My marketing leadership search

The organization: The leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research — the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research, with a household-name brand and national reach.

Why it's on my list: Cause marketing is literally the title. A newly created VP seat to stand up a national brain-health cause-marketing initiative and corporate purpose partnerships from the ground up — my primary target title, one level up, at a brand every American knows, fully remote, with a posted range among the highest on my list plus a bonus of up to 15%.

What to watch: Travel runs up to 75%, far beyond the "some travel" I want — that is question one. The portfolio carries multi-million-dollar revenue goals through corporate partnerships, so I need to confirm this leads cause-marketing strategy rather than corporate fundraising wearing a marketing title. The posting is undated; confirm freshness when I apply.

The organization: National bipartisan nonprofit working to automate the clearing and sealing of eligible criminal records — its policy wins have already opened record-clearing to millions of Americans.

Why it's on my list: A C-suite marketing seat at a well-funded, bipartisan mission organization, posted two days before this sweep, with a salary band among the highest on my list. Record-clearing is a cause with natural earned-media energy — movement-style storytelling is exactly the work I built my own initiative on — and the role runs through a retained search, which tells me the board takes the seat seriously.

What to watch: The search is run by NPAG, so the process will be formal and my materials need to be search-firm ready. I want to confirm the marketing function's current size and budget, and whether the CMO leads strategy or inherits a campaign machine. Apply through NPAG rather than the board where I found it.

The organization: National nonprofit working to prevent and end family homelessness through a federated network of roughly 180 affiliates, delivering prevention, shelter and stabilization programs for families across the country.

Why it's on my list: A true C-suite seat owning marketing and communications together at a national mission organization — shaping the brand voice for a 180-affiliate network is builder work at real scale. Fully remote, posted within the last week, and the mission could not be more concrete.

What to watch: The $170,000 figure comes from the OnPurpose Careers board rather than the application page, so I want the range confirmed early. A federated network also means many stakeholders — I would probe how much brand authority the national office actually holds. Confirmed live via Family Promise's own employment page September 28; no state restrictions stated.

The organization: Nonprofit that has become the largest educator of college computer-science students in the country — more than 40,000 students trained from 1,000+ universities, with partners including Amazon, Google, Meta and Anthropic, and a new $150M AI-workforce initiative.

Why it's on my list: A true C-suite marketing seat at a well-funded education nonprofit, reporting straight to the CEO and owning the whole function — brand, learner enrollment and B2B marketing together — while hiring and growing the team underneath it. Builder work at the top table, fully remote with no state restrictions, posted the day before this sweep, and the top of the range is the highest of anything on my list.

What to watch: The posting stresses an AI-native, high-velocity culture and the scope runs from brand through revenue targets — I want to confirm the seat leads strategy rather than performance execution, and ask what team and budget exist today. Verified live on CodePath's own Greenhouse system September 25; an older Indeed copy has expired, so apply through Greenhouse.

The organization: Bipartisan coalition of more than 1,700 business leaders and employers advocating immigration reform as an economic imperative for the U.S. economy.

Why it's on my list: Advocacy where communications IS the strategy, at senior director level, with a posted range well above my bar — and the coalition is hiring a PR manager and a digital manager underneath this seat at the same time, which tells me I would be building a team rather than inheriting a caretaker role.

What to watch: The posting describes a war-room, campaign-speed culture, and immigration is a charged arena — I want to be certain that intensity is one I am choosing. The posting itself lives as a PDF on their site, so the application route is worth confirming up front.

The organization: Certified B Corp and resale-technology platform that turns retail's trillion-dollar returns problem into a sustainable resale model, keeping returned goods out of landfills.

Why it's on my list: Brand marketing ownership at a B Corp where sustainability is the business model rather than a side program — the purpose-marketing brief I have been hunting for in the private sector. Fresh posting, fully remote, and a posted range that clears my bar.

What to watch: A growth-stage company can mean a thin team and shifting priorities — I want to know what headcount and budget come with the title, and confirm the role leads brand rather than performance. The listing I found runs through a job platform, so I should verify it on REBEL's own site before applying.

The organization: National education nonprofit with more than 600 staff that partners with school systems across the country to reimagine public education as an engine of economic and social mobility.

Why it's on my list: The top communications and external affairs seat at a large, well-funded education nonprofit — C-suite, location-flexible, reporting into the executive team. Purpose is the whole organization here, and shaping how a 600-person institution speaks to the country is builder work at exactly the scale I want.

What to watch: The search opened in mid-May and runs through DSG/Koya, so it is roughly four months in — executive searches run long, but I should confirm it is still active before investing. Salary is not posted; a retained search at this level usually clears my bar, but I want the range early.

The organization: A community of more than 400 women philanthropists who have collectively committed over $1 billion to advancing gender equality for women and girls.

Why it's on my list: Full ownership of brand, marketing and communications — including the organization’s 20th-anniversary campaign — at a philanthropy network with real money and reach behind its mission. It is fresh, explicitly remote-eligible, carries no fundraising duties, and building a milestone campaign from the ground up is exactly the work I do best.

What to watch: Salary tops out at $140,000, the low end of where I want to land, and the team is small — one communications manager reports in. The official application runs through a Google Form linked from the posting, which is unusual; worth confirming the process before investing. Update, October 5 sweep: the Idealist listing aged out and now returns not-found, but the role is still live on Women Moving Millions' own careers page — open until filled; apply via the form linked from the job description there.

The organization: Nonpartisan civic-education nonprofit founded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor — its games and curriculum reach millions of students in all 50 states.

Why it's on my list: A true C-suite seat owning communications and marketing together, at an organization whose entire product is civic purpose. Remote, a salary that clears my bar, and a brand with real reach — this is function-building at the top table, not caretaking.

What to watch: The search is about eight weeks in and runs through a retained firm (DSG/Koya), so the process will be formal and slower — my materials need to be search-firm ready, and I should confirm it is still open before investing. Apply via dsgco.com/search/23292-icivics-chief-marketing-and-communications-officer.

The organization: The member association for corporate citizenship — the people who run CSR, ESG and social impact programs at 270+ companies rely on it for training, research and community.

Why it's on my list: This might be the most on-target posting the search has produced: a VP seat that owns marketing, communications and thought leadership outright, sits on the Senior Leadership Team, and speaks every day to the exact corporate-purpose audience I want to lead in. Association, remote-first, salary above my bar — every box.

What to watch: The posting is undated and never states where the role sits — ACCP operates remote-first, but I want remote eligibility and freshness confirmed in the first call. Association marketing also carries member-services and events weight; I'd probe the split between brand-building and servicing the calendar.

The organization: A philanthropic advisory nonprofit that designs and manages giving programs and fiscally sponsored projects for donors and foundations worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Brand ownership rather than fundraising, at a name that carries real weight in philanthropy. It is the freshest posting in this entire sweep, and the salary band tells me they are serious about the seniority of the seat.

What to watch: Advisory organizations can be consensus-driven. I want to understand who signs off on brand decisions, and whether this role sits on the leadership team or reports into someone who does.

The organization: The largest Jewish campus organization in the world, serving nearly 1,000 colleges and universities across North America and globally.

Why it's on my list: The most senior seat this sweep has found: an SVP owning both communications AND marketing for a major international nonprofit, at the top of my posted salary range, fully remote with a Central-time preference that fits me exactly. This is a leadership-table role with the whole function underneath it.

What to watch: It is a retained executive search (Sandler Search), so the process will be slower and more formal — my materials need to be search-firm ready. Hillel is a large federated organization, so I want to probe how much the SVP really sets strategy versus brokering it across campuses. The posting is undated; the search firm listing appears current.

The organization: The world's largest social change platform — a public benefit company and certified B Corp where over 100 million people start and win petitions.

Why it's on my list: Purpose is the entire business here, the title is Head of US Communications with real national scope, and the salary band respects the level. A platform brand built on civic voice is fertile ground for the kind of earned-media, movement-style work I built my social impact initiative on.

What to watch: The posting notes an East Coast preference, so I need to confirm early that Central time is workable. It is communications rather than full marketing, and Change.org has restructured more than once in recent years — worth asking directly about team size, budget and stability.

The organization: The nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and the free-knowledge projects, serving billions of readers worldwide.

Why it's on my list: This is the whole function, not a slice of it — I would own marketing for one of the most recognised mission brands on earth, with a global nonprofit behind me and a salary band that respects the level. The mission isn't a side program here; it is the entire organisation.

What to watch: Wikimedia is a large, consensus-driven organisation with a strong volunteer community — I want to understand how much autonomy the role really carries versus how much is negotiated with stakeholders. The posting is undated, so I should confirm it is still open.

The organization: A leading environmental advocacy nonprofit driving climate policy and corporate action; this role leads global communications for its methane-reduction work.

Why it's on my list: VP level, remote, and the highest posted salary on my whole list. The purpose IS the job — climate communications at an organisation with real global leverage, and a seat close to the top of a well-funded nonprofit.

What to watch: It is narrower than it first looks — methane specifically, and communications rather than marketing. Posted about a month ago, so I should move quickly. I would want to confirm the remote arrangement rather than assume it, given the DC base.

The organization: Certified B Corp selling eco-friendly household paper goods that donates 50% of profits to global water and sanitation projects.

Why it's on my list: A B Corp where the giving is the business model, and a Head of Brand role for the entire US market — that is builder scope by definition. Standing up a market brand from the ground up is the exact work I have done before.

What to watch: Salary is not posted and 'Growth' in the title can pull the role toward performance marketing. LA hub preference needs testing against remote-from-St.-Louis.

The organization: AI-powered energy intelligence platform helping enterprises manage utility data, procure clean energy and hit decarbonisation targets.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning the entire marketing function — brand, demand generation and team leadership — at a climate company, fully remote, with an exceptional posted range.

What to watch: Enterprise software go-to-market, so demand generation will be a large part of the job alongside brand.

The organization: A brand-new school of public health at one of the country's best-funded private universities, launched with a major named gift. The role manages a team of eight.

Why it's on my list: There's no existing function to inherit — I'd be building it, with a large institution's resources behind it and a genuine public health mission. The clearest ground-up opportunity here.

What to watch: Universities move slowly and have layered approvals. Worth understanding who I'd report to and how much sign-off sits above me.

The organization: St. Louis nonprofit working on reentry — helping people leaving incarceration rebuild their lives. Multi-state operations with significant philanthropic backing.

Why it's on my list: The closest thing on this list to the purpose marketing work I want. The posting asks for someone to build the brand story rather than maintain one, the mission is real, and it's local.

What to watch: They have two director-level reqs open at once — worth asking how marketing and communications divide, and which one owns strategy.

The organization: Same organization as above — St. Louis reentry nonprofit with multi-state operations and strong philanthropic support.

Why it's on my list: The companion role to their marketing director opening. Two senior openings at once tells me they're standing up the whole function, which is the builder situation I do my best work in.

What to watch: Confirm whether this reports into marketing or sits parallel — that determines whether I'd have a real seat.

The organization: Membership chamber of commerce serving mid-St. Louis County businesses. The executive director owns membership growth, marketing and advocacy.

Why it's on my list: A membership organization where marketing IS the job — growing and retaining members. Top of the organization, so autonomy and budget ownership are inherent.

What to watch: Small organization, so the budget is likely modest and I'd be doing as well as directing. About a month old.

The organization: K-12 literacy company producing Science of Reading decodable books for all learners, including newcomers and intervention students. Reading equity mission.

Why it's on my list: 'Head of Marketing' means owning the whole function, at a literacy equity company, with a strong range.

What to watch: Undated, and the sweep couldn't see it on the company's public board on Aug 20 — verify first.

The organization: Climate advocacy organisation running national communications campaigns. America Is All In coordinates a coalition of businesses, cities and institutions on climate commitments.

Why it's on my list: Managing director level with a strong range, and the scope is campaign building rather than execution — the exact distinction I drew about the work I want.

What to watch: Advocacy is politically exposed and often campaign-cycle funded. Ask about the funding runway.

The organization: Virtual-first specialty medical group whose eConsult platform gets primary care patients specialist input faster and at lower cost. Access-to-care and cost-of-care mission.

Why it's on my list: The posting explicitly says the role builds the marketing function from the ground up — that's the builder work I want, at a healthcare access company, remote, posted yesterday.

What to watch: No salary posted. Building from scratch also means limited existing resources — worth probing budget early.

The organization: Virtual care company for women in perimenopause and menopause, built to close a documented gap in midlife women's healthcare that traditional systems have ignored.

Why it's on my list: Highest posted range on this entire list, a VP seat, and a mission with obvious personal and cultural resonance.

What to watch: Growth marketing focus means performance and acquisition accountability rather than brand and program building.

The organization: Maker of Ting, a sensor network that detects electrical faults to prevent house fires and monitor grid health. Public safety and grid resilience mission.

Why it's on my list: Senior director owning brand and product marketing at a company that measurably prevents house fires. Clear mission, strong range, remote.

What to watch: Product marketing is half the job, so it's more commercial than purpose-led.

The organization: One of the largest audit, tax and advisory firms in the country, with thousands of professionals across 38 US offices — including one in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: A director seat owning brand marketing and media at a national professional-services firm, with a posted range whose top end is among the highest on my list — and St. Louis is one of the eligible offices, so I could take a national-scope brand role without leaving home. Posted five days before this sweep.

What to watch: This is one requisition open across 38 offices, so I am competing nationally and should confirm St. Louis is a realistic seat rather than a technicality. Professional-services marketing ultimately serves the partnership — I want to probe how much strategic latitude the seat really carries — and the media half of the brief means owning paid media alongside brand.

The organization: The national membership and advocacy organization supporting the US child care system — connecting families, providers and policymakers, with revenues above $100 million, largely through federal programs.

Why it's on my list: An executive seat shaping the national narrative on child care — communications and external impact owned together at an organization squarely in my size range, fully remote. Child care is a cause with natural earned-media energy and bipartisan resonance, and "external impact" in the title suggests the strategic breadth I want.

What to watch: The posting is more than five months old, so verifying the search is still open comes before anything else. Salary is not posted (the listing mentions geographic differentials). An organization funded largely through federal programs also means the budget rides on Washington — worth probing in the first call.

The organization: A forty-year pioneer in third-party environmental and sustainability certification — the standards, audits and labels behind sustainability claims in forestry, agriculture, climate and consumer products.

Why it's on my list: Sustainability communications as the actual job, in the private sector — telling a science-backed story for a company whose entire product is environmental credibility. Director seat owning corporate communications and PR together, fully remote, listed on the employer's own site.

What to watch: The range starts right at my floor and tops out below where I want to land — I would test flexibility early. The posting is undated, and I want to know what team exists and whether the seat reports into leadership or into marketing.

The organization: National nonprofit working to build a culture of powerful, responsible citizenship — civic gatherings, leadership programs and networks that get Americans practicing democratic life together.

Why it's on my list: A true director seat owning communications at an organization whose entire product is civic participation — mission as the actual job, fully remote from anywhere in the US, and posted two days before this sweep. Civic storytelling and community-building at national scale is close kin to the initiative I founded and grew to five cities.

What to watch: The window is short — applications are due October 16, less than two weeks after posting — so this one moves first or not at all. The range tops out at $119,000, below where I want to land, and the team is small; I want to confirm the role sets strategy rather than produces content.

The organization: Feeding America-affiliated food bank distributing food across 26 counties in eastern Missouri and southwest Illinois — one of the region’s largest hunger-relief organizations.

Why it's on my list: A director seat owning marketing and communications together at a major St. Louis mission institution: a concrete cause, real scale, and brand-and-program work fifteen minutes from home rather than a flight away.

