Join Our Team

Thanks for your interest in joining Mission Partners. We are a woman-owned and led social impact communications firm based in Rockville, MD, and operating virtually from across the U.S. For current hires, we are prioritizing candidates based in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states where we already have an established presence. We are passionate, creative, invested, and curious. And we believe that together, we can leave the world a better place than we found it. We guide purpose-driven organizations forward through a comprehensive mix of strategic communications and planning services—harnessing the power of communications to build more informed, connected, and empathetic leaders and organizations.

If you’re interested in advancing social change through smart and strategic communications, we’d love to meet you.

Current Openings

Director

Summary

Mission Partners is hiring a Director to play a critical leadership role on our team. The Director will be responsible for driving client success by aligning strategic vision with project execution. As a lead on client projects, the Director will contribute both as a supporting strategist for the project and as a doer, ensuring deliverables are of the highest quality. Reporting to the VP of Client Service, this role will be responsible for maintaining strong client relationships, guiding Account Executives, and advancing client goals with excellence.

For this role, we are prioritizing candidates based in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states where we already have an established presence.

Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Serve as the internal expert on the body of work, serving as a trusted advisor and aligning deliverables with client objectives
Develop and present strategic plans and concepts to clients, ensuring messaging and campaigns align with client goals.
Collaborate with the VP to set strategy and vision for client projects.
Lead planning sessions with clients, helping to define their goals.

Client & Team Management

Serve as the primary client relationship manager, building trust and long-term relationships.
Guide and oversee the work of Account Executives, serving as a mentor in project execution and professional growth.
Ensure seamless communication and alignment between the client and the internal team.

Excellence in Execution

Actively build client-specific industry knowledge, stay on the cutting edge of what matters in respective client fields; attend webinars, conferences, and networking sessions relevant to client service areas
Lead on key aspects of client deliverables and contribute as a doer on client projects.
Oversee research and content creation performed by Account Executives, ensuring quality and alignment with client goals.

Expectations

Mission Partners is a service-based business that uses communications tools to help our purpose-driven clients achieve their fullest potential. We expect our team members to take care and thought when working and interacting with clients, keeping in mind the larger objectives and performance metrics of our work and the client’s needs.

We leverage the Management Center’s project management model to ensure transparency and accountability in managing projects. We will often meet once a week, at a mutually agreed upon time, as an internal working group to ensure that every team member clearly understands the objectives and that we’re working in collaboration to advance the client’s needs. We appreciate keeping the lines of communication between our teams open and active.

Additional expectations for this position include the following:

A stated and proven commitment to Mission Partners’ company values.
Intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
Strong strategic thinking skills, ability to align high-level vision with detailed execution.
Expertise in communications, campaign development, messaging, and strategic planning.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Proven experience in managing client relationships and leading account teams.
Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop team members.
Exceptional presentation and communication skills.
Positive attitude and a team player.
Keen attention to detail.
Proactive problem solver.
Ability to manage and prioritize competing demands while always delivering high-quality work.
Comfort working in a fully remote environment; experience leading virtual, on-camera meetings with clients

Salary and Benefits

Mission Partners does not negotiate salaries; the set salary for this position is $98,413.67. We offer a suite of benefits including health care, 401K, generous PTO, and wellness benefits.

To apply, please send your resume and a brief cover letter to Ericka Best, Director of Operations.

What It Means to Work at Mission Partners

We are a team of communicators and strategists who believe passionately in the power of communications to advance social justice. We embrace excellence in everything we do and measure our success collectively—never independently.
We are more than just coworkers—we are colleagues and friends who share great respect for one another.
We hold ourselves and each other to the highest ethical standards. We are fair and honest, and act with the best intentions when advancing our clients’ issues.
We value and celebrate leadership at all levels and follow neither a top-down nor a bottom-up approach.
We maintain a positive, inclusive, respectful, and flexible work environment that will always put people first.
We are motivated by the remarkable, innovative, and passionate people we proudly call our clients, peers, and mentors—they inspire us every day.

Our Values

We value people first.

We are more than what happens during our office hours. We are human first, and we strive to show a deep respect for every person inside and outside our company. We know that company culture matters, and we strive to create an environment in which our team can thrive as people and as professionals.

We value integrity and excellence.

We are honest, open, ethical, and fair. People trust us to adhere to our word, and we work hard to earn and maintain that trust. We always bring our best—to our work, our clients, and to each other.

We value courageous leadership.

We act with courage, challenge the status quo, and find new ways to drive impact and equity, grow our company and each other.

We value strategic thinking and thoughtful execution.

We are not just seasoned consultants; we are experienced doers and collaborators. We understand the value of thoughtful analysis, clear rationale, and contextual communications in moving from ideas to implementation.

We value continuous learning and growth.

We are a dynamic team, continuously learning, innovating, and improving. We seek first to understand and apply what we learn to evolve and improve our work.

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