Director of Marketing & Communications

About NMSDC

Founded in 1972, NMSDC (National Minority Supplier Development Council) is the nation’s longest-operating non-profit organization focused on expanding access to business opportunities through competitive, market-based engagement. NMSDC connects certified minority-owned businesses with our corporate members, supporting economic growth and marketplace innovation and participation within the American free-market economy and supply chain.

NMSDC’s mission is to broaden access to opportunity by strengthening pathways to capital, markets and business relationships for qualified enterprises, helping businesses and our economy compete, scale and succeed. Learn more at nmsdc.org.

Position Summary

This is a “bring new ideas and expand the brand” kind of role. NMSDC is looking for a creative brand builder, a leader and a doer. Someone who can take complexity, ambiguity, a turbulent national political climate and a dozen competing priorities and turn them into clear, compelling and measurable work.

The Director of Marketing & Communications at NMSDC will lead day-to-day execution across brand, digital, content, public relations and event marketing, ensuring NMSDC’s mission and messaging are communicated internally and externally with clarity, consistency and impact.

You will operate as a player-coach: that means leading and mentoring a team of 2 or more and then rolling up your sleeves and doing great work: Writing. Managing vendors. Shaping campaigns. Solving problems. Engaging audiences.

You will work closely with the Marcom VP to translate strategy into execution, leveraging the successful tactics and skills from your 10-15 years of experience and combining them with creative risk-taking to deliver the best customer experience and measurable results.

If you love creative work, thrive in fast-moving environments and care about doing work that matters, you’ll fit right in. This is mission-driven work with real national economic impact.

What You’ll Own

Execution & Operational Leadership

• Translate strategic priorities into clear, executable marketing communications plans
• Partner with the VP to own day-to-day execution across campaigns, content, digital and communications
• Bring structure, process and momentum to a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing marketing communications team
• Manage vendors (PR, marketing, design, web, etc.)
• Balance priorities, assign work and ensure project management and processes are followed
• Build a culture of ownership, mentorship, collaboration and continuous improvement

Brand & Content

• Ensure consistent, high-quality brand expression across all channels
• Oversee development of compelling content aligned to audience needs
• Partner with leadership to translate complex ideas into accessible, engaging narratives
• Maintain standards without slowing down speed

Digital & Social

• Oversee digital marketing efforts including website, email, newsletters, social, campaigns and event marketing
• Ensure content is optimized for performance, engagement and reach
• Analyze metrics, manage Google ads, retargeting and social marketing
• Use data and analytics to continuously refine and improve outcomes

Public Relations & Communications

• Support media relation efforts including vendor management, messaging and response coordination
• Help shape external communications that build credibility and visibility
• Ensure consistency across executive messaging, organizational announcements and public-facing content

Event Marketing

• Lead execution of marketing efforts for NMSDC events and conferences
• Coordinate Marcom efforts with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact communications
• Support audience growth, engagement and post-event communications

Marketing Operations & Project Management

• Bring discipline to workflows, timelines and projects
• Improve systems, processes and collaboration across teams
• Manage vendors and external partners to ensure quality and accountability
• Use data to measure performance and inform decisions

What Success Looks Like

• Work gets done. Well. On time. Looks and performs as desired
• The brand messaging is consistent across every touchpoint
• Campaigns and content actually engage the audiences they’re meant to reach
• Teams are aligned, not stepping on each other
• Leadership trusts that execution is handled
• Marcom staff feel empowered, appreciated and valued

Who You Are

• A doer and a leader. You don’t hide behind strategy or delegation. You execute.
• Comfortable in organized chaos and skilled at bringing structure to it
• A strong writer and communicator who makes complex ideas simple and engaging
• Equally comfortable managing up, across and down
• Calm under pressure and able to adapt quickly when priorities shift
• Motivated by doing meaningful work that improves lives and contributes to prosperity for all
• Good sense of humor

Qualifications

Required:

• Approximately 10–15 years of experience in marketing communications
• Experience managing teams and working cross-functionally
• Strong background in digital marketing, content and communications (PR, social, outreach)
• Demonstrated ability to execute campaigns and initiatives from concept to completion
• Experience with marketing project management and workflow systems
• Excellent writing, editing and messaging skills
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred (but not required):

• Experience in nonprofit, association or mission-driven organizations good to have, but not required
• We are intentionally open to candidates from corporate, agency or other backgrounds who bring strong execution, creativity and leadership

Work Location & Travel

• Hybrid role based in Washington, DC (3 days in office, 2 remote)
• Local candidates strongly preferred; remote may be considered for exceptional candidates
• Relocation not provided
• Travel required, less than 25%

This role is for someone who wants to build, not maintain. Together, we’ll take a strong, historically effective organization and deliver the tools, the messaging and the marketing ideas to continue to grow, stay relevant and contribute to growth and prosperity.

If you’re excited by the idea of shaping how an organization shows up in the world, working with smart people and doing work that moves the needle, let’s talk. Portfolio and work samples desired.