What to watch: The posting is undated and an aggregator mirror of it carries a mid-2024 job ID, so my first step is confirming this is a fresh opening rather than a long-running repost. Salary is not posted, and food banks can run lean — I want budget and team size early.

The organization: Global health-focused relief and development nonprofit, one of the largest providers of donated medicine and medical supplies in the world, responding to poverty and disaster in more than 85 countries.

Why it's on my list: A true C-suite marketing seat at a major, well-funded global health nonprofit, run as a retained search — which tells me the board takes the role seriously. Purpose is the entire organization, and a brand this trusted is a platform worth building on.

What to watch: Where the role sits is the open question — Americares is headquartered in Stamford, CT, and nothing I could see confirms remote eligibility, so that is my first call. This sweep ran on search results alone, so I also want the search confirmed still open before investing in materials.

The organization: Research-driven 501(c)(3) that positions itself as the voice of the modern military family — it surveys military and veteran families nationally and connects them to resources.

Why it's on my list: Director-level ownership of communications at a research-first advocacy nonprofit, fully remote, with a posted range whose top clears my bar. Research-backed storytelling for an audience policymakers actually listen to is exactly the earned-media work I built my career on.

What to watch: The posting surfaced on the OnPurpose board September 24, but MFAN's own careers widget could not be verified from here — open the application link in a browser first to confirm it is live. It is communications rather than full marketing, so I want to know where brand and strategy sit.

The organization: Global climate organization working to build public support for environmental action, coordinating campaigns and communications capacity with local teams and partner organizations worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Builder work in its purest form: standing up a global strategic and political communications capability from scratch — shared media standards, spokesperson methods, monitoring tools and narrative-testing — rather than inheriting someone else's function. Purpose is the entire job, it is remote from anywhere, and the posting went up the day before this sweep, so I would be early in the pool.

What to watch: No salary is posted, and the organization appears to be based in Switzerland — I need to confirm how it employs US-based staff and whether the pay clears my bar before investing time. A globally distributed role can also mean early calls and late nights across many time zones.

The organization: National advocacy organization for transgender equality, formed by the merger of the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Why it's on my list: Full ownership of marketing at a national advocacy organization where the mission is the entire brief — remote, a posted range near my target, and the kind of brand-building a newly merged organization genuinely needs.

What to watch: The posting is undated and the application page would not open during the sweep, so freshness needs verifying first. A recently merged org can mean unsettled structure — I want the team size, the budget, and where marketing sits relative to communications.

The organization: National nonprofit founded after the Sandy Hook tragedy that trains students and adults to know the signs of gun violence, delivering violence-prevention programs to thousands of schools through its foundation and action fund.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning brand, communications and digital strategy together at one of the best-known violence-prevention nonprofits in the country — fully remote, with a posted range that meets my bar. The mission could not be more central, and the PSA and earned-media campaigns they are famous for are exactly the kind of work I built my reputation on.

What to watch: Marketing here carries the grassroots fundraising engine — about 65% of revenue — so the brief is closer to revenue marketing than pure brand work; I want that split clarified early. The team is three direct reports and the seat reports to the COO rather than the CEO. Applications go by email through Pillar Search, and the posting is undated — verified live September 16, but I should move promptly.

The organization: Global public-health nonprofit that delivers vitamins and evidence-based maternal and child nutrition interventions to underserved communities in more than 60 countries.

Why it's on my list: Whole-function communications leadership at a global health nonprofit, fully remote from anywhere in the US, posted within a day of this sweep — and the range comfortably clears my bar. A brand built on tangible, measurable good is fertile ground for the earned-media storytelling I do best.

What to watch: The listing I found sits on an aggregator, so my first step is confirming it on Vitamin Angels' own careers page. It is communications rather than full marketing, and I want to know how the role relates to fundraising and where it sits on the org chart.

The organization: The world's largest social change platform — a public benefit company and certified B Corp where over 100 million people start and win petitions.

Why it's on my list: A second seat at Change.org my search has surfaced: corporate communications leadership at a platform whose product is civic voice. The posting is marked new, the band is respectable, and the B Corp structure means purpose is baked into the job rather than bolted on.

What to watch: New York or DC is 'strongly preferred' — a sharper caveat than the Head of US Communications role carries — so I need a direct answer on St. Louis remote before investing. It is corporate communications specifically, narrower than brand or marketing, and it sits below the US Communications seat already on my list.

The organization: National legal advocacy nonprofit that has worked for more than four decades to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems through litigation, policy advocacy and reform campaigns.

Why it's on my list: Whole-function communications ownership at an organization where the mission is the entire point — and reform campaigns live or die on earned media and narrative, which is my strongest ground. Work-from-anywhere continental US with occasional travel is exactly the arrangement I want.

What to watch: It is communications rather than full marketing, and the posting is undated with a rolling review — I should confirm it is still open, and ask where the role sits relative to the leadership team and what budget comes with it.

The organization: Fintech company whose identity-verification and fraud-detection platform protects banks and lenders — and their customers — from synthetic identity fraud.

Why it's on my list: Head of the whole marketing function, fully remote, with the highest posted salary of anything new this sweep. Building the marketing organization from the head seat is builder work by definition, and fraud protection at least gives the story real stakes.

What to watch: This is B2B fintech, not purpose-driven work — the mission case is thin, and the role will lean heavily on demand generation and pipeline. Worth a hard look at whether the brand-building half is real before I invest.

The organization: Patient- and caregiver-founded virtual specialty-care company delivering expert care for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases nationwide.

Why it's on my list: Head-of-marketing scope under a Director title — the posting hands over the whole function, including leading a rebrand, which is exactly the builder work I want. Genuinely remote from all 50 states, a mission I can stand behind, and a range that clears my bar comfortably.

What to watch: The posting text references a fall 2025 rebrand, which makes me wonder how long it has been open — I should confirm it is still live and whether the rebrand already happened. Venture-backed care startups can also re-scope roles quickly; I want the reporting line and budget in writing.

The organization: Fast-growing better-for-you meat-snack brand sold in more than 30,000 US stores, now building out its sustainability and impact function.

Why it's on my list: Impact as the actual job at a consumer brand with real momentum — the closest thing this sweep found to my target purpose-marketing titles, and it is ground-up function building at a company with the growth to fund it.

What to watch: It sits closer to sustainability strategy than to brand marketing — I want to know how much of the role is consumer-facing storytelling versus supply-chain and certification work, and how tightly it partners with the marketing team.

The organization: Nonprofit building AI literacy and readiness programs for the students most likely to be affected by AI and automation.

Why it's on my list: Communications and marketing together under one director, at a nonprofit working on the defining education question of the decade. Fully remote from anywhere in the US, a salary comfortably above my bar, and a young organization where the function is still being built rather than inherited.

What to watch: The posting is undated, so I should confirm freshness when I reach out. An AI-education nonprofit will not lack for attention right now — I want to understand how this seat relates to fundraising and program leadership, and what team comes with it.

The organization: The world’s largest cybersecurity professional association — over 600,000 members and the CISSP certification — supporting the people who keep organizations secure.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning global communications, marketing, creative, web and e-commerce at a major professional association, fully remote, with the highest posted salary of anything new this sweep. Association marketing to a professional audience is squarely my target zone, and the scope is the whole function and then some.

What to watch: It is more than two months old and I could only verify it on aggregators — confirming it is still open on ISC2’s own careers site is step one. E-commerce in the title means revenue operations come with the job; worth probing how much is running the store versus building the brand.

The organization: Student-success software company that helps colleges and universities use their own data to keep students on track to graduation.

Why it's on my list: Whole-function VP ownership — brand, demand generation and building the team — at a company whose product exists to improve student outcomes. Remote, well paid, and the posting explicitly asks for someone to build rather than maintain.

What to watch: This is B2B software go-to-market, so pipeline metrics will share the desk with brand work. Education technology is purpose-adjacent rather than purpose-first — I want to hear how the mission actually shows up in the marketing brief.

The organization: International nonprofit fighting toxic pollution — especially childhood lead poisoning — in low- and middle-income countries.

Why it's on my list: A VP communications seat where the mission is as concrete as it gets: children’s health. Very fresh, a strong salary band, and no fundraising emphasis in the posting — this is narrative and visibility leadership for work that saves lives.

What to watch: Remote is “considered,” not promised — the posting is anchored to New York, so remote-from-St.-Louis is my first question, not my last. It is communications rather than the full marketing function.

The organization: For-profit nursing education group (Nightingale College) working to ease the national nursing shortage, scaling toward 20,000 learners.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat with a serious salary at an organization whose growth story — training the nurses the country is short of — gives communications real substance. Fully remote, with a national PR remit.

What to watch: It is communications and PR only, reporting to a Chief Growth Officer rather than the CEO — I want to understand where marketing sits and whether this seat is genuinely at the leadership table. For-profit education also carries reputation work to go in clear-eyed about. Undated; confirm freshness.

The organization: Publicly traded smart-mobility technology company — school-zone safety cameras, red-light enforcement and tolling systems.

Why it's on my list: The most senior title this sweep produced: an SVP owning corporate affairs at a public company, fully remote, at the top of the market. Road safety is the product’s public story, and telling it well nationally is genuinely strategic work.

What to watch: Corporate affairs means policy and public affairs as much as communications — closer to government relations than brand marketing. The mission is safety through enforcement technology, which is purposeful but polarizing; I should decide whether I want to carry that narrative before applying.

The organization: App that lets grocery stores sell surplus food at steep discounts — cutting food waste while making groceries more affordable.

Why it's on my list: A purpose story I could tell all day: less food wasted, more families fed, and a commercial engine that makes the impact self-sustaining. The remit spans media, creator partnerships, government affairs and internal comms, fully remote.

What to watch: Salary sits at the lower-middle of my range and it is communications rather than the whole marketing function. I want to know the team size and whether the seat reports into the C-suite.

The organization: Trade association representing US dairy farmers, cooperatives, processors and exporters in markets around the world.

Why it's on my list: A brand-new VP communications opening at a national trade association — association work at the right level, with global scope and the freshest posting on this sweep’s list.

What to watch: Remote is offered “for strong candidates,” which reads like a DC-area preference I would need to negotiate past. Salary is not posted, and commodity-board communications can lean member-and-policy rather than brand — I want the brief spelled out.

The organization: Research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health and rights — the standard-bearer for data in its field for over half a century.

Why it's on my list: Fresh, remote, and a salary band that outruns most VP roles on this list. Research-driven advocacy communications is ground where my earned-media instincts count, and the digital function would be mine to run.

What to watch: It is digital communications specifically rather than the whole marketing function, inside a larger comms team — I want to know what sits above me and how much is strategy versus execution. The subject area is politically contested; I should be sure I want to carry that fight every day.

The organization: Clinical-trial platform and marketplace connecting pharma companies with community research sites, widening patient access to trials beyond the big academic centers.

Why it's on my list: Head of the entire marketing function, fully remote, at the top of my salary range — and the mission angle is real: getting trials to patients who would never otherwise see them. Fresh posting, and small enough that this is builder work.

What to watch: Enterprise health-tech go-to-market will lean on demand generation for pharma sales; I want the brand and category story to be mine, not just pipeline. 'Head of' at a company this size can mean a team of one — probe headcount and budget early.

The organization: A NASDAQ-listed benefits company — the largest health savings account custodian in the country, built around the idea of connecting health and wealth.

Why it's on my list: The most senior seat this sweep found: an SVP role described as the CEO's chief storyteller, owning enterprise communications end to end, fully remote, with the highest salary band on my entire list. Health-and-financial wellbeing gives the story real substance even though it's corporate.

What to watch: This is corporate communications and reputation, not brand or purpose marketing — closer to a public-company PR exec than a builder. A search at this level will be crowded and may run through a retained firm; I should move fast and expect a long process.

The organization: The Center for Inclusive Growth is Mastercard's social impact arm; this role leads its North America strategy across financial health, small-business resilience and inclusive innovation.

Why it's on my list: Social impact is the actual job here, at VP level, inside a company with the budget to act on it — and Mastercard already runs a major St. Charles County campus, which might give me a local angle worth testing.

What to watch: The posting lists New York and never says remote — if it requires NYC it's off my map, so that's question one. It also reads as much partnerships-and-policy as marketing; I'd want clarity on how much brand and communications leadership it truly carries.

The organization: A value-based sleep-health company that partners with employers and health plans to treat sleep as a foundation of chronic-disease care.

Why it's on my list: An SVP seat owning the whole marketing function at a health company whose product is actually good for people. Remote, senior, and a category that needs exactly the from-scratch story-building I do best.

What to watch: No salary posted, so that conversation comes early. Healthcare B2B sells to benefits leaders and payers — I want proof there's real brand-building in the mandate and not just demand generation feeding a sales team.

The organization: Private research university and academic medical center; the posting describes this as WashU’s senior-most dedicated communications leader.

Why it's on my list: Hybrid here at home, at the top of a large communications organization. This is the most senior local role to surface in a while, and WashU keeps producing openings at exactly my level.

What to watch: I already have a WashU Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief of Staff, Marketing and Communications role on this list. Same department, same level. I kept them separate because a chief-of-staff seat and an enterprise-communications seat are different jobs, but I should confirm they are not one requisition retitled before I chase both.

The organization: The national advocacy and services organization for LGBTQ+ older adults, running direct services, training and policy work.

Why it's on my list: Marketing and communications combined under one senior director at a national advocacy nonprofit — the whole function, remote, and posted three days ago. Advocacy organizations are where earned media actually matters, which is where I am strongest.

What to watch: The ADP application portal would not render when I checked, so the listing was confirmed through the OnPurpose Careers board rather than SAGE’s own page. A single posted salary rather than a band means limited negotiating room.

The organization: Breast cancer nonprofit funding research, community health programs and advocacy for more than forty years.

Why it's on my list: Corporate partnership strategy at Komen is cause marketing in everything but name, at national scale. It is the discipline I built my social impact initiative around, at an organization whose brand everyone already knows.

What to watch: “Partnership strategy” can tilt toward revenue targets rather than brand. I want to ask early whether this seat is measured on dollars raised or on program and brand outcomes — the answer decides whether it is really my job.

The organization: Breast cancer nonprofit funding research, community health programs and advocacy nationwide.

Why it's on my list: Explicitly a cause-marketing role at a household-name mission brand, and fully remote. This is the title I have been searching for by name.

What to watch: No employer permalink surfaced, so the link below is a targeted search. It also sits a level below the Komen senior director role on this list — if both are real, I should go for the senior one.

The organization: Charities Aid Foundation America facilitates cross-border charitable giving, distributing over $1.5B annually to social-purpose organizations in 135 countries.

Why it's on my list: Above director, fully remote, and one day old. “Audience engagement and growth” reads as owning the whole demand side of the house rather than a single channel.

What to watch: The salary is at the lower end of what I want for an AVP title. I need to confirm the role comes with budget and a team rather than being a senior individual contributor with a grand name.

The organization: NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center and nonprofit health system with sites in Los Angeles, Orange County, Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix.

Why it's on my list: VP-level ownership of marketing and communications at a major nonprofit health system, listed as remote. Health systems have the budgets to do brand work properly.

What to watch: The employer URL resolves to a page titled “VP Scientific Communications Marketing,” which does not match the advertised title — I need to work out which requisition this actually is. An hourly rate for a VP posting is also unusual enough to ask about.

The organization: The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission — the region’s official destination marketing and tourism organization.

Why it's on my list: Civic destination marketing for my own region. Explore St. Louis is exactly the kind of quasi-public organization where a communications leader gets real regional visibility and a genuine earned-media platform.

What to watch: PR-only scope rather than the whole marketing function, and it is approaching 30+ days old. I already have a different Explore St. Louis role on this list, so their marketing side may be reorganizing.

