JOB OPENING:

Communications and Media Relations Manager for World BEYOND War

• About World BEYOND War: https://worldbeyondwar.org/
• Location: Remote (anywhere on Earth)
• Reports to: Executive Director
• Works in collaboration with: all staff, board, and chapters
• Position Type: Part-time (20 hrs./week) with potential to develop into fulltime
• Compensation: $1,000 to $2,500 per month, adjusted to local cost of living
• Date to Apply By: November 6, 2026
• Start Date: The anticipated start date is as soon as possible, following the successful completion of the hiring process and a final decision being made.

The Communications and Media Relations Manager will help coordinate the organizational communications strategy, ensuring visual brand and messaging cohesion across departments. This will involve developing and executing creative and effective communications plans.

The Communications and Media Relations Manager’s job is to make more people aware of the educational and activist work of World BEYOND War, a global organization with staff and volunteers producing a wide variety of courses, resources, reports, articles, videos, and statements — as well as organizing campaigns around the world using all variety of creative nonviolent activism and art to impact public understanding and public policy related to war and peace.

Success in this job will mean an increase in earned media coverage in a variety of media, not only making more people aware of World BEYOND War but also bringing more people to engage with World BEYOND War through its materials and website, through donations, and through joining its chapters and taking part in its activities.

The Communications and Media Relations Manager will work on the promotion of stories, spokespeople, articles, reports, books, and videos through outreach to major media outlets and all variety of independent media producers, including podcasters, influencers, bloggers, radio shows, book reviewers, etc.

They will strategize with other staff and volunteers to plan campaigns for maximum communications and media success. The Communications and Media Relations Manager’s job will include working with volunteer chapter organizers to assist in the planning and promotion of their work.

They will work on designing and creating graphics, including for billboards and banners, as well as videos — often making use of footage generated by volunteer activists.

They will coordinate with the Social Media Manager who oversees communications through social media. Both the Social Media Manager and the Communications and Media Relations Manager will report to the Executive Director. Both will be promoting some of the same campaigns, one on social media, the other to media outlets and independent media producers. Both will be creating graphics and videos — one for social media, the other for billboards, banners, and websites.

The Communications and Media Relations Manager will collaborate with the Organizing Director and other organizing staff on working with chapters to shape and promote activist campaigns, with the Education Director on promoting educational projects, with the Executive Director and Technology Director on use of the website, with the Development director and development staff on fundraising efforts, etc.

All staff attend a weekly staff meeting and, when needed, a monthly Board meeting.

The successful candidate for this job should strongly support the work of building a powerful nonviolent movement for the abolition of the entire institution of war.

A successful candidate should have:

• experience in public relations;
• familiarity with online tools and communications;
• fluency in English;
• additional languages;
• experience in graphic design and video production;
• the ability to work independently, remotely, and collaboratively;
• a dedication to ending all war.

This staff person will work as an independent contractor, but World BEYOND War will provide two weeks paid vacation as well as paid sick leave and parental leave.

This is a newly created position in a growing organization.

World BEYOND War is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Applications that appear to have been written by machines will not be considered.

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