Ambassador Program Impact Manager

Accountabilities: Ambassador Engagement and Relationship Management: Build and maintain respectful, meaningful relationships with program Ambassadors, understanding their interests, lived experiences, expertise, goals, and availability. Connect them with relevant speaking engagements, screenings, workshops, advocacy campaigns, media opportunities, and community events. Impact Campaigns and Advocacy: Support the development and execution of campaigns that connect films and storytelling with advocacy, policy initiatives, grassroots organizing, and narrative-change strategies. Research emerging opportunities, relevant coalitions, conferences, legislative developments, and community initiatives aligned with organizational priorities. Partnership Development and Opportunity Pitching: Identify and pitch opportunities to external organizations, advocacy partners, screening hosts, community groups, festivals, and other stakeholders. Build partnerships that extend the reach of storytelling initiatives and create meaningful pathways for audience engagement and action. Event and Program Coordination: Coordinate Ambassador participation in screenings, panels, trainings, workshops, conferences, and public programs. Manage speaker logistics, event briefings, schedules, communications, and preparation materials to ensure successful and well-supported engagements. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams to integrate Ambassadors into campaigns, partnerships, communications, and organizational programming. Coordinate with relevant colleagues to address challenges, share information, and ensure activities align with broader strategic goals. Program Operations and Project Management: Maintain project plans, timelines, calendars, trackers, and Asana workspaces to manage Ambassador engagement, partner relationships, campaign deliverables, payment requests, and follow-up activities. Document decisions, commitments, and resources in shared systems and proactively address risks or delays. Trauma-Informed Engagement and Ambassador Support: Apply thoughtful, trauma-informed practices when coordinating opportunities involving personal stories and lived experiences. Help Ambassadors prepare for external engagements, gather feedback, connect with appropriate resources, and participate in learning opportunities that support their goals. Evaluation and Continuous Improvement: Develop and maintain metrics to track Ambassador engagement, partnership development, campaign activities, and program outcomes. Gather feedback, document lessons learned, contribute to reporting, and recommend improvements to engagement strategies and program delivery. Requirements Relevant Professional Experience: At least 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in criminal justice reform, advocacy, partnerships, campaign management, nonprofit operations, community engagement, social impact, organizing, film impact, or a related field. No specific degree is required; relevant education or professional training is welcome but does not replace demonstrated practical experience. Campaign and Advocacy Expertise: Proven experience managing or supporting advocacy, social-impact, organizing, issue-based, or narrative-change campaigns. The ability to understand a story, film, initiative, or campaign and communicate its relevance to different audiences and potential partners is essential. Strategic Relationship Building: Strong ability to connect people, organizations, issues, campaigns, and opportunities. Experience building partnerships and working collaboratively with community leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams is important. Project and Program Management: Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, relationships, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously. Demonstrated initiative, follow-through, sound judgment, and the ability to move projects forward independently are required. Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to represent an organization professionally, facilitate productive conversations, and communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Commitment to Equity and Community Leadership: A demonstrated commitment to equity, accountability, co-creation, and centering the leadership of people directly impacted by the criminal legal system. Candidates should be able to support lived-experience leadership while contributing strong organizational and campaign expertise. Collaboration and Adaptability: Ability to navigate shared ownership, competing priorities, organizational dependencies, and evolving needs while maintaining productive relationships across internal teams and external partners. Preferred Experience: Existing relationships within criminal justice reform, advocacy, organizing, policy, or social-impact networks; experience with documentary film impact campaigns, film distribution, or social-impact entertainment; and familiarity with legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building, or narrative-change strategies. Additional Preferred Skills: Experience coordinating screenings, public programs, advocacy events, trainings, panels, or community discussions; working with speakers, storytellers, artists, fellows, or directly impacted leaders; using CRM and project-management platforms; and operating across national, state, or local advocacy environments. Benefits Competitive Salary: Annual compensation of $82,000–$98,000 , depending on experience. Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage. Retirement Planning: Access to a 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer matching. Remote Flexibility: Fully remote work within the United States, with coworking spaces available in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. Paid Time Off: Paid vacation and other leave, along with paid holidays. Collaborative Culture: An inclusive, team-oriented environment that encourages employees to contribute to organizational planning, decisions, and culture. Professional Growth: Opportunities to develop skills, deepen expertise in advocacy and social-impact campaigns, and contribute to meaningful initiatives that support criminal justice reform. Meaningful Impact: The opportunity to amplify directly impacted voices, strengthen community partnerships, and help transform storytelling into concrete action and systemic change. Equal Opportunity and Accessibility: A commitment to an inclusive workplace, reasonable accommodations, and fair consideration of qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories in accordance with applicable law.