The organization: Operates the Missouri History Museum and the Library & Research Center in Forest Park; regional history, education and civic engagement.

Why it's on my list: A chief-officer seat at a beloved St. Louis institution, with “engagement” in the title alongside philanthropy — which suggests audience and brand work rather than pure fundraising.

What to watch: Philanthropy leads the title, so this may still be a development role with engagement bolted on. I already have their Managing Director of Philanthropy on this list; I should confirm these are genuinely distinct seats.

The organization: National nonprofit providing industry-vetted computer science courses and career support for first-generation and low-income college students.

Why it's on my list: Brand AND communications together, at a fast-scaling education nonprofit with serious funder backing — this is stand-it-up builder work, remote, at a solid salary. The mission (economic mobility through tech careers) is concrete and easy to tell stories about.

What to watch: 'Head of' at a nonprofit this size can mean a small team — I want to know exactly who reports to me and what the program budget is. The posting is undated, so confirm it is still open when I apply.

The organization: National nonprofit advancing employee ownership as a strategy to strengthen businesses and build community wealth.

Why it's on my list: A fresh posting, fully remote, owning the whole communications and PR function at an organization whose economic-justice mission maps directly onto my cause-marketing background. Employee ownership is a growing movement with a great earned-media story — the kind of narrative I know how to scale.

What to watch: The salary is below where the strongest roles on my list sit, so I would want to understand the total package and growth path. Director of Communications & PR can drift toward press-release execution at smaller nonprofits — probe for the strategy seat.

The organization: The mission-driven giving platform (GoFundMe and Classy) powering individual and nonprofit fundraising at global scale.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director at one of the most recognizable purpose-adjacent consumer brands in the world, posted the very day of this sweep — I would be early in the pile. Consumer marketing for a giving platform means the growth work and the mission work are the same work.

What to watch: Consumer marketing at a platform this size can lean heavily performance/growth — I want to confirm brand and campaign strategy sit in this role. No salary posted, and the listing I found is on The Impact Job; verify details on GoFundMe's own careers page.

The organization: Private research university; University Marketing & Communications is being rebuilt under a new Vice Chancellor who arrived in August 2026.

Why it's on my list: An AVC title inside a marketing organization that is actively being rebuilt — joining as the new Vice Chancellor's right hand during a restructure is genuine ground-floor influence at one of St. Louis's most prestigious institutions, and WashU keeps producing roles for me.

What to watch: Chief-of-staff roles run the leader's agenda rather than owning a function of their own — I need to ask hard questions about what I would directly own. The listing surfaced on a local board but the permalink would not resolve, so find it on jobs.washu.edu before anything else.

The organization: A democracy-reform organisation advancing proportional representation in US elections.

Why it's on my list: This is builder work in its purest form — standing up communications and narrative strategy for a young organisation, at VP level, fully remote, with an unusually strong salary band. Narrative strategy is exactly the muscle I built founding and scaling my own initiative.

What to watch: Explicitly political territory, which I should decide I am comfortable with before applying. The organisation is young, so I want to see the funding runway and who else sits on the leadership team. About 30 days old.

The organization: A pediatric care company delivering 24/7 virtual-first care to children with medical complexity.

Why it's on my list: VP owning the entire marketing function, fully remote, at $200K+, for a company whose work is genuinely about caring for medically complex kids. Growth-stage means I would be building rather than maintaining.

What to watch: Venture-backed healthcare — the mission is real but the pressure is commercial, so I want to know whether marketing reports into growth targets alone. Undated posting; worth confirming it is live.

The organization: A climate-tech company with an integrated carbon and energy management platform used by Fortune 500s and financial institutions.

Why it's on my list: Head of Marketing means the whole function is mine to build, at a climate company selling to serious enterprise buyers. Recently reposted, so it is active.

What to watch: Startup — this is the profile where a founder who isn't a marketer can want heavy hands-on involvement, so I would probe reporting line and autonomy hard in a first conversation. No salary posted.

The organization: A private research university and one of St. Louis's largest employers; this role leads internal communications strategy university-wide.

Why it's on my list: Executive Director, hybrid in St. Louis, at a well-funded mission institution with a salary band reaching $194K. WashU has been the most consistent source of senior roles on my list all summer.

What to watch: Internal and executive communications is a different discipline from brand and purpose marketing — less building a brand outward, more serving leadership inward. I should be honest with myself about whether that is the work I want.

The organization: A nonprofit promoting nature-inspired design and biomimicry as a route to sustainability solutions.

Why it's on my list: Remote-first, purpose-native, and small enough that the Director genuinely owns communications end to end — the kind of blank canvas I do my best work on.

What to watch: Small organisation, and the bottom of the salary band is below where I want to land. Undated posting.

The organization: Fortune-30 managed care and health insurance company headquartered in St. Louis, serving roughly 28 million members through government-sponsored healthcare programs.

Why it's on my list: Posted today, remote but anchored in St. Louis, and the mandate is corporate reputation and executive counsel rather than campaign execution. Senior Director at a Fortune-30 company comes with real budget and a wide band that tops out near $240K.

What to watch: Large-cap corporate communications can be more protective than creative. I want to know how much of this is proactive brand and mission storytelling versus issues management.

The organization: Safe supplemental student-transportation marketplace whose stated mission is to create opportunity through mobility, with a focus on foster and other vulnerable youth.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat with a strong package at a company whose mission is serving vulnerable kids. Marketplace businesses need brand building on both sides, which is meaty strategic work rather than execution.

What to watch: The remote eligibility is state-restricted — I need to confirm Missouri is on the list before spending time on this one.

The organization: The leading professional society in cancer care, with roughly 45,000 members worldwide, plus its affiliated Conquer Cancer foundation.

Why it's on my list: A professional association is squarely in my target territory, and this role spans both the society brand and the foundation brand. Remote-eligible with a posted band above $140K.

What to watch: Content strategy in the title could skew editorial rather than strategic. I want to know whether brand management here means owning the brand or stewarding guidelines.

The organization: Fast-growing, purpose-led public beauty company known for accessible pricing and vocal values-driven marketing.

Why it's on my list: This is purpose marketing inside a corporate brand — exactly the hybrid I have been describing. Senior Director leading impact narrative and purpose storytelling at a company that actually spends on it, with a strong posted band.

What to watch: Listed in New York with only 'flexibility' noted. I need to establish whether truly remote from St. Louis is on the table before going further.

The organization: Nonprofit network of public charter elementary schools serving predominantly low-income and underserved communities across several states.

Why it's on my list: Nonprofit, remote, and I would own the communications function for a network with a clear equity mission. Education advocacy comes with real earned-media terrain.

What to watch: Charter networks operate in a politically contested space, so a share of this job is defensive. No salary posted and no date.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered retail brokerage and wealth manager with roughly 20,000 branch offices across North America.

Why it's on my list: Excellent compensation band, a Senior Director title, and one of the largest headquarters employers in St. Louis. External Affairs leading communications for the Managing Partner puts me close to the top of the house.

What to watch: Executive communications is a specialist track — speechwriting and executive positioning rather than building a marketing function. The aggregator shows a non-St.-Louis location, so I need to verify where this actually sits.

The organization: Certified B Corporation doing behavioural research and strategic communications on public health, elections, homeland security and social issues. Climate-neutral certified with a net-zero commitment.

Why it's on my list: A certified B Corp where the work itself is public-interest communications, marketing and comms combined under one senior director, and a solid range. Very close to my target.

What to watch: Government contracting drives much of the business, which brings procurement rhythms and compliance.

The organization: Mutual health solutions company and parent of Florida Blue. This role owns marketing and member engagement for ACA marketplace coverage — getting and keeping people insured.

Why it's on my list: Senior director owning marketing and engagement for a product whose whole purpose is health coverage access. Mutual company, so not shareholder-driven.

What to watch: Health insurance marketing is heavily regulated and enrollment-cycle driven.

The organization: Social impact organisation running REBUILD.US, a campaign focused on economic investment in communities.

Why it's on my list: Strong range for a director role, and campaign communications is close to the initiative-building work I've done.

What to watch: Couldn't confirm the organisation's size. Verify whether the function exists or I'd be creating it.

The organization: Same B Corporation. This role owns brand stewardship, thought leadership, internal communications and PR, with a small team plus agency support.

Why it's on my list: Second senior opening at the same B Corp, posted yesterday. Full brand ownership with a team and agency support behind it.

What to watch: Slightly narrower than the senior director role above — worth applying to whichever fits better rather than both.

The organization: Specialty coffee company with public zero-waste and traceable, sustainable sourcing commitments. The role covers global brand operations across cafés and packaged goods.

Why it's on my list: 'Global Head of' scope at a beloved consumer brand with real sustainability commitments, strong range, remote.

What to watch: Brand operations is the systems and consistency side of brand — governance more than creative direction.

The organization: A coalition of faith-based and values-driven institutional investors that presses public companies on environmental, social and governance practices through shareholder advocacy.

Why it's on my list: My ESG communications target almost word for word, fully remote, and posted two days ago. The work is corporate accountability — genuinely strategic communications.

What to watch: Salary tops out at $115K, which is modest against the corporate roles on this list.

The organization: Nonprofit that builds curricula and tools helping schools and organisations bridge political and social divides. Founded on academic research.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat at a mission organisation gives me the leadership team access I said was non-negotiable, and the subject matter is substantive rather than promotional.

What to watch: Smaller organisation, so check team size and budget. Undated posting.

The organization: College preparatory high school in midtown St. Louis, part of the archdiocesan school system.

Why it's on my list: Enrollment marketing at a school with a strong mission, and there's genuine builder scope in enrollment work.

What to watch: Single school, so narrow scope and a small budget.

The organization: One of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the country, headquartered in St. Louis, operating hospitals across four states.

Why it's on my list: Executive director of marketing strategy at a system this size is a genuinely senior seat with real budget. Nonprofit mission, headquartered here, posted within the last week.

What to watch: Large health systems have deep hierarchies — I'd want to know how many layers sit between this role and the executive team.

The organization: Mission-driven education company behind the CLASS classroom observation tool, selling to schools and early childhood programs.

Why it's on my list: Brand strategy ownership at an education company with a stated mission around teaching quality. Remote, recently reposted.

What to watch: Range tops out at $140K, and education sales cycles are slow and budget-constrained.

The organization: State affiliate of the national reproductive health organisation, providing clinical care and running advocacy across Michigan.

Why it's on my list: Senior director level with significant public visibility, at an organisation where communications genuinely drives outcomes.

What to watch: Politically exposed with crisis communications as a constant. Undated posting.

The organization: Multi-site church in south St. Louis County running its own campaigns and communications across campuses.

Why it's on my list: Full campaign ownership means real autonomy over the work itself.

What to watch: Likely a modest budget, and a specific cultural fit question I'd want to be honest with myself about.

The organization: Employee-owned clean energy consultancy that designs and runs large state solar and efficiency programs. This role leads market strategy and outreach to expand equitable solar adoption.

Why it's on my list: Employee-owned, clean energy, and the role is about building market adoption programs — genuinely close to the program-building work I've done. Illinois-based remote.

What to watch: Program consulting for state agencies, so timelines follow public procurement. Undated posting.

The organization: Battery recycling and domestic critical minerals company building a circular supply chain for EV and grid batteries. Core climate mission.

Why it's on my list: Excellent range at one of the most significant climate companies in the country.

What to watch: The sweep couldn't locate this on the company's own board — verify it's real and current before investing time.

The organization: Advocacy nonprofit working to end the exploitation of incarcerated people and their families by the prison industry, largely through corporate pressure campaigns.

Why it's on my list: Building and running corporate campaigns is close to founding and scaling an initiative — the part of my history I most want to use again.

What to watch: Small organisation, confrontational work by design, and no salary posted.

The organization: Patient-focused nonprofit advancing research and treatment access for amyloidosis, working with researchers, industry and regulators.

Why it's on my list: Marketing and communications under one director, so I'd own the whole function. Clear disease-advocacy mission.

What to watch: Small, focused organisation — budget and team are likely modest.

The organization: Banking AI platform serving 700+ community banks and credit unions. The impact angle is helping local and member-owned institutions compete with megabanks rather than a formal ESG program.

Why it's on my list: 'Impact Brand Marketing' is almost my target title verbatim, and it was posted two days ago.

What to watch: The impact framing is about community banking competitiveness rather than social mission. No salary posted.

The organization: Global biotechnology company. This role sits in Corporate Affairs covering enterprise brand, partnerships and reputation.

Why it's on my list: The closest large-cap analogue to a corporate purpose and citizenship marketing role, with a strong range and a genuine health mission behind the company.

What to watch: Corporate affairs at a company this size means many stakeholders and heavy legal review.

The organization: Fortune 500 managed-care insurer headquartered in St. Louis, serving more than 23 million members through government-sponsored and commercial health plans.

Why it's on my list: A director-level seat shaping how a hometown Fortune 500 speaks — executive communications and corporate messaging together, remote-eligible, live on the company's own board, with a posted range that clears my bar in its upper half.

What to watch: Executive communications is a narrower craft than function-building — much of the day is speeches, talking points and leadership visibility rather than brand or programs. The posting is undated and that salary band is wide; I would confirm the reporting line and where an offer actually lands before getting invested.

The organization: Nonpartisan nonprofit that supports governors, attorneys general and secretaries of state in defending free, fair and secure elections.

Why it's on my list: Communications is the whole job at a well-funded democracy organization, at director level, fully remote, with pay posted at $170,000 and up — and the seat sits close to the principals, where the strategy gets made.

What to watch: The posting is more than eight months old; the apply link still works, but searches this senior rarely run that long, so step one is confirming it is genuinely open. East Coast hours from Central time are workable and 15% travel is fine. Democracy work is a charged arena — I want to be sure that intensity is one I am choosing.

The organization: The engineering school of Washington University in St. Louis — a top private research university — with its own marketing and communications division covering brand, web, social and media relations.

Why it's on my list: Leading the whole communications and marketing function for a named WashU school, in my own city, at the institution that has been the single most productive source in this search. Brand, digital and media under one roof is real function ownership.

What to watch: The grade range starts at $82,500, so where an offer lands depends entirely on banding — I would anchor near the top. The posting is undated and I only found it on mirror boards; confirm it is still open on WashU’s Workday before investing.

The organization: Global animal advocacy organization — formerly the Humane Society of the United States — working to end cruelty to animals in more than 100 countries.

Why it's on my list: Director-plus scope at a household-name mission organization, fully remote and posted days before this sweep. The seat owns a paid-media budget north of $13 million and global social across more than a hundred handles — real budget ownership at real scale.

What to watch: This is performance marketing and paid media rather than brand or purpose strategy — closer to the narrow specialties I usually pass on than the builder work I want. I would ask whether the role shapes the story or just buys the reach. The Eastern-hours expectation is workable from Central time.

The organization: Global health services arm of The Cigna Group; its Express Scripts campus makes it one of the largest corporate employers in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: An enterprise-wide content and newsroom seat at Director level, hybrid here in St. Louis, with a posted range whose midpoint clears my bar comfortably. Standing up a newsroom function inside a company this size is genuine builder work.

What to watch: Content strategy is a specialty lane rather than the whole marketing function, and a company this size can mean layers of approval rather than autonomy. The posting is undated, so I would confirm freshness before investing.

The organization: Advocacy nonprofit working to make sure the tech economy's growth benefits everyone, focused on housing and labor equity.

Why it's on my list: A VP communications seat where the mission is the work, at a policy organization taking on two of the biggest equity issues in the country. Remote, and the range lands inside my target.

