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Senior Communications Strategist

Scottsdale, AZ; Lansdowne, VA

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Location: Scottsdale, AZ / Lansdowne, VA

Team Overview:

As a Senior Communications Strategist, you play a vital role on the Communications team. In this role, you will shape and execute communication strategies that advance ADF’s mission and amplify its impact. Reporting to the Vice President of Public Relations and Communications, you will lead the development and implementation of strategic communication plans for key areas of the organization — including legal, legislative, alliance, and support functions.

This role combines strategic planning, relationship-building, and hands-on execution. You will serve as the communications lead for your assigned teams, translating complex initiatives into compelling narratives, ensuring brand consistency, and delivering impactful messaging across multiple channels.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Planning & Execution: Develop and implement comprehensive communication strategies and campaigns that strengthen ADF’s messaging, enhance brand reputation, and engage key audiences.
  • Brand Alignment: Ensure all communications reflect ADF’s tone, voice, and visual identity and are aligned with organizational priorities and mission.
  • Partnership & Collaboration: Serve as the primary communications partner for assigned teams, building trusted relationships and providing strategic counsel on messaging and engagement.
  • Integrated Campaign Development: Lead the creation and execution of multi-channel communication plans — including internal communications, media, social media, CEO communications, and marketing — to achieve advocacy and organizational goals.
  • Content Development: Draft, edit, and oversee high-quality communication materials tailored to target audiences and platforms.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners, including creative, marketing, media relations, and subject matter experts, to deliver cohesive and effective campaigns.
  • Performance Measurement: Track and evaluate communication initiatives, using data and metrics to measure effectiveness and inform future strategies.
  • Project Leadership: Manage timelines, deliverables, and resources for multiple concurrent projects, ensuring initiatives are completed on time and on budget.
  • Vendor Management: Oversee relationships and deliverables from external vendors supporting communication and advocacy efforts.
  • You will be asked to perform related duties or special projects as assigned by the VP of Communications and PR.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • 8+ years of experience with communications, journalism, marketing or a related field.
  • Ability to design and implement comprehensive communication strategies aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to craft persuasive, impactful messaging across multiple platforms.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusted partnerships with stakeholders and influence decision making at all levels.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, from conception to completion.
  • An analytical mindset; skilled in evaluating communication metrics and adjusting strategies based on data-driven insights.
  • Creative thinking skills and ability to deliver innovative approaches to developing engaging, audience-focused campaigns.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • A high sense of professionalism with excellent problem-solving abilities, initiative, and composure under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to travel as needed.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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