Communications Manager (Remote) – Covering Climate

Job Description

Covering Climate Now is seeking a communications manager to work with the CCNow editorial team to produce social media content (editorial and marketing) and other communications materials to engage and help journalists who want to more fully participate in climate reporting.

Ideal candidates will excel at working with a remote team, utilizing email, Slack, and Zoom to communicate on a daily basis. They will collaborate with colleagues, offer ideas, and help shape our engagement projects to serve and inform our journalistic audience effectively. Through social media posting, video production, and outreach, the communications manager will help CCNow amplify exemplary climate reporting; alert journalists to CCNow events, programs, and trainings; and help to create a community of practice around an all-of-newsroom approach to climate coverage.

About CCNow

Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration with over 600 partners. We support journalists and newsrooms to produce better, more informed coverage of the biggest story of our time. We encourage reporting on climate change — and its solutions — throughout the newsroom, because climate touches every aspect of our lives.

Organized for journalists, by journalists, CCNow is a forum for learning, networking, and exchanging ideas. It was co-founded in 2019 by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation magazine, with the Guardian and WNYC as our lead media partners. CCNow is a non-partisan organization. Our fiscal sponsor is the non-profit organization, Fund for Constitutional Government.

Position Responsibilities include

• Work with the audience editor to produce content, including but not limited to social posts and videos about news stories, best practices, live events, and more. 
• Facilitate community engagement and collaborations/partnerships with audience members and newsroom partners through social platforms.
• Help communicate CCNow’s impact and amplify its work.
• Reach new audiences and generate conversation about improving climate coverage in newsrooms across media, around the world. 
• Write, edit, and fact check copy as required.
• Other duties, as assigned.

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• Interest and experience in social media (especially LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok) content production, creator culture, and new trends in social media communication and online journalism.
• Graphic design and video shooting and editing skills.
• Familiarity with social analytics.
• Strong news judgment. (Communications or Journalism degree a plus.)
• Strong writing skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues in multiple departments and across multiple time zones.
• Strong interest in local and regional news, especially as it relates to climate change. 
• Ability to prioritize effectively.
• Ability to work simultaneously on short- and long-term projects.
• Familiarity with digital content creation and scheduling tools (especially Canva, Buffer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and other audio/video editing software).
• Proven ability to contribute to a positive, diverse, creative, high impact culture.
• Fluency in other languages, particularly Spanish, is desirable.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Required to have internet access and a personal computer. 
• Must be able to work remotely from a quiet and secure place. 
• Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.

This is a part-time (24 hours per week) remote position.

CCNow is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Salary is $3,500 per month, depending on experience, with excellent benefits. Email cover letter and resume to jobs [at] coveringclimatenow.org or apply via our application form. 

Submission deadline: May 1, 2026