What to watch: The posting states a strong preference for California residents with quarterly Northern California gatherings — I would need to make the case for Central-time distance early. Salary tops out just under $148K, the lower edge of where I want to land, and the posting is undated.

The organization: Nonprofit craft-art center in the Delmar Maker District with galleries, studios and education programs.

Why it's on my list: A leadership-table seat here in the city, posted the day before this sweep, reporting straight to the executive director with communications and the public face of the organization in the portfolio — and a target salary that is strong for an arts nonprofit of this size.

What to watch: The title leads with Development — fundraising comes first in this job, and I have been clear that fundraising-weighted roles are a step sideways for me. Worth a conversation only if the communications half is real strategy rather than appeal letters.

The organization: Location-analytics software company whose foot-traffic data powers decisions for retail, real estate and civic customers.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat, fully remote, with one of the higher posted ranges this sweep turned up. Revenue marketing at a growth-stage company means owning pipeline strategy and a meaningful budget.

What to watch: Revenue marketing is demand generation by another name — execution-measured, quota-adjacent, and a long way from purpose or brand building. No mission dimension. I would want to hear how much strategy versus dashboard the week actually holds.

The organization: Top-20 US bank; this seat markets its capital markets and advisory businesses.

Why it's on my list: Director level with a posted range well above my bar, at a bank that already has a second director-level marketing seat on my list — a sign the function has depth. Remote eligibility is stated on the posting.

What to watch: A narrow B2B vertical inside a big bank — capital markets marketing is specialist territory, and there is no mission dimension. I would confirm whether remote is genuinely open or quietly anchored to an East Coast office.

The organization: Foundation arm of League One Volleyball, the professional women's volleyball league, building community and youth programs around the sport.

Why it's on my list: Social impact is the whole job, at the foundation of a fast-growing women's sports property — the kind of purpose platform with natural earned-media energy. Fresh posting, remote, and the range clears my floor.

What to watch: This is impact strategy and programs rather than marketing or communications — my brand-building muscles would be a bonus here, not the job description. I would ask how much of the role is storytelling and partnerships versus program administration.

The organization: Climate-justice grantmaker and narrative-change nonprofit backed by major philanthropy, funding and amplifying climate solutions led by frontline communities.

Why it's on my list: Narrative change is the product here — a Managing Director seat owning communications strategy and campaigns at a funder whose whole theory of change runs through storytelling. Remote, with a posted range that clears my bar.

What to watch: Four-plus months old, so confirming it is still open comes first. The team is small — the role manages a few staff plus consultants — and movement-adjacent narrative work can carry campaign intensity; I want to understand the budget I would own and who signs off.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered mobility giant behind the Enterprise, National and Alamo brands — the largest private company in the region.

Why it's on my list: Consumer marketing strategy for the flagship rental brands at the hometown giant, with team leadership and seven-figure budgets. This is the third Enterprise marketing-director seat my list has surfaced, which tells me the function is genuinely investing.

What to watch: A machine this size means setting strategy within a framework rather than building from scratch — the same question my Fleet Management tile carries. Salary is not posted, and Enterprise has historically run below coastal bands. Onsite expectations at Clayton HQ are worth confirming.

The organization: Large privately held facilities-services company providing soft services — cleaning, logistics, workplace operations — for Fortune 500 sites nationwide.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning the company's messaging, value proposition and design team, locally, with a posted range that clears my bar. My list already carries SBM's Content Marketing Director posting, so the function appears to be staffing up.

What to watch: Six months stale and found only on an aggregator — the first step is confirming the role still exists. B2B facilities services is a long way from purpose work, and I want to be sure the seat owns strategy rather than supporting the sales organization.

The organization: Retained executive search by JRG Partners for an unnamed "leading retail company" headquartered in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: A fresh VP mandate in town with brand, demand generation, digital, insights and communications all in scope, reporting to a CMO — broad functional ownership if the search is real and current.

What to watch: Recruiter-confidential, so the employer, culture and reality of the seat are unknown until I engage. It could even be the same mandate as the Build-A-Bear VP, Integrated Marketing tile already on my list — and search firms also run evergreen postings to collect résumés. One call to JRG settles all of it.

The organization: SaaS collaborative-learning platform used by companies to turn their own experts into course creators; a global edtech firm hiring across US metros.

Why it's on my list: A global VP seat over the whole marketing function that I could hold from St. Louis — the right level, a genuine builder's scope, and workplace learning is territory I can tell an authentic story in.

What to watch: No salary posted, and the listing is a Built In geo-tag rather than a confirmed STL role — I want genuine remote-from-Missouri hiring confirmed first. A French-founded SaaS company with a strong demand-gen culture; I would probe whether the seat owns brand and strategy or pipeline arithmetic, and what 'global' means for working hours.

The organization: Civic-renewal nonprofit — the former Woodrow Wilson Foundation — equipping young Americans with civic knowledge, skills and dispositions through programs spanning higher education, business and communities.

Why it's on my list: A senior-director external seat at a civic nonprofit: mission as the job, fully remote, with a posted range near my bar. External relations here reads broader than a comms-only seat — brand, voice and partnerships together.

What to watch: The posting is about three months old, so confirming the search is still open is step one. External relations at some nonprofits is funder-and-partnership work in disguise; I want the communications-to-development split made explicit before investing.

The organization: Global consumer-products company with a significant St. Louis-area marketing operation; this seat leads marketing for its Global Home Care division.

Why it's on my list: A second senior-director marketing opening at Spectrum Brands in a matter of weeks — division-level ownership at a large CPG, locally based, at a seniority that clears my bar.

What to watch: No public permalink surfaced — the role appeared through the local iamsoboard feed — so finding the official posting is the first step. Big-company CPG marketing can be shelf-velocity execution rather than brand building, and no salary is posted.

The organization: National nonprofit accelerating clean transportation — zero-emission trucks, buses and charging infrastructure — with industry and government partners across the country.

Why it's on my list: Mission is the whole organization, the role owns corporate marketing rather than a slice of it, and it is fully remote with a posted range that reaches my bar at the top. Clean transportation is purpose work with real industry weight behind it.

What to watch: The posting is undated, so freshness is unconfirmed. The range only clears my floor at its upper end, and corporate marketing at a policy-heavy nonprofit can tilt toward events and member support — I want to probe how much brand strategy the seat actually owns.

The organization: Fortune 500 global life and health reinsurance company headquartered in Chesterfield, operating in dozens of markets worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Executive-director level brand and creative leadership at one of the biggest corporate headquarters in my own backyard. A global Fortune 500 brand platform is serious scope, and financial services pays at the level I am targeting.

What to watch: I only found this on an aggregator, undated — it needs verifying on RGA’s own careers site before I invest anything. It is creative and brand strategy rather than the full marketing function, so I would probe where it sits relative to the top marketing seat and how much strategy versus studio management it carries.

The organization: Fortune 25 managed-care company headquartered in Clayton — the largest Medicaid managed-care organization in the country.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at the biggest corporate headquarters in St. Louis, explicitly remote-eligible from Missouri, at a company whose work is healthcare access. Centene’s communications organization is large enough that this comes with real resources.

What to watch: It is digital communications strategy rather than the full function — closer to channel leadership than brand ownership — and the posting is undated. Centene has also been through repeated restructurings; I want to ask where this sits after the latest one, and how stable the team is.

The organization: National research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity, working with coalitions, government and business on policy campaigns across the country.

Why it's on my list: Senior-director campaign leadership where communications is the engine of the work, fully remote, with a posted range well above my bar. Movement-style, earned-media campaign building is exactly the muscle I built scaling my own initiative to five cities.

What to watch: The posting is nearly six months old, so my first move is confirming it is genuinely still open. It is campaigns rather than brand or the full marketing function, it reports into a communications managing director rather than sitting at the top table, and 35% travel is the high end of what I want.

The organization: Fleet video telematics company — connected dashcams and safety software for commercial fleets — with its US headquarters in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: A VP of Marketing seat here in St. Louis with the whole function implied. At a focused B2B technology company that is usually builder work: positioning, demand, brand and team all at once.

What to watch: SureCam’s US operation is small, which puts it near my red-flag zone — I want to know early who the role reports to, whether leadership includes a marketer, and how much autonomy the seat really has. The posting is undated and salary is not posted, so both need confirming.

The organization: Professional association for cost engineering and total cost management — the credentialing and standards body for project cost professionals.

Why it's on my list: An association director seat that owns marketing outright and is explicitly fully remote. Membership organizations are where marketing is the growth engine, and associations are one of my named target sectors.

What to watch: The role pairs marketing with membership operations, which can tilt the job toward renewals administration rather than brand building — I want that split clarified. The listing sits behind ASAE’s CAPTCHA wall, so date and salary are unverified; it needs confirming on AACE’s own site.

The organization: Fortune 25 managed-care company headquartered in St. Louis, running government-sponsored health plans — Medicaid, Medicare and Marketplace — across the country.

Why it's on my list: A senior marketing seat at the biggest company headquartered in my metro, with the funding, salary bands and scale that come with it — and the Remote-MO listing suggests flexibility on where I sit. Health coverage for underserved populations gives the work a real social dimension.

What to watch: At this size the risk is running a slice of a machine rather than building anything — I want the scope, team and budget spelled out, and to know whether this seat touches strategy. Centene has also been through repeated restructuring. Undated posting; confirm it is live.

The organization: National early-childhood education nonprofit that trains college students and community members to serve preschoolers in under-resourced neighborhoods.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning marketing, communications and brand together at a national education nonprofit — whole-function scope with mission at the center, and a retained search that signals the organization is investing in the role.

What to watch: The listing I could see never says where the role sits — Jumpstart is Boston-based, so remote eligibility is my first question. Salary is not posted, and education nonprofits can run lean; I want budget and team size early. Confirm the search is still open.

The organization: Climate NGO focused on carbon removal — advancing the policy, research and entrepreneurship needed to scale technologies that pull carbon out of the air.

Why it's on my list: Communications leadership where climate is the entire mission, at one of the better-regarded carbon-removal policy shops. Building the public narrative for an emerging field is ground-floor work — much closer to founder-style comms than caretaking.

What to watch: Policy-shop communications can skew toward report promotion rather than brand-building — I want to probe the split. Remote terms are not visible in what I could see, and the posting is undated; both need confirming first.

The organization: Tech-accountability nonprofit best known for 'The Social Dilemma,' working to realign technology with the public interest.

Why it's on my list: Strategic communications leadership at one of the most recognizable voices in responsible technology — narrative work with national earned-media reach built into the organization's DNA.

What to watch: Idealist lists San Francisco even though the team has historically operated remote-first, so location terms are my first question. It is communications rather than full marketing, the org is small, and the posting is undated — verify it is live.

The organization: Nonprofit open-access science publisher that made open research mainstream — its journals are among the most-read in science.

Why it's on my list: A head-of-function communications seat at a mission publisher with a genuinely global brand. Science communication is purpose work with substance, and PLOS's distributed culture suggests the location could fit.

What to watch: Scholarly publishing is a pressured business — I want a clear picture of finances, and what 'Head of' means in team and budget. Remote terms are not stated in what I could see, and the posting is undated; confirm both.

The organization: Fortune 500 financial-services firm headquartered in greater St. Louis, with the largest branch network of any US brokerage.

Why it's on my list: A senior-director marketing seat at one of St. Louis's flagship employers, with the budget, brand spend and stability that come with it — and Edward Jones pays at the level I want.

What to watch: The remit — media planning and marketing-mix modeling — is the narrow, analytics-leaning specialty I have been steering away from, not brand-building. I would need convincing there is builder scope here. Aggregator mirrors suggest the posting has been up a while; confirm it is still open.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered consumer products company behind Energizer and Eveready batteries and the Armor All and STP auto-care brands.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at a hometown CPG with household brands — integrated marketing touches everything the company puts in market, and CPG is where real brand discipline lives.

What to watch: 'Integration' can mean orchestrating other people's strategies rather than owning one — I want to know exactly what this role decides, and whether it comes with team and budget. Undated on the employer's board; their Senior Director of Global Marketing from an earlier sweep is also still on my list, so the function may be reshuffling.

The organization: Nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks and shapes state election law and administration — its election policy trackers are reference tools across the democracy field.

Why it's on my list: Director-level digital ownership — websites, social, and the organization's signature policy-tracker products — at a nonpartisan democracy nonprofit, fully remote and posted three days before this sweep.

What to watch: Digital is a slice of marketing rather than the whole function, and the range tops out at $130,000, below where I want to land. Worth a look mainly if the mission and the product-building angle outweigh the narrower remit.

The organization: Project housed at the Transgender Law Center that organizes and supports Black LGBTQIA+ migrants through advocacy, community-building and narrative work.

Why it's on my list: Purpose is the whole job, it is fully remote, and it is one of the freshest postings this sweep found. I would own communications for the project outright.

What to watch: The salary is $114,000, well under my target, and this is a project inside a larger organization — autonomy, budget, and how much runs through the Law Center’s central communications are my first questions.

The organization: The philanthropic arm of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, raising the private support that funds Team USA athletes.

Why it's on my list: Storytelling for one of the most emotionally resonant brands in the country, at director level, posted days ago with a salary range attached.

What to watch: The core of the job is donor and fundraising communications rather than brand or marketing — closer to advancement than the function-building I want. And remote eligibility came from the job board, not the posting itself; confirm it before investing.

The organization: Employee-owned (100% ESOP) national general contractor headquartered in Chesterfield, building projects across the country.

Why it's on my list: A local director seat owning marketing for a national construction brand — and employee-owned, so not the owner-operated setup I avoid.

What to watch: The requisition dates to late April, so it has been open five months; the ATS refreshed it recently, but I should confirm it is genuinely active and not evergreen. Construction marketing can turn into pursuit-and-proposal support in practice, so the strategic scope needs confirming too.

The organization: The preeminent leadership-development organization for girls, founded in 1912 and one of the most recognized nonprofit brands in the country.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat owning external communications at one of the most iconic mission brands in America, posted just two days before this sweep. Speaking for a household-name organization at national scale is exactly the platform my earned-media and brand work has been building toward.

What to watch: The listing runs through CEO Update with the full text behind a login, and no remote policy is stated — GSUSA is headquartered in New York, so I need to confirm early that remote or Central time works. Salary is not posted either; both questions belong in the first call.

The organization: Visual web-development SaaS platform that lets teams design, build and launch professional websites without writing code.

Why it's on my list: A true VP seat with the biggest posted salary band of anything new this sweep, fully remote. Revenue marketing at a well-funded software company means owning pipeline strategy at the leadership table, with budget and team to match.

What to watch: Revenue marketing is the demand-generation slice rather than the whole function — brand likely sits elsewhere — and there is no purpose dimension to the work. I should confirm the scope and how the role divides territory with product and brand marketing.

The organization: The 501(c)(3) workforce-development and education arm of the National Association of Manufacturers, running national programs that build and diversify the manufacturing workforce.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat combining strategic engagement and communications at a national trade-association affiliate — the association world keeps producing my best-fitting roles, and this one is a day old. Workforce programs give the communications real substance to build with.

What to watch: Posted through CEO Update with the full text behind a login, and no remote policy stated — DC presence may be expected. I need the location answer and the salary range before this goes anywhere.

The organization: Publicly traded fintech that partners with community banks to expand credit access for everyday Americans shut out of mainstream lending.

Why it's on my list: Head-of-function ownership of both lifecycle and brand, fully remote, with a posted range that clears my bar. The credit-access framing gives the brand story a purpose angle I could do something real with.

What to watch: Lifecycle marketing leans toward retention and CRM mechanics, and subprime-adjacent lending carries reputational baggage — I want to know whether brand here means building or defending. Confirm the split between lifecycle plumbing and brand leadership.

