Late to the Game

Like the Caps last night, we're a little late in getting it together. Hopefully we all catch up & move forward in the days/weeks/etc. ahead.

1) Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital is seeking a Senior Communications Specialist with 7+ years in an external or internal communications role, ideally with experience working in a healthcare provider system or similar services organization, to join their Baltimore-based team – $75k-$104k

2-5) Lautman, Maksa, Neil & Co., a direct response consulting agency specializing in integrated fundraising for nonprofits, has let us know they’re recruiting for these roles (scroll to find) – remote-based considered

• Digital Account Director – $115k-$120k – 7-10 years’ in a direct response setting & staff supervision experience required
• Senior Digital Advertising Specialist – $75k-$80k – 3-5 years’ experience running paid search, paid social and display campaigns on Google, Meta and Microsoft required
• Senior Account Executive – $70k-$75k – detailed understanding of direct response fundraising required
• Account Executive – $60k-$65k –2+  years’ experience working in direct response fundraising required

6) American Association for Public Opinion Research – Director, Communications & Marketing – $70k-$82k

7) American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees – Digital Communications Associate – $72k-$112k

8-9) American Policy Ventures – searches managed by JDG Associates

• Policy Director/Vice President – $80k-$220k
• Government Relations Manager or Associate – $60k-$100k

10) American University – Graphic Designer – $60k-$65k

11) Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund – Associate Director of Consumer Policy – $104k-$133k

12) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives – Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist – $158k-$225k – apply by Oct. 28

13-16) Cato Institute – see also main career page

• Director of Government Affairs/Domestic Energy Policy – $115k-$150k
• Director of Government Affairs/Constitution & Law – $115k-$140k
• Trade Policy Analyst – $72k-$95k
• Marketing Manager – $80k-$90k – search managed by Talent Market

17) Cherokee Federal – Strategic Communications Advisor supporting the State Dept. – $142k – Secret clearance required

18) Choice Hotels – Social Media Manager – $85k-$100k

19) Competitive Enterprise Institute – Financial Policy Analyst – $55k-$75k

20) Council on Foreign Relations – Research Associate, Artificial Intelligence – $55k-$58k

21) Edelman/Smithfield – Vice President, FinTech Communications – $133k-$178k – DC, New York or Chicago

22) Evidence Action – Senior Manager, Digital Marketing – $98k-$110k – see also main career page

23-24) FTI Consulting – see also main career page

• Director, Crisis Communications – $102k-$202k
• Director, Public Affairs, Industrials – $102k-$202k

25-26) Georgetown University

• Senior Director of Development, Southeast & Mid-Atlantic – $103k-$202k
• Senior Event Coordinator – $20-$31/hr

27-29) Global Strategy Group – see also main career page

• Communications & Public Affairs Associate – $55k-$65k
• 2026 Elections Director, Research – $110k-$120k – DC or New York
• 2026 Elections Assistant, Data – $50k-$62k – DC or New York

30) GovCIO – Staff Writer – $70k-$85k – see also main career page 

31) Greenpeace – Senior Oceans Campaigner, Plastic Free Future – 12-month term – $78k-$85k – DC & other selected locations

32) Johns Hopkins Health System – Director of Entity Communications – $102k-$156k – Columbia, MD

33) Johns Hopkins University – Government & Policy Journalist in Residence – DC-based [edit: job listing appears to have been paused/filled]

34) JPMorgan Chase – Policy & Advocacy Media Relations Vice President – $123k-$185k

35) Ketchum – Senior Account Exec, Health – $70k-$80k – Arlington, Va, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Raleigh, Los Angeles or San Francisco

36) MJH Life Sciences – Content Coordinator – $55k-$60k

37) Mystery Arlington-based consulting firm – Web Content Producer – 4-month term – $35-$45/hr – search managed by Beacon Hill Staffing 

38) States United Democracy Center – Director of Communications – $170k – see also main career page 

39) Wilderness Institute – Institutional Giving Manager – $85k-$92k – apply by Oct. 26

40) … and finally: fulfill your dreams of big skies & wide-open spaces as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Dept. of Justice/Office of U.S. Attorneys in Helena or Billings, MT – $73k-$96k – apply by Oct. 13

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Best wishes for great & winning weekend from your favorite™ public affairs jobs resource; perhaps these will help you charge it up a bit – and see our compendium of Festival Season happenings for future planning purposes. 

• Charlottesville's Finest & Brewer's Ball – Ting Pavillion, C’ville – Oct. 9
• Snallygaster Preview – Churchkey/NW DC – Oct. 9-10
• Maryland State BBQ Bash – Bel Air, MD – Oct. 10-11
• Mt. Vernon Fall Wine Festival – George Washington’s Mt. Vernon – Oct. 10-12
• Fells Point Fun Festival – Baltimore, MD – Oct. 10-12
• Snallygaster 2025 – Downtown DC – Oct. 11
• Pierogi Festival 2025 – Settle Down Easy Brewing, Falls Church, Va. – Oct. 11
• City of Fairfax Fall Festival – Old Town FFX – Oct. 11
• Rocktoberfest – Reston Town Center – Oct. 11
• Celebrate Van Ness Main Street – NW DC – Oct. 11
• Fall Fest – Rock Hall, MD – Oct. 11
• Virginia Fall Races – Middleburg, Va. – Oct. 11
• Chesapeake Wine Festival – Chesapeake, Va. – Oct. 11
• Chincoteague Oyster Festival – Chincoteague, Va – Oct. 11
• Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival – Crozet, Va. – Oct. 11-12
• Virginia Wine and Garlic Festival – Rebec Vineyard, Amherst, Va. – Oct. 11-12
• Kentlands Oktoberfest – Gaithersburg, MD – Oct. 12
• Salt Line Oyster Wars – Nationals Park-adjacent, SE DC – Oct. 12  
• Clifton Day – Clifton, Va. – Oct. 12