Description

Job Title: Communications Manager 

Supervisor: Senior Communications Manager

Compensation: $52,380 - $61,625 (depending on experience); generous benefits including fully paid health & dental insurance, a matching Simple IRA retirement plan, 20 days of personal leave per year, 12 days of sick leave per year, 15 paid holidays, and flexibility in work schedules, including a four-day work week.   

Classification: Full Time, Permanent 

Work Location: Helena or Bozeman, MT 

About Wild Montana:

Wild Montana unites and mobilizes communities to keep Montana wild. We work across the state and beyond to secure a future where people and wildlife flourish because public lands and waters are wild and connected, and all communities can enjoy the quality of life these lands and waters provide. Our work safeguards wildlands, secures wildlife habitat and migration corridors, and keeps headwaters and streams running cold, clear, and connected. 

Summary of Position:

The Communications Manager will be part of a dynamic communications team that plans, develops, and implements communications strategies and tactics to elevate Wild Montana, achieve campaign, program, and project goals, and strengthen the movement for public lands in Montana.

As part of a six-person communications team, the Communications Manager will lead communications strategy, messaging, writing, and content development for an assigned portfolio of Wild Montana’s programs and campaigns. The position will play a crucial role in creating and executing strategic and creative communications campaigns that build support for permanent conservation protections, defend Montana’s national public lands, strengthen Wild Montana’s position as the state’s premier conservation organization, and grow and diversify our community of grassroots advocates in Montana and across the country.

The Communications Manager will report to the Senior Communications Manager and work closely with the communications team. This position will also collaborate extensively with Wild Montana’s policy, organizing, development, and stewardship staff.

Major Duties and Responsibilities 

• Proactively conceive, pitch, and lead bold, culturally relevant communications campaigns that break through to new audiences and inspire people to care about and take action for Montana’s public lands.
• Lead communications strategy and implementation for an assigned portfolio of Wild Montana campaigns and programs, and other priorities as assigned.
• Develop campaign communications plans, messaging frameworks, creative briefs, editorial calendars, and other strategic materials in collaboration with the Senior Communications Manager and program staff.
• Collaborate with communications and program staff to originate and execute distinctive, integrated campaigns that shape public conversation, reach beyond Wild Montana’s existing audience, and motivate people to take action.
• Research, draft, test, and refine messages that resonate with Wild Montana’s priority audiences and strengthen public understanding of wilderness designation and other conservation tools as practical ways to protect public access, Montana’s outdoor heritage, wildlife habitat, and local economies.
• Identify opportunities to grow and diversify Wild Montana’s audience, and develop accessible, relevant content that welcomes new people into the public lands movement.
• Collaborate closely with Wild Montana’s policy, organizing, development, and stewardship teams to translate complex policy issues into clear, accurate, and compelling public narratives.
• Execute communications tactics identified in campaign plans and creative briefs, including emails, action alerts, website content, blog posts, opinion pieces, talking points, fact sheets, advertisements, press releases, media advisories, presentations, reports, and print collateral.
• Develop compelling digital stories and media content that elevate the voices of Montanans who value public lands and connect audiences across the country with the landscapes, communities, and policies shaping Montana’s conservation future.
• Plan, produce, and edit short-form videos for digital campaigns, social media, the Wild Montana website, presentations, and other uses.
• Manage video projects from concept through completion, including story development, scripting, interviewing, filming, editing, coordinating feedback, and preparing final files for publication.
• Work closely with the Social Media Manager, Digital Communications Manager, and Graphic Designer to adapt campaign messages and creative concepts for different audiences, platforms, and formats.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, editorial quality, accessibility, and consistency with Wild Montana’s voice and brand.
• Monitor campaign and content performance, use audience data and feedback to assess effectiveness, and recommend adjustments that improve reach, engagement, and action.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with staff, partners, storytellers, contractors, and other contributors.
• Participate in communications planning, editorial meetings, and organizational strategy discussions.
• Perform other communications duties as needed.

Qualifications/Abilities:

• Proven ability to perform the major duties and responsibilities above
• Excellent writing and editing skills, which must be demonstrated
• Ability to translate complex or technical information into clear, engaging, and accessible communications for different audiences.
• Strong verbal and visual communication skills.
• Desire to be innovative, creative, curious, and open to experimentation.
• Sound judgment and the ability to identify the strongest message, story, audience, and communications channel for a particular objective.
• Demonstrated interest in reaching and engaging new audiences, including people and communities that have historically been underrepresented in the conservation movement.
• Ability to develop and manage complex communication projects in project management platforms.
• Ability to organize workload and determine priority of duties
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a collaborative team.
• A desire to be innovative, creative, curious, and open to experimentation.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice

Requirements

Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to travel when needed
• Ability and willingness to work occasional nights and weekends
• Valid United States driver’s license and be insurable
• Must live in Helena, Bozeman, or nearby communities.
• This is a hybrid office and remote-work position. 

Hiring Timeline:

Applications will be accepted through November 4th, 2026, or until the position is filled. Interviews will be held in November/December with the goal of job placement in December 2026. 

How to apply:

Visit https://wildmontana.org/job-openings/ and click “Apply Here”. You will be asked to enter your contact information and upload your resume and cover letter. Cover letters should describe pertinent professional and personal experiences, including volunteer experience that is relevant to the duties of this position.