The organization: The leading baby-registry platform — an e-commerce and content business that guides millions of expecting parents through their biggest purchase decisions.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director over content, social and creator marketing at a category-defining consumer brand, remote-friendly and paying well above my floor. Standing up a creator program at this scale is genuinely builder work.

What to watch: It is a slice of marketing rather than the whole function, and brand leadership sits above this seat. I should confirm the reporting line and whether the scope grows with the company.

The organization: Criminal-justice nonprofit that works with prosecutors and communities to reduce excessive sentences through prosecutor-initiated resentencing — it pioneered the model in California.

Why it's on my list: Purpose is the entire organization, and the communications seat owns the story of a genuinely novel justice-reform model. Remote with stated flexibility on location, and the range clears my floor.

What to watch: The posting dates to May and says open until filled, so the search may be deep into finalists — worth one direct note to confirm before investing. The preference is Bay Area presence; I would need them to mean flexible literally.

The organization: The world's largest conservation nonprofit; the Missouri chapter protects lands and waters across the state, and its director serves as the chapter's chief external voice.

Why it's on my list: An executive seat, based by preference right here in greater St. Louis, at a global mission brand, with a posted range well above my bar. The director is the chapter's chief spokesperson and external-affairs lead, so public narrative and partnership building are a real part of the job.

What to watch: This is general chapter leadership rather than a marketing role — conservation programs, fundraising and board management would dominate my weeks, with communications one slice. A reach outside my lane; worth pursuing only if the external-voice dimension is as central as the posting implies. Undated, so confirm freshness.

The organization: The world's largest brewer, headquartered in St. Louis; this role leads social and digital for BeatBox, the fast-growing party-punch brand in its portfolio.

Why it's on my list: A director seat inside the biggest marketing organization in St. Louis, on a young brand where the digital playbook is still being written. A-B is as well-funded as it gets, and the St. Louis seat keeps me home.

What to watch: It is a digital and social specialty rather than the whole function, the band starts below where I want to land, and the same role is offered in New York — I should confirm the St. Louis seat is real. Its sibling BeatBox influencer role went stale without filling, which makes me ask what is happening on that team.

The organization: AI marketing-content platform used by enterprise marketing teams to generate on-brand copy and campaigns at scale.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director, fully remote, at an exceptional posted range — and because the product itself is marketing, the marketing seat carries real weight inside the company.

What to watch: Growth marketing means performance: acquisition funnels, conversion and spend efficiency, a narrower remit than the brand-and-function building I want. AI-tooling companies also reorganize constantly; I would probe stability and who actually owns brand.

The organization: National trade association representing home care agencies — the industry voice for providers of in-home care across the country.

Why it's on my list: An association senior-director seat that owns communications, marketing and education together — the broad function ownership associations are good at giving, and remote.

What to watch: The full posting sits behind ASAE CareerHQ's CAPTCHA wall, so salary, team and reporting line are all unverified — the link may need a manual pass. Education under the same roof can also mean a heavy events and program-delivery load; I'd probe the split early.

The organization: St. Louis-based, private-equity-backed professional education company — licensing and continuing education for real estate, healthcare and financial professionals across a family of brands.

Why it's on my list: A fresh VP seat at a real St. Louis headquarters with scale and funding behind it. Local marketing leadership at this level does not come up often, so it earns a look even outside my core sectors.

What to watch: 'Marketing Performance' reads as demand generation and analytics rather than brand and purpose — I want to know whether this is the whole growth engine or a metrics function beside someone else's brand role. PE ownership also means aggressive targets and a horizon set by the fund.

The organization: Nonprofit research organization that studies how to frame social issues so they actually land — the science of changing the conversation, used by advocates and funders nationwide.

Why it's on my list: A mission organization whose entire product is communications thinking, posted fresh this month and remote. Leading digital for the people who wrote the book on framing would sharpen everything else I do.

What to watch: The 'Senior Strategist' half of the title suggests a hands-on individual-contributor lean rather than a true function head, and the range sits at the very bottom of my target. Worth a conversation, not a courtship.

The organization: The file-storage and collaboration software company, which operates Virtual First — the entire workforce is remote by design.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at a household-name tech brand, genuinely remote by company design, with a posted range that would sit at the very top of my list. Strategy scope rather than a narrow channel.

What to watch: There is no mission dimension, and “marketing strategy” at a company this size can mean influencing decks more than owning budgets — I would probe hard on what this role actually controls. Separate role from the Dropbox field-marketing job already on my list.

The organization: Climate-giving research organization (an IDinsight initiative) that guides donors to the highest-impact climate nonprofits.

Why it's on my list: Climate impact is the entire product, the salary range reaches well above my bar, and the role builds a growth function from scratch across marketing, communications and development.

What to watch: Development is listed first for a reason — a meaningful share of this job is fundraising, which is not where I want to spend my days. It only works if the marketing half genuinely leads. The listing sits on their own careers page, which would not fully load when found; verify details there.

The organization: Monster Beverage’s energy-drink business; the shopper marketing organization supports retail and bottler partners, with St. Louis basing aligned to the AB InBev bottler network.

Why it's on my list: A senior-director CPG seat actually based in St. Louis is rare, and this one is days old at a brand with enormous resources — big-league consumer marketing without leaving home.

What to watch: Shopper marketing is a retail-execution specialty — trade programs and bottler co-marketing rather than brand building. It surfaced on LinkedIn but had not yet appeared on Monster’s own careers board when found; verify there before applying.

The organization: Advocacy organization working to expand equitable access to reproductive health care through state and local campaigns and policy.

Why it's on my list: Mission-first communications leadership, fully remote, in advocacy work where earned media and campaign instincts — my strengths — are the whole game.

What to watch: The posting is five months old and on rolling review, which may mean it is quietly filled — confirm before investing. Salary sits below my preferred range, and advocacy comms can be reactive by nature.

The organization: Managed cybersecurity platform protecting small and mid-market businesses from threats their own IT teams cannot cover alone.

Why it's on my list: A fresh, fully remote director role paying over $200,000 at a fast-growing company — the economics are hard to ignore even where the mission is thin.

What to watch: Regional field marketing is pipeline work — events, campaigns and sales alignment — not brand or function ownership. This is on the list for its economics, not its fit.

The organization: The largest grassroots environmental organization in the US; this role markets its revenue-generating ventures and partnerships.

Why it's on my list: A marketing director title inside one of the most recognizable mission brands in the country, with remote eligibility on the posting.

What to watch: The scope is revenue ventures and partnership marketing — closer to fundraising-adjacent commerce than to the organization’s brand voice. Undated, so freshness needs verifying, and the salary is below my preferred range. Separate role from the Beyond Coal campaign directorship already on my list.

The organization: The professional association for more than 185,000 physician associates/PAs — advocacy, certification support and member services for a fast-growing profession.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat over both marketing and communications at a major professional association is squarely the shape I want, and AAPA describes itself as remote-friendly.

What to watch: I could not verify this one end to end: the LinkedIn posting is undated, no salary is listed, and the association's own portal would not confirm it is still open. Confirm the role is live and genuinely remote before spending real time on it.

The organization: The national wish-granting organization for children with critical illnesses — one of the most trusted nonprofit brands in the country.

Why it's on my list: Director-level communications at a beloved national brand, remote, working as a strategic advisor to the CEO and senior leadership — real proximity to the top table, at an organization whose story tells itself.

What to watch: Executive communications is a narrow lane — leadership messaging and visibility rather than function ownership or brand-building. Salary sits mid-band for me. Undated, so verify freshness when applying.

The organization: The bi-state civic and economic-development organization for the St. Louis metro — the merged successor to the Chamber and Civic Progress, working to grow the region.

Why it's on my list: Leading communications and PR for the organization that tells St. Louis's own story — local, civic, and exactly the kind of narrative-building I do well. Their Growth Marketing sibling role is already on my list; this is the comms seat in the same build-out.

What to watch: The title is 'Director, Marketing' with a Communications + PR specialization, and they are hiring several sibling directors at once — each seat is probably narrower than the title sounds. Their applicant portal blocks a direct link, so search for the posting.

The organization: Patient-advocacy nonprofit for the 30+ million Americans living with eczema — research funding, education and community support.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director over the whole marketing and communications function at a health-advocacy association, fully remote — the shape of the seat is right, and patient-community storytelling suits me.

What to watch: The listing is roughly three months old with no salary posted — decent odds it is filled or drifting. Verify on the association's own site before applying.

The organization: The country's best-known breast cancer nonprofit, funding research, advocacy and patient support — an organization already carrying two other roles on my list.

Why it's on my list: Brand-new posting at a household-name mission brand, remote, and the internal-plus-executive remit would put me shoulder to shoulder with leadership.

What to watch: Internal and executive communications is a specialty lane, not function ownership — no brand, no marketing budget — and the salary tops out below my ideal range. I'd weigh it as a door into Komen rather than a destination.

The organization: The nonprofit membership association behind the SAT and AP programs, connecting millions of students to college every year.

Why it's on my list: Executive-director level at a major education nonprofit, fully remote, inside a public affairs shop with real scale — education is a mission space where I can tell stories that matter.

What to watch: The title reads as internal strategy-and-alignment rather than owning a public-facing function, so the description has to prove there's real leadership scope. The posting is over a month old, and the salary figures circulating are only board estimates (~$152K–$230K).

The organization: The marketing and communications office of WashU Medicine, the university's academic medical enterprise and one of the best-funded institutions in the region.

Why it's on my list: WashU keeps producing senior roles for me, and this one leads the visual storytelling of a major health brand, hybrid in my own backyard, with a salary band whose top end is respectable.

What to watch: This is creative-craft leadership — the portfolio expectations may not match my strategist-builder profile, and it reports into the function rather than running it. Undated, and I could not pin down the Workday permalink, so confirm it's still open.

The organization: Fortune 500 financial services firm and broker-dealer headquartered in Des Peres, serving retail investors through a large branch network.

Why it's on my list: The posting names an eleven-person brand team, $80M+ in media and $6M+ in agency budget. That is real budget ownership and a real team — two of my non-negotiables — right here at home, at a salary band that respects the level.

What to watch: No purpose or impact dimension to the work, and at a firm this size a “Director” sits several layers from the leadership table. The posting is undated.

The organization: The largest grassroots environmental organization in the US; the Beyond Coal campaign drives the retirement of coal-fired power plants.

Why it's on my list: The highest salary of anything new this sweep, a mission with genuine stakes, and external-spokesperson duties that would put my earned-media background to work.

What to watch: This is campaign and advocacy leadership, not a marketing function. I would be running organizing strategy with communications attached rather than building a brand — a different job from the one I am looking for.

The organization: Community behavioral health nonprofit serving adults with serious mental illness across the St. Louis region.

Why it's on my list: Full organizational leadership locally, with the autonomy and the leadership seat that come with an ED role by definition.

What to watch: An ED job is general management — finance, programs, board — with marketing as one slice. It is run as a retained search through The Moran Company, so a slower and more formal process.

The organization: A 38-year-old nonprofit providing medically tailored meals, groceries and nutrition therapy to people living with HIV and cancer.

Why it's on my list: Posted salary well above my floor, a clear and local mission, and an organization mature enough to have real infrastructure behind the role rather than a founder’s improvisation.

What to watch: Same caveat as any ED seat — the job is running the organization, not building the brand, although at this size the two overlap more than they would at a larger shop.

The organization: An intermediary organization aligning regional early-childhood strategy, funding and public understanding across St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: “Public understanding” sits in the mandate, which makes this closer to a communications-led ED role than most. Intermediary organizations are usually young enough that the leader is genuinely building rather than maintaining.

What to watch: Intermediaries live on funder relationships. I want to know how much of the job is convening and coalition management versus strategy I would actually own and set.

The organization: Nonprofit founded in 1893 providing housing and support services to people with developmental disabilities across eastern Missouri.

Why it's on my list: A chief-officer seat within easy commuting distance, at a salary that respects the level, with strategy explicitly as the remit rather than an afterthought.

What to watch: Chief Strategy Officer may carry no marketing scope at all — I would need to see the position description before assuming otherwise. Listed as 30+ days old.

The organization: A certified B Corporation strategic communications firm serving purpose-driven nonprofits, foundations and social enterprises.

Why it's on my list: A B Corp whose entire client base is purpose organizations — the subject matter is exactly right, and it is freshly posted.

What to watch: Agency account leadership means serving clients rather than building one brand. The salary is stated as non-negotiable and below my target, and a small founder-led firm is precisely the setup I told myself to avoid. Applications go by email.

The organization: The Department of Neuroscience at WashU School of Medicine, one of the largest neuroscience research departments in the country.

Why it's on my list: Strategy paired with communications in the same title, at an institution that has been consistently productive for my search.

What to watch: Single-department scope inside a very large institution — limited budget and a narrow audience compared with the university-level roles already on this list.

The organization: The central administrative offices of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, overseeing parishes, schools and social ministries across eastern Missouri.

Why it's on my list: VP-level and local, at an organization with genuine regional reach and a large internal audience.

What to watch: Advancement means fundraising-weighted, which is not where my strength or my interest sits. I already have several Archdiocese roles on this list.

The organization: A 41-year-old nonprofit providing free commercial air travel for children who need specialized medical care far from home.

Why it's on my list: A genuinely moving mission with obvious earned-media potential, freshly posted, and the remote option could make the Las Vegas base workable.

What to watch: $80,000+ is below my target, and “remote/hybrid option” often means they would really prefer someone in Nevada. Worth clarifying before anything else.

The organization: Nonprofit founded in 1947 running study-abroad, work-exchange and international education programs worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Senior director at a long-established nonprofit, fully remote, at an organization with genuine international reach.

What to watch: Digital-only specialty rather than the whole function, 30+ days old and flagged as a possible zombie, and no salary posted. Three strikes worth checking before investing.

The organization: Owner-operator of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection data centers in central US markets, including a major St. Louis facility.

Why it's on my list: Local, director-level, and at a company small enough that the marketing leader almost certainly owns the whole function.

What to watch: “Growth marketing” signals a performance and demand-generation mandate rather than brand building, and B2B infrastructure is a long way from the purpose work I am aiming at.

The organization: The only national organization dedicated to empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls, working across reproductive rights, economic justice and immigration.

Why it's on my list: Mission is the whole organization here, the title is senior, and the role owns the communications function — narrative, digital and content strategy, and the team under it. The salary band brackets my range, and this is movement-building of exactly the kind my social impact initiative ran on.

What to watch: The eligible-state list includes Illinois but not Missouri — if working from the Metro East side is possible for me this may be fine, but I need to ask that question before investing anything. It is communications rather than full marketing, and the posting is undated, so I should also confirm how current the search is.

The organization: The marketing and communications division of WashU Medicine — the academic medical center that keeps appearing on my list because it hires senior marketing leaders at real scale.

Why it's on my list: A senior creative leadership seat inside an institution I already have several roles from on this list: I would set creative and design direction for the WashU Medicine brand, at hybrid distance from home, inside a well-funded system that clearly invests in this function.

What to watch: It is a creative-craft seat more than a strategy seat — design leadership rather than owning a marketing function — so I should weigh honestly whether it uses the builder in me or just the brand eye. Glassdoor estimates the band around $96K–$169K; the posting itself is undated and WashU reqs can sit open a while.

The organization: Big Four professional services firm; this role leads content strategy and editorial for the firm's own enterprise brand and internal platforms.

Why it's on my list: Director-level brand and content leadership at an organization with effectively unlimited resources, hirable from the St. Louis office and posted this week. Editorial strategy at a firm this size is real scope, and internal-brand work can be more entrepreneurial than it sounds.

