specific responsibilities include:

Strategic Communications Planning & Execution

• Collaborate with our program staff to develop and implement communication strategies for climate, land use, water conservation, transportation, fundraising, community engagement, and other organizational campaigns.
• Develop comprehensive communication plans with clear objectives, timelines, target audiences, and values-driven messaging,  ensuring alignment across departments.
• Develop and implement email marketing strategies and campaigns that engage supporters, drive action, and advance organizational goals, including audience segmentation, content development, and performance optimization.
• Help generate media coverage for assigned issue areas and campaigns, including pitching stories, generating coverage, responding to media inquiries, and coordinating with organizational spokespeople.
• Track, analyze, and report on communications performance across email, social media, websites, and paid media, using data and insights to evaluate effectiveness, report to internal stakeholders, and inform future strategies.

Content Creation & Messaging

• Create compelling written content, including press releases, op-eds, talking points, speeches, blog posts, emails, and other materials that inform, engage, and motivate audiences.
• Conceptualize, produce, and edit engaging multimedia content, including social media graphics, short-form videos, and other visual storytelling materials tailored to specific audiences and platforms.
• Provide peer review and edit documents for clarity, accuracy, consistency, and alignment with organizational messaging and brand standards.
• Incorporate authentic stories and perspectives from communities directly impacted by climate change and other environmental challenges into communications content.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure messaging consistency, alignment with organizational priorities, and adherence to established review and approval processes.

In addition to your regular responsibilities, all staff are expected to participate at some level in organizational priorities including helping in certain fundraising efforts, taking part in election-related activities, and committing to organizational efforts around equity & inclusivity.

Qualifications

This position is a great opportunity to be a part of a Communications Team dedicated to delivering content that motivates people to take action, moves decision-makers to think about our issues differently, and to be a part of making real progress on some of the biggest issues facing us today -- climate change, water conservation, and protecting our public lands & communities.  To be successful in this job, you will demonstrate adaptability, curiosity, and have the skills to do that in the context of a political, issue-advocacy based environment.  More specifically, you will have or be most or all of the following:

Demonstrated project management skills in a fast-paced environment.  Our work context is ever shifting and moves quickly here and you will need the skills to manage that while leading large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects, collaborating across teams, managing contributors, and ensuring content is delivered on time and meets the goals of the project.  This includes managing the use of our project management systems (we use Asana), and being able to manage projects successfully with your peers. 

Strong advocacy writing skills.  It is vital to have experience creating high-impact issue-based, advocacy communications (particularly in email & social media) that move people to take action.  Experience editing and the ability to hold and maintain standards in grammar and syntax (we use AP style) is also useful as well as ensuring content is culturally appropriate and in alignment with the organization's voice and goals.

Creativity & Innovation.  It’s not enough to be able to execute on work that is assigned.  We are looking for someone to bring a fresh perspective to our work to help us better communicate complex policy issues and to identify new approaches to content creation that motivates people to take action with us, build a narrative around our issues, and ultimately increase the impact we have on our issues.

Multimedia Production & Visual Storytelling Skills.  We're looking for someone who enjoys bringing stories and ideas to life through engaging visual content, including social media graphics and short-form videos.  You should have experience using accessible digital content creation tools (such as Canva or built-in social media video editing tools), an eye for effective visual storytelling, and an interest in developing creative content that makes complex issues accessible, connects with diverse audiences, and inspires action.

Deep Collaboration Orientation.  We’re looking for someone who sees great communications as a team effort. You will need to be generous with your knowledge, curious about others’ ideas, comfortable giving and receiving feedback, and excited to collaborate with colleagues with different skills, experiences, and perspectives.

Spanish/English bilingual is a skill we value, but it is not a requirement (one member of the team is focused on producing bilingual content).  This is a full-time job, but there can be some flexibility in the exact schedule.
 

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this full-time role is $65,000-$72,000, with exact salary depending on relevant experience and demonstrated competencies.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, rooted in equity, transparency, and trust—and never ask for prior salary history.

We provide high-quality health insurance and a strong benefits package that includes a SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with a match, at least 30 days of vacation & holidays in addition to six physical & mental wellness days in your first year, a parental leave and a sabbatical program.  Please note that as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, Conservation Colorado employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

All Conservation Colorado roles involve some in-person work, so COVID vaccination is required.  We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid model without a fixed in-office schedule—each team member works with their manager to determine what makes sense based on role and preference.  Those who prefer can work from the office full-time.

We are committed to building a more diverse & inclusive organization and conservation movement to fully represent and engage all Coloradans and to build as powerful a movement as we can.  Recruiting staff that better reflects Colorado is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, ethnicities, geographies, political affiliations, sexual orientations, gender identities, and all other identities represented in Colorado or protected by law.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

To Apply

If this job speaks to you, please submit a cover letter & resume and answer a few questions.  If you have a disability and need accommodation or assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by calling us at 303.333.7846.