Pay: $68,272 – $82,609, based on location (exempt, full-time position)

Benefits: The Disability Culture Lab prioritizes care and flexibility for our team. These benefits are accessible to all employees: 32-hour flexible work week; remote; Massachusetts-based health insurance (trans care, IVF, mental health care); 100% vested at start with an organization contribution of 10% of annual salary; three paid vacation weeks year one, four in subsequent years, plus three weeks of organizational closure; paid family leave, short-term, and long-term disability.

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About Us: The Disability Culture Lab (DCL) is a nonprofit disability media and narrative lab with a mission to shift the narrative on disability from fear and pity to solidarity and liberation, and move the needle on ableism from indifference to action. We believe in a cross-disability and cross-movement approach to our work, which means we believe every issue is a disability issue, and disability is key to every social justice issue.

The Job: The Program Manager will manage the Disability Source program, alongside our Managing Director and Program Director – as well as lead our media relations and booking programs. Disability Source is a new effort to map disabled experts across social movements and issue areas and ensure that bookers, producers, reporters, and cultural movers book top disabled experts in key news and cultural moments that impact our lives. Nothing about us without us – whether it’s a story on climate or transit, global health or abortion, immigration or racial justice, care or housing.

The Program Manager will have strong experience in media relations and booking – including securing media coverage via regional and national outlets across print, tv, and radio. DCL is a small team, so the Program Manager will have the opportunity to support media relations across DCL programs from our fellows to our narrative change hub and our consulting work. This is an early- to mid-career level communications job that is about half media relations, one quarter program development, and one quarter administrative support.

We are committed to a fair hiring process. We encourage and invite candidates whose identities align with the audience we serve. This role is open to all candidates who are authorized for United States employment.

We need you to have:

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in media relations, journalism, social justice communications, public relations.
• Strong written and oral communications skills; Spanish language fluency a plus (but not required).
• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Interest in building an organization founded in values of radical empathy and radical inclusion by and for disabled people.
• Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work efficiently in a virtual setting.
• Desire and ability to work collaboratively with a team that is inclusive, diverse, and remote.
• Commitment to the mission and values of Proteus Fund, Disability Culture Lab, and Disability Culture Lab Action as social justice organizations.
• Demonstrated commitment to the liberation of disabled people, immigrant communities, Indigenous people, Black people, LGBTQIA2S+ people, people of color, Muslim people, religious minorities, and folks at the intersections of all of the above.

We’d like you to have experience in at least three (3) of these:

• Experience at a PR firm.
• Experience leading PR or media relations for social justice campaigns.
• Community organizing.
• Disability justice community or work.
• Action press experience.

Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position with full benefits requiring 32 hours per week. Schedules are flexible, but the majority of the 32 hours should generally be worked Monday through Thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET, or Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ET.

Work Environment: The office environment requires using the computer, phone, and other routine office equipment.

Physical Requirements: This position is largely sedentary, with prolonged periods of working at a computer.

Travel: This position requires up to 5% travel time for internal meetings, retreats, conferences and other events. If outside Washington, D.C., travel may reach 10% for coordination of events.

Other Duties: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned.

To Apply: Please complete this form. You’ll need to upload your resume and answer the following questions:

• Why do you want to work at Disability Culture Lab?
• Why are you interested in this specific position?
• What does disability justice mean to you?
• Why do you want to build out communications infrastructure by and for the disability community?
• Thinking about your personal and career journey, why are you the right person for this job?

The Process: Candidates will be reviewed in the order in which their applications are submitted; we encourage you to apply by April 14. We will have three rounds in this hiring process. The first round will be a 30-minute screening interview for the top applicants. The second round will be a short job simulation, with names removed to prevent bias; you will receive a $200 gift card as a thank you for your time. The third round will be a group interview. We appreciate all candidates’ time, and will follow up with those who are best aligned with the role. Should you have questions, reach out to Hello@DisabilityCultureLab.org.