What to watch: It is a slice of the function — content and editorial, not marketing — inside a very large matrix, which is the opposite of the autonomy I am optimizing for. Worth probing what actually gets decided at this desk versus decided above it.

The organization: The national headquarters of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, which funds and runs domestic and international mission work from St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: Executive Director scope over a forty-plus-person advancement unit, in town, at a large and stable institution. Leading a team that size in service of mission work is leadership-table territory by any definition.

What to watch: This is fundraising leadership, not marketing — communications sits in a separate department I would collaborate with rather than run. A conversation worth having only if I decide scale and mission can outweigh the marketing craft.

The organization: Fortune 500 retail brokerage and wealth manager headquartered in St. Louis, with roughly 20,000 branch offices across North America.

Why it's on my list: A fresh Director posting at one of St. Louis's largest and best-funded headquarters employers. Edward Jones pays well at this level and experience strategy is genuinely strategic work close to the client.

What to watch: 'Experience strategy' is a slice of marketing rather than the function — at a company this size I would be one director among many, in a matrix. Good stability and comp, but I should weigh it against how much building versus maintaining it really offers.

The organization: Nonprofit in the Future of Life orbit working to lower risks to humanity from transformative AI through research, policy and governance work.

Why it's on my list: A build-from-scratch communications function on one of the most consequential issues of the decade, fully remote — and a dual comms-plus-operations remit means a genuine seat at the center of a small organization.

What to watch: The dual role cuts both ways: half my time would be internal staff/ops work rather than marketing. The field is niche and wonky, and the bottom of the salary band is well below my range — I would need the top of it.

The organization: Nonprofit that sends unconditional cash transfers directly to people living in poverty; the recognized leader in evidence-based direct giving.

Why it's on my list: One of the most credible brands in global development, a same-day-fresh posting, and 'influence' work — narrative, advocacy, coalition-building — that overlaps with what I do best.

What to watch: This is a partnerships and advocacy role, not a marketing one — closer to fundraising-adjacent relationship work than brand building. Salary is modest for the title. On my list because the organization is exceptional, not because the role is a clean fit.

The organization: Employee-owned electrical contracting and construction firm founded in St. Louis in 1902, working on major regional projects.

Why it's on my list: Owning the whole marketing function at a 120-year-old employee-owned St. Louis institution — being an ESOP rather than a founder-owned shop takes the edge off my usual worry about construction-sector marketing jobs, and B2B contractors this established have real budgets.

What to watch: Construction marketing can mean proposals and trade-show logistics rather than brand strategy — I need the job description in detail. Undated posting on their ATS, so confirm it is still open, and confirm the role reports to leadership rather than to sales.

The organization: The leading national nonprofit mobilizing youth and young adults to change mental health norms in schools, workplaces and communities.

Why it's on my list: A VP title at the top youth mental health advocacy organization in the country, fully remote and freshly posted. Corporate partnerships at a cause organization is cause marketing seen from the other side of the table — my five-city initiative is directly relevant proof.

What to watch: This is a revenue role — corporate and foundation fundraising with targets — not a brand or communications seat. If I want to run marketing, this is a detour; if I want a VP title at a mission organization, it is a live option.

The organization: An advocacy organisation supporting Black LGBTQIA+ migrants and building community power.

Why it's on my list: Fully remote, clear posted salary above my floor, and advocacy work where communications is the core instrument of the mission.

What to watch: Small advocacy organisation — I would want to see the budget and whether the Director has a team or is the team. Undated.

The organization: A large regional bank (Citizens Financial Group) offering consumer and commercial banking services.

Why it's on my list: Freshly posted, strong salary, and unusually flexible — St. Louis in-office or remote, which fits either shape of my search. A big, well-resourced employer with real budget behind marketing.

What to watch: Commercial banking marketing is a segment, not the whole function, and there is no purpose dimension to the work. This is a solid corporate role rather than a mission one.

The organization: A national nonprofit founded in 1982 that advances Latino professionals and helps employers develop Latino talent.

Why it's on my list: Marketing and communications combined under one Director, fully remote, at an established national nonprofit with a clear mission.

What to watch: The salary tops out at $90K, below where I want to be — that is the main reason this sits here rather than higher. Undated posting.

The organization: An education nonprofit funding innovation in health and wellness, early literacy, and college/career readiness for St. Louis students.

Why it's on my list: C-suite title with a guaranteed leadership-team seat, local, at a mission organisation whose work I believe in.

What to watch: This is a fundraising role first and a marketing role second — development, not brand building. Posted in June, so it has been open a while.

The organization: WashU's central university marketing and communications office; this role leads science news strategy and media relations.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director level, local, at an institution that keeps producing roles at my level — and earned media is a strength of mine.

What to watch: This is media relations and science storytelling, not brand or purpose marketing. Undated and possibly an older req.

The organization: A nonprofit serving New Yorkers experiencing homelessness and hunger, operating since 1879.

Why it's on my list: Communications and marketing owned together, solid posted salary, and a long-established mission organisation.

What to watch: The location is the real question — it is listed as remote but based in Manhattan, and I should confirm before investing time. If it is NYC-onsite, it is off my list.

The organization: A Missouri nonprofit supporting burn survivors and burn-prevention education, including camps for burn-injured youth.

Why it's on my list: Top job at a local nonprofit, recently posted — total autonomy and the chance to build the organisation's profile from the ground up.

What to watch: Small organisation, so the Executive Director does everything including operations and fundraising, and the marketing budget is likely modest. No salary posted.

The organization: Civic nonprofit that awards equity-free grants to startups that relocate to St. Louis, and a central player in the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Why it's on my list: Freshly posted, and Arch Grants is fundamentally a brand and ecosystem-building organization — its influence comes from storytelling and convening. My background building a civic initiative across five cities maps unusually well onto this.

What to watch: This is a CEO role, not a marketing role. Fundraising and board management would be a large share of it. Worth an honest look at whether I want the whole job or just the part I am good at.

The organization: Clayton-headquartered mobility and rental car company; this role directs North America digital commerce strategy across traffic, conversion and order value.

Why it's on my list: Director level at a marquee St. Louis employer with an immediate opening and clear P&L-adjacent ownership of digital commerce.

What to watch: Ecommerce and conversion optimization is a specialist lane, not the brand and purpose work I am targeting.

The organization: One of the largest health foundations in Missouri, funding and advocating on health equity across the state.

Why it's on my list: A major foundation with real endowment behind it, a C-suite title, and an externally facing agenda-setting mandate on health equity. Foundations are squarely in my target set.

What to watch: This is not a marketing or communications role — it is a programmatic equity leadership seat. Undated and no stable posting URL, so I would need to go through their careers page directly.

The organization: NYSE-listed St. Louis-founded online learning company behind Varsity Tutors, operating a live-learning platform at national scale.

Why it's on my list: Senior Director, remote, at a public company founded in St. Louis, with an eight-figure media budget attached. Education access has a mission dimension.

What to watch: Performance marketing is exactly the narrow specialty I am trying to move away from — this is paid media optimization, not brand or purpose building.

The organization: Global experiential and sports marketing agency within Omnicom, with a St. Louis presence built around long-running brewer client work.

Why it's on my list: SVP is well above the Director line and the posted band is strong, with the role based in St. Louis.

What to watch: Agency-side means serving clients rather than owning a brand, which is the opposite of the autonomy I want. The permalink I found did not match this title, so the posting itself needs verifying.

The organization: University Advancement runs WashU's fundraising and alumni engagement; this is the marketing and digital communications lead within it.

Why it's on my list: Director title at WashU with marketing and digital communications explicitly in scope, hybrid and local.

What to watch: Sitting inside Advancement means the work serves fundraising campaigns. The requisition number is low enough that this posting may be quite old.

The organization: St. Louis-based Equifax Workforce Solutions; this role owns marketing strategy for government and public-safety solutions across business-to-government channels.

Why it's on my list: Director title at a substantial St. Louis employer, hybrid, with ownership of a defined portfolio.

What to watch: Portfolio and product marketing is the narrow specialty lane I am trying to leave. Business-to-government focus narrows it further.

The organization: For-profit financial management services company that helps people with disabilities and older adults self-direct their own care and hire their own caregivers. Disability rights and self-determination mission.

Why it's on my list: Marketing and communications combined under one director at a company whose entire premise is human autonomy and dignity. Strong purpose alignment.

What to watch: No salary posted, and the company is smaller — confirm the budget and team.

The organization: Organic kombucha and tea maker that surfaces in B Corp job searches. Sustainability and ingredient-integrity led consumer brand.

Why it's on my list: Brand ownership at a values-led consumer beverage company, remote.

What to watch: Undated listing. Smaller company, so the budget may be modest relative to the title.

The organization: Online landscape design company marketing climate-adapted, water-wise and native-plant yard design. Sustainability is central to the product story.

Why it's on my list: Full marketing ownership at a consumer company where sustainability is the product, not an add-on.

What to watch: Undated listing, and consumer home services companies can be volatile.

The organization: SaaS platform for financial, risk and ESG/sustainability reporting. The company's growth thesis is corporate sustainability and assurance reporting.

Why it's on my list: Brand strategy ownership at a company whose business IS ESG reporting — the closest commercial match to my ESG communications target, with an excellent range.

What to watch: Flagged by the sweep as possibly filled — it didn't appear on Workiva's own board on Aug 20. Verify before investing time.

The organization: US section of the global human rights organisation, running advocacy, research and grassroots mobilisation.

Why it's on my list: One of the strongest mission brands anywhere, and a fresh posting at director level.

What to watch: This is fundraising, not brand or marketing leadership. Only worth it if I'm open to a development-weighted role.

The organization: The Catholic archdiocese covering the St. Louis region — a large organization spanning parishes, schools and social service agencies.

Why it's on my list: Mission-driven, local, director level, with communications reach across a large and varied organization.

What to watch: The stewardship half is fundraising, which dilutes the marketing scope. A specific institutional culture to weigh too.

The organization: Direct-to-consumer intimates and leakproof apparel brand built on body positivity and destigmatising periods, postpartum and menopause. The posting is flagged as leadership level.

Why it's on my list: A consumer brand whose marketing is inseparable from its social mission, and PR and partnerships is earned-media work — exactly my strength.

What to watch: PR and partnerships rather than full marketing ownership. New York anchored, though remote is offered.

The organization: For-profit mental health company building a nationwide network so therapy and psychiatry are available in-network. Mission is making mental healthcare affordable and accessible.

Why it's on my list: Exceptional posted range at a company with a mission I'd be proud of, recently reposted.

What to watch: Payer marketing means selling to insurance companies — specialised B2B, far from consumer or brand work.

The organization: Smart oven and chef-prepared meal company. The impact angle is reducing household food waste and making home-cooked meals accessible, though lighter on formal ESG than others here.

Why it's on my list: Senior director owning brand at a consumer company with a strong range and a Chicago anchor — driveable from St. Louis if occasional presence is needed.

What to watch: The mission dimension is thinner than the healthcare and climate roles on this list.

The organization: Financial services partnership headquartered in the St. Louis area, with roughly 19,000 branch offices and 50,000 associates.

Why it's on my list: Department leader at a major local employer, with a posted range well into my target. Serious scale and resources.

What to watch: A partnership this size has established processes — limited room to build something new. Undated posting.

The organization: For-profit telehealth company deploying clinical-grade CareStations into workplaces, rural areas and underserved communities to expand primary care access.

Why it's on my list: 'Impact' is literally in the title, at a company expanding healthcare access to underserved places. Good range.

What to watch: Partner-facing impact role — closer to partnerships and measurement than marketing leadership. About three weeks old.

The organization: Large nonprofit university and one of the biggest online education providers in the country. Remote-first as an employer.

Why it's on my list: Well-resourced, senior title, and genuinely built for distributed leadership — a remote seat here wouldn't be second class.

What to watch: The range starts at $86K, low for the title. Find out where in the band they're hiring.

The organization: Publicly traded prescription price comparison platform with a real consumer benefit story around drug affordability.

Why it's on my list: VP title with a genuine consumer impact angle.

What to watch: Analytics-weighted rather than brand or program building — a different discipline from mine.

The organization: For-profit behavioural health network connecting patients to in-network therapists and psychiatrists, focused on removing cost and access barriers to mental healthcare.

Why it's on my list: Strong range at a mental health access company, remote.

What to watch: B2B employer marketing means selling to HR buyers — a specific commercial track, not brand or purpose work.

The organization: For-profit psychiatry practice that takes insurance, built to make psychiatric care affordable and in-network.

Why it's on my list: Partnerships leadership at a mental health access company, listed on a purpose-careers board.

What to watch: Partnerships rather than marketing leadership. Narrow relative to my target.

The organization: Privately held hotel developer, owner and third-party manager running 40+ select-service and lifestyle hotels nationwide. Headquartered in Maryland Heights.

Why it's on my list: One of the newest senior local postings in this sweep. At SVP level, budget ownership and strategic input are structural rather than something I'd have to fight for.

What to watch: Commercial strategy usually means revenue accountability alongside marketing. Privately held, so I'd want to understand the ownership dynamic.

The organization: Big Four professional services firm with a large St. Louis office. This role handles executive communications for the US CEO's office.

Why it's on my list: Executive communications at the very top of a global firm, posted yesterday, with a strong range and a local base.

What to watch: Executive communications is speechwriting and positioning for one leader — prestigious but narrow, and not brand building.

The organization: Privately held car rental, fleet management and mobility company behind Enterprise, National and Alamo. Roughly $38B revenue, headquartered in Clayton.

Why it's on my list: Marketing strategy at director level inside one of the region's biggest and most respected private employers. Recently posted.

What to watch: Fleet management is the B2B side of the business. Very large company, so scope will be well defined rather than open. Update, September 9 sweep: Enterprise's own applicant system returns 404 for this requisition even though aggregators still date it as recent — treating it as closed. Update, October 5 sweep: the role is back — Enterprise reposted it as a fresh requisition (Job ID 567551) on its own applicant system in late September, and that page loads live with no closed language; the earlier 404 belonged to the old requisition. Moved back out of Flagged.

The organization: Global nuclear medicine company producing radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic imaging and therapy. Around 2,000 employees, with major US operations in Maryland Heights.

Why it's on my list: Two open senior director marketing reqs at once, which usually signals the function is expanding. Healthcare with genuine patient impact.

What to watch: Highly regulated — pharma messaging is tightly constrained by compliance. Update, September 2 sweep: Curium's own careers site now says the position has been filled — closed, kept for the record. Update, October 7 sweep: Curium has posted this role again as a fresh requisition on its own careers site, verified loading live with an open application — moved out of Flagged. They filled it once already, so my first question is what happened to the last hire.

The organization: Employee-owned global engineering, modular fabrication and construction firm serving food and beverage, can-making and renewable natural gas markets. Over 1,000 employees.

Why it's on my list: Department head seat locally, and the renewable natural gas and prairie restoration side gives me genuine sustainability material to work with. Employee-owned is an interesting culture signal.

What to watch: Engineering firms rarely invest heavily in marketing — I'd want to see the budget and team before taking it seriously. The October 2 sweep found aggregator copies still listed but Roeslein’s own careers page showing no open postings — it may have closed or moved applicant systems; worth checking their current applicant site before writing it off. Update, October 7 sweep: the role is live again on Roeslein's own iCIMS applicant system as requisition 2026-3285, posted mid-September — exactly the applicant-system move the October 2 sweep suspected. Moved out of Flagged; the budget-and-team question stands.

The organization: Major sales and marketing services company for consumer-goods brands and retailers, headquartered in Clayton, with thousands of employees nationwide.

