Digital Director, Central Communications

New America - Washington, DC

Hiring: Digital Director, Central Communications Company: New America Location: Washington, DC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:22:56 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Accessibility, Asana, CSS, Content Strategy, Drupal, Google Analytics, HTML, JavaScript, Jira, Monday.com, Quality Assurance, React, Trello, User Experience, WordPress About the job Required Skills: •Digital strategy and product leadership •Set the vision and strategy for New America’s website, digital publishing tools, audience-development channels, and data visualizations/interactive storytelling capabilities. •Develop and oversee a digital product roadmap that aligns organizational goals, audience needs, and available resources, while ensuring digital products adhere to best practices for accessibility, user experience, privacy, performance, and search visibility. •Lead product-development processes involving internal stakeholders and external vendors. •Identify opportunities to expand New America’s interactive storytelling and data-visualization capabilities in ways that increase the reach and impact of its research and policy ideas. •Evaluate New America’s digital systems on an ongoing basis and make informed budget, staffing, technology, and vendor recommendations to the VP of Content and Communications. •Website management and digital publishing •Lead the next phase of New America’s website strategy, ensuring that the site continues to evolve as an effective digital publishing, storytelling, and audience-engagement platform. Qualifications: •At least eight years of relevant professional experience, including at least three years managing staff. •Demonstrated experience developing and implementing an organization-wide digital strategy. •Significant experience leading digital product development, website management, web design, or a related function. •Demonstrated ability to develop product roadmaps, prioritize competing needs, and lead complex projects from planning through implementation and evaluation. •Solid functional working knowledge of HTML and CSS. •Operational familiarity with modern web-development technologies and frameworks, including JavaScript and React, and content management systems such as WordPress or Drupal. •Knowledge of current user experience, user interface, web accessibility, privacy, and digital publishing practices. •Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills. •Demonstrated success collaborating with senior leaders and colleagues across diverse disciplines, roles, and levels of technical expertise. Compensation: •$135,000 - $150,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!