Deputy Communications Director for the Office of Mass Engagement

The Agency You’ll Join: The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team. For current job opportunities, visit our careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With: The Mayor’s Office of Communications is at the heart of our mission to serve, empower, and represent every resident of New York City. We are responsible for coordinating the citywide communications strategy, including messaging from all city agencies. Our goal is to ensure the administration speaks with one voice, effectively and consistently communicating the Mayor's policies and their impact on everyday New Yorkers.

The Office of Mass Engagement’s mission is to bring the people-powered movement that drives the Mayor’s affordability agenda, into City Hall. From organizing tenants to engaging immigrant, ethnic and faith communities to leading citywide door-knocking campaigns on the issues that matter most, the Office of Mass Engagement builds power one conversation at a time.

The Problems You’ll Solve: The Deputy Communications Director will play a critical role in connecting more New Yorkers to one another and to the administration, strengthening the organizing capacity in neighborhoods across the five boroughs, and bringing more New Yorkers into civic life. The Deputy Communications Director will also serve as the City Hall point person for the agencies within the Office’s portfolio, including the Office of Faith-Based Partnerships, the Public Engagement Unit, NYC Service, Civic Engagement Commission, and more. This position reports to the Communications Director in the Office of the Mayor.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• Develop messaging and communications strategies for major community engagements, including parades, celebrations, block parties, and town halls.
• Work with City Hall offices and agencies to ensure messaging is coordinated, strategic, and reflects the administration’s priorities.
• Develop coherent narrative and identify creative opportunities to tell stories about the administration’s work through organizing, direct engagement with New Yorkers, and demystifying government.
• Build and manage a proactive communications calendar for the Commissioner of the Office of Mass Engagement and the office itself, including policy rollouts, announcements, organizing campaigns, events and initiatives, and earned media opportunities.
• Draft remarks for the Commissioner, talking points for staff, releases, video scripts, op-eds, social media copy, and more.
• Partner with Mayor’s Press Office to generate proactive media coverage about the Office of Mass Engagement, including owning stories from end-to-end (pitching and preparing administration staff and outside partners).
• Collaborate with the digital communications team to produce compelling, affirmative content that reaches New Yorkers across platforms.

About You: The ideal candidate is innovative, tenacious, and aligned with the administration’s bold vision for building public engagement campaigns that grow the power of New Yorkers and inspire participation in civic life.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Candidates should have at least five years of relevant experience in communications, public affairs, organizing, journalism, campaigns, or a related field.

Required:

• You must submit a maximum two-page writing sample on a relevant topic, plus a one-page resume with your application.

Additional Information

• In addition to the resume, a cover letter is required to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Do you have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university?
• Do you have an associate degree from an accredited college or university along with two (2) years of experience with administrative, analytic, coordinative, supervisory or liaison responsibilities?
• Do you have a four-year high school diploma, or its educational equivalent approved by a state's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization along with four (4) years of experience as described in question "2" above?
• Do you have a satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that described in questions "1," "2," and/or "3" above?

Preferred Skills

• Prefer Experience in political communications is ideal but not necessary for the application.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of the interview.