Why it's on my list: A director-level creative seat at a large CPG-services company in my own backyard, with a solid posted range — and the business-development angle means the work shapes how the company wins clients, which carries more weight than production creative.

What to watch: This is creative-craft leadership in service of sales pitches, not ownership of a marketing function. A mirror of this listing has been circulating for months, so the requisition may be long-running — worth asking why before investing.

The organization: The only US civil-rights organization dedicated solely to securing legal rights for nonhuman animals, litigating landmark habeas corpus cases on behalf of elephants and chimpanzees.

Why it's on my list: A senior director seat where communications is the strategy — the organization's legal theory only advances when the public narrative does. Fully remote, mission-driven, and storytelling-heavy work I would genuinely enjoy leading.

What to watch: Salary tops out at $125,000, below where I want to land, the organization is small, and the posting has been rolling since January — all three need honest answers before I spend time here.

The organization: Fortune 500 managed-care insurer headquartered in St. Louis; this role sits in one of its health-plan markets.

Why it's on my list: Director level at the hometown Fortune 500 with a posted range whose top end is the highest of any Centene role on my list. If the location resolves to St. Louis or remote, it earns a conversation.

What to watch: Two real problems: the posting never names its location, so it may sit in any plan state, and the title is sales-first — health-plan sales and marketing directors usually carry membership growth targets, which is closer to sales leadership than brand building. Resolve both before spending time.

The organization: The Workforce Solutions arm of Equifax — the St. Louis-based unit behind The Work Number — selling verification and employer services at national scale.

Why it's on my list: A director-level marketing seat at a large, stable employer with a real St. Louis presence, and the second portfolio-marketing opening this team has shown on my list — they hire at this level repeatedly.

What to watch: Portfolio marketing is a narrow specialty rather than function ownership — the builder work is confined to one product line's go-to-market. The posting is about five months old, a third-party board pegs pay near $125,000 (below my bar), and Equifax's own St. Louis location page does not show it — all three need confirming.

The organization: The in-house marketing and communications division of WashU Medicine, the academic medical enterprise of Washington University in St. Louis — the most productive single source in this search.

Why it's on my list: Director level at WashU, in my own city, inside a marcomm division I already know keeps hiring senior people. A live opening here is a foot in the door while the bigger WashU searches run.

What to watch: Social media is a single channel, not a function — this is the narrowest WashU role on my list and likely the most junior-skewing of its director titles. The detail page was bot-walled, so title and scope come from an indexed snippet; confirm everything on Workday before spending any time.

The organization: The public community college serving roughly 69,000 students a year across the St. Louis region.

Why it's on my list: A strategic-communications directorship at a civic institution the whole region touches — education mission, public scale, and my own city.

What to watch: The posted salary of $93,145 sits below my floor, and the posting is internally inconsistent — part of the page reads “Manager, Communications” — so both the level and the money need confirming before I spend time here.

The organization: A retained executive search for an unnamed “leading legal services organization” in St. Louis. The seat owns brand, demand generation, PR and marketing technology, with pay described as highly competitive plus bonus and long-term incentives.

Why it's on my list: Whole-function scope at senior director level in my own metro, through a retained firm that already has two other searches on my list — and legal services is a well-funded sector.

What to watch: The role reports to a VP of Marketing, so it is not the top seat and my leadership-table test likely fails — that is question one for the recruiter. The employer is confidential, so the owner-involvement screen happens in the first call, and a search page three months old may be deep in process.

The organization: The advancement arm of WashU. This seat leads the team producing proposals, impact reports and bespoke communications for the university’s largest donors.

Why it's on my list: Executive-director level at the most productive institution in my search, with a real team and writing-led work where quality visibly matters.

What to watch: This is fundraising communications through and through — the audience is a short list of major donors rather than a market, and the work serves gift officers rather than a brand I would own. Undated and aggregator-verified; confirm on Workday.

The organization: The largest animal-protection organization in the US — formerly the Humane Society of the United States — working across companion animals, wildlife and farm animal welfare worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Managing-director scope at a household-name mission organization, fully remote, with global reach — and their brand carries real earned-media weight.

What to watch: The work is web marketing — site conversion, email and digital program execution — a channel seat rather than brand or cause leadership, and the range tops out at $135,000. Their senior performance-marketing MD role is already on my list; this one sits a layer deeper into channels. Found on Glassdoor undated; verify on their own careers portal.

The organization: Business-travel booking platform; this seat builds marketing through partners and distribution channels.

Why it's on my list: Director level, fully remote, at a growing travel-tech company — and partner programs are at least standing something up rather than maintaining it.

What to watch: Partner and distribution marketing is a narrow specialty a long way from brand, purpose or communications leadership, and there is no mission dimension. The Built In listing is geo-tagged to St. Louis but it is a national remote posting. Their product-marketing directorship is already on my list.

The organization: St. Louis-founded apparel and lifestyle brand started by three brothers in 2015, now selling through 11 of its own stores and roughly 500 wholesale partners.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at a genuine homegrown St. Louis consumer-brand success story — the kind of brand-building environment I enjoy rooting for.

What to watch: This is an ecommerce specialty seat rather than brand or communications leadership, and the company is a founder-run family business — exactly the owner-involvement setup I screen hardest for. No employer posting surfaced, only scraper mirrors; verify it exists on thenormalbrand.com before anything else.

The organization: Mission-driven K-12 education company whose curriculum and assessment products reach millions of students.

Why it's on my list: Education with real reach, a fresh posting, and a remote director seat at a company whose product does some good in the world.

What to watch: Field marketing is event-and-pipeline execution in support of sales — a narrow lane without the brand or purpose scope I want — and the range sits below my target.

The organization: Global nonprofit solving lead and mercury poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.

Why it's on my list: C-suite at a serious global mission organization with a range among the highest this sweep found — and Pure Earth's VP of Communications seat is already on my list, which says the organization is investing in its leadership bench.

What to watch: This is program and impact leadership, not marketing or communications — a different career lane. Recorded so I know I have seen it; the VP of Communications tile is the one that fits me.

The organization: Digital agency and software development firm.

Why it's on my list: Full marketing ownership, remote, fresh this week, with an employer-posted range that clears my bar.

What to watch: A small agency-side shop with little public footprint — likely founder-led, with marketing in service of selling agency work. That sits close to the owner-operated setup I avoid, and there is no mission dimension.

The organization: Global software company serving flooring, kitchen and interior-design businesses.

Why it's on my list: A VP title, fully remote, at a company with real scale in its niche.

What to watch: Industry marketing for a single vertical is narrow territory, the range is modest for a VP seat, and there is no mission dimension.

The organization: Nonprofit newsroom that trains incarcerated writers in journalism and publishes their work.

Why it's on my list: A mission with storytelling at its very core, remote, and a director seat building an audience function from the ground up.

What to watch: Audience and membership growth is a narrow, metrics-driven lane, and the salary sits well below my range — a small organization's reality rather than a leadership-table seat with a budget.

The organization: Pharmacy-benefits technology company positioning itself as a transparent alternative to legacy PBMs.

Why it's on my list: A strong posted range, remote, and health tech with a consumer-fairness story to tell.

What to watch: Product marketing is a specialty I have consistently passed on — positioning decks and launch calendars rather than owning a brand or a function.

The organization: Spend-management software company for mid-market finance teams.

Why it's on my list: A remote director seat with a posted range that reaches well above my bar.

What to watch: Product marketing again — narrow, execution-weighted, and no mission dimension.

The organization: St. Louis sports memorabilia and commemorative-products retailer.

Why it's on my list: A director seat here in St. Louis, fresh this week, owning PR and advertising for a consumer brand with a fun product.

What to watch: A small owner-run retailer is close to the setup I have asked to avoid — marketing here likely means executing the owner's instincts. No salary posted, which at this size usually means below my range.

The organization: Nonprofit senior-living operator with communities across the St. Louis area.

Why it's on my list: Local, mission-adjacent, and a director title at an established St. Louis nonprofit.

What to watch: This is a community-level sales and occupancy job wearing a marketing title — the posted salary says everything about the scope. Recorded so I know I have seen it.

The organization: Assisted-living community in University City.

Why it's on my list: Local and director-titled, in a sector that is always hiring.

What to watch: Single-community admissions marketing — tours, referral relationships and census goals. Not a leadership seat; recorded for completeness.

The organization: Nonprofit regional news network supporting member newsrooms across the South, including Mississippi Today and Verite News.

Why it's on my list: Brand-new posting at a mission-driven journalism network — fresh, remote-flexible, and genuinely purposeful work.

What to watch: The seat is senior editorial and content leadership for newsrooms, adjacent to my lane rather than in it — it is not ownership of a marketing or communications function. Salary is not posted, and nonprofit journalism tends to pay below my floor.

The organization: Retained executive search by JRG Partners for an unnamed "leading chemicals company" in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: A local director seat with integrated brand, digital and demand-generation scope at an industrial company.

What to watch: The role reports into a VP of Marketing rather than the leadership table, which is a level below where I want to sit. Recruiter-confidential and nearly three months old — the same evergreen-posting caution as the other JRG mandate on my list.

The organization: Large publicly traded cloud-security company (zero trust/SASE); ThreatLabz is its in-house threat-research arm.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at a major tech company, holdable from St. Louis, with a posted range far above my bar.

What to watch: Deep product marketing for a security-research function — a narrow technical specialty with no brand or purpose dimension. The pay is the draw; the day job is well off my center of gravity.

The organization: The medical school and academic medical center of Washington University; its marketing and communications office tells the story of one of the country's leading research and clinical enterprises.

Why it's on my list: Senior creative leadership at WashU Medicine — a stable, well-funded institution where several roles already sit on my list, hybrid here in St. Louis.

What to watch: A creative and design specialty seat — leading visual output rather than owning marketing strategy — which is beside my center of gravity. No public permalink surfaced; the requisition lives on WashU's Workday board.

The organization: Business-travel booking platform (formerly Hotel Engine) serving companies that book lodging and travel at scale.

Why it's on my list: Director level, a strong posted range, and fully remote.

What to watch: Product marketing at a travel-tech company — a narrow specialty with no mission dimension, and the scope will be launch-and-roadmap work rather than brand building.

The organization: AI legal-tech platform that helps plaintiff law firms evaluate and work cases.

Why it's on my list: Fresh, remote-eligible, and a posted range well above my bar at a fast-growing AI company.

What to watch: The listing's own URL reads 'senior product marketing manager' even though the card says director — that mismatch usually means a manager job wearing a bigger title. Narrow product-marketing specialty either way; verify the real level before spending any time.

The organization: Social-impact organization working across agriculture, animal welfare, environment and transparency causes, building out its US marketing arm.

Why it's on my list: Mission organization, fully remote, director title, posted the day before this sweep.

What to watch: The range tops out at $100,000 — well under my floor — and a cross-post of the same role is titled 'manager', which tells me the title is bigger than the job. Digital-specialty scope too. Only worth a look if the mission really grabs me.

The organization: ESG and sustainability data-management software platform helping companies collect, manage and report sustainability data.

Why it's on my list: A VP of Marketing seat squarely in the ESG world — the sector I most want to work in — at a venture-backed software company where the function would be mine to build.

What to watch: Novisto is headquartered in Montreal and nothing I could see confirms the role is open to US-based candidates, which could rule it out entirely — that is the first question. The listing is undated and reachable only through an embedded application link, so it needs verifying.

The organization: One of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the country, headquartered in St. Louis; this role supports its philanthropy arm.

Why it's on my list: Director-level communications at a huge St. Louis-headquartered mission institution, remote-eligible, with the resources of a major system behind it.

What to watch: It is development communications — fundraising support — rather than brand or marketing leadership, which is the weighting I keep steering away from. A Senior Director variant also surfaced on Glassdoor; if I pursue this, I should find out which level is actually open and push toward the senior one.

The organization: The national humanitarian-relief and disaster-response organization — blood services, disaster relief and emergency preparedness across the country.

Why it's on my list: A household-name mission brand at director level, remote, with the scale and infrastructure of one of the largest nonprofits in the country.

What to watch: The title says it plainly: fundraising communications, which is support work for development rather than the brand and function leadership I want. The posting is undated and I could not verify it on the Red Cross’s own site this sweep.

The organization: Nonprofit working to combat antisemitism while protecting democratic norms and civil liberties.

Why it's on my list: A remote communications director seat at an advocacy organization where communications is the core of the work.

What to watch: Nine months on a job board usually means filled, frozen or endlessly reposted — it needs confirming before anything else. The salary tops out at $120,000, below where I want to land, and the issue area is a charged one I would want to be sure I am choosing.

The organization: Communications consultancy serving education nonprofits, foundations and public agencies.

Why it's on my list: A VP seat, fully remote, in the education-and-foundations world where my mission instincts fit — and agency leadership would keep me close to many mission brands at once.

What to watch: It is agency-side, so the work is client service rather than owning a brand of my own, and public relations is narrower than the full function. Six months old, so it may be filled; salary is not posted.

The organization: Major retail financial-services and wealth-management firm headquartered in St. Louis, with a large in-house marketing organization.

Why it's on my list: Director-level creative leadership at one of St. Louis’s biggest and best-funded marketing organizations, where several other roles are already on my list.

What to watch: Creative direction is a specialty seat rather than function ownership, and salary.com syndications are often stale — I could not find this on Edward Jones’s own careers site this sweep. Low priority unless it reappears somewhere authoritative.

The organization: Progressive state-level organizing and advocacy fund — a 501(c)(4) — running field and communications programs in battleground states.

Why it's on my list: National communications leadership, fully remote, at an organization where communications drives the whole program.

What to watch: Two serious cautions: the posted salary tops out well below my bar, and the organization has been reported in past years to be winding down operations — a live applicant page can outlast the actual job. Confirm the organization’s status before anything else.

The organization: The national organization of the Girl Scout movement, serving millions of girls through 111 local councils.

Why it's on my list: An iconic mission brand, and 'movement communications' is the language of the campaign-style, earned-media work I love most.

What to watch: The posting I could see states neither location nor remote terms, and a movement-comms remit inside a federated giant can turn inward — coordinating councils rather than building a public narrative. A director title at GSUSA likely sits several layers from the leadership table. All of that needs checking before this moves up.

The organization: Agtech company running farm carbon-credit and sustainable-crop programs that pay farmers for climate-positive practices.

Why it's on my list: Sustainability is literally the product here, which is rare in product marketing — the purpose angle is real even though the discipline is narrow.

What to watch: Product marketing is the specialty I have been avoiding, and Indigo has been through several restructurings and strategy shifts. Location and remote terms are not visible; undated. This stays low unless the scope turns out broader than the title.

The organization: Nonprofit building a circular-bioeconomy innovation hub in California's Central Valley.

Why it's on my list: Founder-style communications for an organization still being built — the purest version of ground-floor narrative work in this sweep.

What to watch: Almost certainly California-anchored, which likely rules it out unless the remote terms surprise me, and a young hub organization means checking the funding runway. Undated; small team.

The organization: National nonprofit helping immigrant and refugee professionals rebuild their careers in the US.

Why it's on my list: The full VP scope — marketing and communications together — at a mission organization whose work I respect, and interim seats sometimes convert to permanent.

What to watch: It is an interim role, which is not the permanent seat I am searching for — this is only worth pursuing as a deliberate bet on conversion, with that question asked in the first call. Undated; confirm the role is still open and what the intended term is.

The organization: The global housing nonprofit. This VP posting sits on Habitat's own careers site and appears to belong to an affiliate rather than the international headquarters.

Why it's on my list: A VP title at one of the most trusted nonprofit brands in the country — worth recording for the brand alone.

What to watch: Development-and-communications means fundraising first, which is not my lane, and I cannot tell from the listing where the role actually sits or which affiliate it serves. Both answers would have to surprise me for this to move up.

The organization: National nonprofit founded by Sandy Hook families that prevents school violence through the Say Something and Start With Hello programs and a national crisis center.

Why it's on my list: A mission with unquestionable weight, a largely remote organization, and a director title inside the communications and marketing department — and the organization clearly invests in the function, since its VP, Marketing seat is also on my list.

What to watch: Executive communications means amplifying leadership's voice — execution-flavored rather than function-owning — and the range tops out at $103,000, below my bar. If I want in at Sandy Hook Promise, the VP, Marketing role higher up my list is the better door.

The organization: Private university in west St. Louis County known for its large online programs; marketing sits inside a Strategic Enrollment and Marketing division.

Why it's on my list: A genuinely local senior marketing seat — an AVP at a St. Louis university, positioned as the division's senior marketing leader and key strategic partner.

What to watch: The listing has been up roughly seven months, which reads as evergreen or stalled, and the seat sits under an enrollment-led division — enrollment marketing rather than brand building, with no posted salary and a likely report into a VP rather than the president's table. No clean application permalink was reachable; the search link finds the ADP listing.

The organization: National association — Business Leadership for Independent Schools — serving the business officers and operations leaders of private independent schools from Washington, DC.

Why it's on my list: A remote association directorship pairing marketing with membership — associations are squarely on my target list, and this seat owns both the pipeline and the brand voice for a defined professional community.

What to watch: Membership-weighted roles can tilt toward retention operations rather than brand building, no salary is posted, and the hosting board sits behind a bot check, so details could not be verified from here — open it in a normal browser and confirm it is genuinely remote-from-anywhere.

The organization: National early-literacy nonprofit, founded 1989, that works through pediatric checkups to put books and reading guidance in front of about 4.8 million children a year.

Why it's on my list: A lovely mission with real national scale, fully remote, fresh, and run through a professional search firm — and public relations is a discipline I know cold.

What to watch: It is public relations only, reporting into a Chief External Affairs Officer, with a range that tops out at $102,000 — a specialist seat below both my scope and my salary bar. On the list so I remember I saw it. Verified live via the recruiter Positively Partners September 28.

The organization: Certified B Corp footwear and apparel brand built on natural materials, with carbon-footprint labeling on every product it sells.

Why it's on my list: Brand-marketing ownership at one of the best-known B Corps in consumer retail — sustainability is the product story itself, which is exactly the purpose-marketing ground I want to work.

What to watch: Almost everything about this one is unverified: the careers page that lists it blocked the sweep, so the posting date, pay and remote policy are all unknown — and Allbirds is San Francisco-based, so this is likely a Bay Area hybrid seat. Check the careers page on allbirds.com directly before spending any time here.

The organization: National creative and marketing staffing agency, here recruiting on behalf of an undisclosed St. Louis client.

Why it's on my list: A Director-level marketing seat in St. Louis is worth logging even blind — one call to the recruiter would surface the client, the scope and the pay quickly.

What to watch: Everything that matters is hidden: the company, the industry, the budget and whether the title carries real scope — and it could even be the same mandate as the Nolan & Associates listing already on my list. Undated, so freshness is unknown.

The organization: Human-rights nonprofit that helps communities harmed by irresponsible investment and development projects hold the corporations and financiers behind them accountable.

Why it's on my list: Full ownership of communications strategy and media relations at an organization doing genuinely consequential accountability work, with Central-time remote eligibility that fits me.

What to watch: The salary tops out around $106,000, well below where I want to land, and the posting is roughly three months old — I would confirm the search is still active before spending time on it. A small team likely means hands-on execution as much as strategy.

The organization: The nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and the free-knowledge projects, serving billions of readers worldwide.

Why it's on my list: Executive communications for one of the most recognised mission brands on earth, fresh this week — and Wikimedia’s Head of Marketing seat already sits at the top of my list.

What to watch: “Principal” at Wikimedia most likely means a senior individual contributor, not a leadership seat with a team and a budget — the opposite of what I am optimising for. Worth one look to verify the level, nothing more until then.

The organization: Domestic-violence shelter providing safe housing and support services for women and children in St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: A C-level seat at a St. Louis mission organization, posted days ago.

What to watch: Development is fundraising, full stop — communications would be a slice of the job at best. Vital mission, wrong function for me.

The organization: St. Louis-based online professional-education company — licensing and continuing education for real estate, healthcare and financial-services professionals.

Why it's on my list: A director seat at a real St. Louis company in a growing education business — local, established, and a sector I could care about. Colibri keeps surfacing in my sweeps, which says they are investing in marketing.

What to watch: Direct marketing is a narrow, performance-leaning specialty rather than the function-building I want, and the role appears on ZipRecruiter but not on Colibri’s own Lever board — it may be filled, pulled, or posted elsewhere. Verify it exists before spending an evening on the application.

The organization: Catholic-education scholarship foundation affiliated with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, providing tuition assistance that puts K-12 Catholic schooling within reach of lower-income families across the region.

Why it's on my list: A brand-new VP seat at an established St. Louis foundation with a clear mission and the Archdiocese behind it. If the advancement portfolio includes real ownership of brand and communications, it could be more interesting than the title suggests.

What to watch: This is an advancement role, which means fundraising first — the marketing and communications scope is unconfirmed, and my search is about marketing leadership, not development. The AFP St. Louis listing is fresh, but the foundation's own site does not show the role yet, so I would verify directly before investing anything.

The organization: One of the world's largest environmental nonprofits, with roughly 700 scientists, economists and policy specialists working across 22 geographies.

Why it's on my list: A senior director seat at an environmental heavyweight already on my list for another role — EDF is well funded, remote-friendly, and the mission is the whole organization.

What to watch: The job itself is marketing technology strategy — stack, data and infrastructure — a narrow specialty a long way from brand and purpose leadership. It is also about two months old, so I would confirm it is still open before spending any time on it.

The organization: Climate-tech startup using enhanced rock weathering to remove carbon and regenerate tropical soils, with operations in Germany and Brazil.

Why it's on my list: Purpose is the entire business — carbon removal is about as mission-forward as the private sector gets — the posting is days old, and 'work from anywhere' includes me.

What to watch: It is an interim engagement rather than the permanent leadership seat I am after, at an early-stage startup anchored in Germany and Brazil — a long way from the well-funded, mid-sized organization I want. Worth a look only if the interim brief could convert to something permanent.

The organization: One of the nation's oldest and most acclaimed orchestras, performing at the newly renovated Powell Hall in Grand Center.

Why it's on my list: A beloved St. Louis cultural institution, a senior director title, and a role that shapes how the orchestra shows up to the corporate community — posted just days before this sweep.

What to watch: This is fundamentally a fundraising seat — corporate sponsorships and institutional giving — rather than marketing, which is the pattern I keep passing on. The posting board blocked automated reading, so details are thin; verify the scope directly if it interests me.

The organization: The Feeding America food bank for the bi-state region, distributing food across 26 counties in Missouri and Illinois.

Why it's on my list: Director-level external leadership at one of the region's most important mission organizations, close to home, doing advocacy work that runs on exactly the narrative and coalition skills I have.

What to watch: It is advocacy and public policy rather than marketing or communications leadership, and the listing is undated and over a month old by aggregator reckoning. Salary is not posted, and food-bank bands often sit below my floor — check early.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered telecommunications giant selling internet, mobile and TV across 41 states; this role leads competitive market development for its Heartland region.

Why it's on my list: A senior director seat at one of the biggest employers in St. Louis, with real strategic scope: reading competitive markets and directing where the region invests to grow.

What to watch: It is market strategy and intelligence rather than brand or communications — analytics-weighted, and a long way from purpose marketing. Posted July 20, so roughly eight weeks old; verify it has not quietly closed.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered telecommunications giant; this role directs the digital-commerce experience strategy behind its consumer sales channels.

Why it's on my list: Senior director level at a major, stable St. Louis employer, and genuinely fresh — posted within a week of this sweep.

What to watch: The remit is ecommerce architecture and digital-sales experience — a technical, conversion-focused specialty far from brand, purpose or communications. On my list for completeness more than enthusiasm.

The organization: Restaurant technology company whose point-of-sale and fintech platform runs tens of thousands of restaurants.

Why it's on my list: Director level, remote, and a startling salary band — the top of this range is among the highest on my entire list. Toast is a strong brand in a category with real energy.

What to watch: Enterprise product marketing is exactly the kind of narrow specialty I keep ruling out: positioning, launch decks and sales enablement rather than owning a brand or building a function. On my list for the level and the range, not the shape of the job.

The organization: Communications and strategy agency that serves progressive nonprofits, foundations and campaigns.

Why it's on my list: Remote, fresh, and immersed in the nonprofit and foundation world I want to lead in — agency-side, every week would touch a different mission.

What to watch: Agency life is client service, not function ownership: no brand of my own, no seat on a leadership team setting a mission's direction, and a generic 'Director' title whose scope I would need spelled out before taking it seriously.

The organization: Hotel management company operating the AC Hotel by Marriott in the Central West End, part of a large national portfolio.

Why it's on my list: A director title here in St. Louis at a good address — recorded so I know I have seen it.

What to watch: A property-level hotel DOSM is a sales job with marketing attached: revenue targets, group bookings and site visits rather than brand or function building. The salary sits below my floor. On my list for completeness, not intent.

The organization: Global experiential and integrated marketing agency (IPG); its St. Louis team leads major beverage and sports client work.

Why it's on my list: SVP seniority at an agency that has now surfaced on my list twice — the partnerships remit touches sponsorship strategy at real scale.

What to watch: Partnerships at an agency is closer to business development than brand leadership, and agency SVP life means serving clients rather than owning a function. The role may actually sit in New York — confirm before spending any time.

The organization: The St. Louis nonprofit that awards equity-free grants to early-stage startups choosing to build here — the same organization whose CEO search is already on my list.

Why it's on my list: A VP title, a strong salary, and St. Louis economic development as the mission — appealing ingredients even though the job itself is fund development rather than marketing.

What to watch: This is a fundraising seat — donor and corporate relations — not a marketing one, and the organization is simultaneously searching for a CEO, so I would be joining leadership mid-transition and raising money for a strategy not yet set.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered live-learning platform (Varsity Tutors) using AI to match students with tutoring at scale.

Why it's on my list: A director seat with an eight-figure media budget at one of St. Louis’s most prominent tech companies — real money, real scale, and a hometown headquarters.

What to watch: Paid social is a single channel, however large the budget — performance-marketing execution rather than function leadership, and well inside the specialty lane I am trying to leave.

The organization: St. Louis nonprofit advancing safe biking, walking and public transit access across the region.

Why it's on my list: A local mission I believe in, a director title reporting to the CEO, and outreach work that touches communications and community building.

What to watch: The role is 70–80% coalition-building and government relations, with communications secondary, and the salary is well below my floor. On the list for completeness more than fit.

The organization: Property-level commercial lead for a full-service downtown hotel, driving group, corporate and event business for a global hospitality brand.

Why it's on my list: A director title in-market at a global brand, with genuine revenue ownership.

What to watch: A hotel director of sales and marketing is a sales job with marketing attached — quota-carrying, property-bound, and far from brand or purpose work. The ZipRecruiter mirror already 404s, so it may be aging; verify on Hilton’s system.

The organization: Multi-state nonprofit providing integrated HIV/AIDS medical, behavioral health, pharmacy and prevention care.

Why it's on my list: A serious health-equity mission, a director title, local basing, and six-figure pay.

What to watch: This is a philanthropy job — donor, corporate and foundation cultivation — with no marketing or communications duties in the posting at all.

The organization: Software company automating financial-aid management for colleges — education access through back-office plumbing.

Why it's on my list: Remote, decently paid, education-adjacent, and posted at a level that could land at director.

What to watch: The req is split-level and could be filled at senior manager, below my bar — and revenue marketing is demand generation: pipeline dashboards, not brand building.

The organization: SaaS platform for managing telecom, IT and technology spend (FinOps).

Why it's on my list: A remote director seat at solid pay in an established software niche.

What to watch: Product marketing for expense-management software is a narrow specialty with no mission dimension — the kind of lane I am trying to exit, not enter.

The organization: Public research university serving the St. Louis region; the role sits in University Advancement.

Why it's on my list: Senior-director level at an anchor local institution with a genuine access mission.

What to watch: This is pure fundraising — major gifts and development-officer leadership — with communications appearing only as donor-material support.

The organization: The historic horse-racing track and gaming venue in Collinsville, now part of Accel Entertainment — the same organization whose VP of Marketing opening is already on my list.

Why it's on my list: Metro East location, a director title, and event-driven work with a sponsorship angle.

What to watch: It is a sales and sponsorship quota role asking for casino or racing industry background, and the commercial team shows churn — FanDuel closed its sportsbook at the track in June, and the VP of Marketing seat is still open too.

The organization: Small St. Louis foundation supporting heart-health causes.

Why it's on my list: Local, mission-driven, and senior in title.

What to watch: It is a fundraising role at a very small foundation — exactly the small-shop situation I am wary of — and the posting’s detail page would not load when found, so it needs verifying end to end.

The organization: Youth-led climate group using confrontational direct action to generate media pressure on decision-makers.

Why it's on my list: Communications leadership where earned media is literally the entire strategy, at a group that gets national coverage.

What to watch: The salary is less than half my floor, the organization is tiny, and the work is activist campaigning — listed for completeness, not as a real candidate.

The organization: Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company; this role drives AI tooling and process transformation inside the marketing organization.

Why it's on my list: Director title, strong pay, remote, at a company with real resources — it stays on the list on those merits.

What to watch: This is marketing operations and AI transformation, not brand or communications leadership — infrastructure for other people's strategy rather than strategy I would own. The reposting pattern often signals an evergreen requisition.

The organization: Tech PR agency with a dedicated climate and energy client practice.

Why it's on my list: Climate storytelling every day, remote-eligible — the subject matter is exactly where I want to be.

What to watch: Agency-side: I would be serving clients' brands rather than building one of my own, with no function or budget ownership. Salary is modest for a director. This is the work, but not the seat.

The organization: A recruiter posting for a privately held custom manufacturer in greater St. Louis; the VP drives revenue growth and market expansion.

Why it's on my list: A fresh VP seat in my own metro keeps it worth a look — manufacturing is a St. Louis strength.

What to watch: Sales-led with marketing attached, at an unnamed private company — exactly the shape where an owner who isn't a marketer wants hands-on control of marketing. I'd want the client's name, the reporting line and the marketing budget before a first call.

The organization: National women's fraternity headquartered in St. Louis County, supporting collegiate and alumnae chapters and a national literacy philanthropy.

Why it's on my list: Org-wide communications leadership with a team to direct, at a national membership organization minutes from home — and posted this week.

What to watch: The $73,000 salary tells the real story: this seat is scoped well below the leadership level I'm holding out for. It stays on the list only because the function and the geography are right.

The organization: An NGO focused on labor rights and responsible supply chains, working with global brands on how their goods actually get made.

Why it's on my list: Supply-chain ethics is corporate purpose work at its most concrete, and the communications function would be mine.

What to watch: The posted range tops out at $100,000 — well under market for the level, which usually means the scope is smaller than the title. Their site only shows an opportunities index; search for the live posting.

The organization: Long-term-care pharmacy services provider, part of the national Guardian Pharmacy Services network.

Why it's on my list: A fresh director seat in the metro at a growing healthcare services company keeps it on the radar.

What to watch: The title order says it plainly: this is sales leadership with marketing attached, focused on winning long-term-care facility accounts — not function-building work.

The organization: Big Four professional services firm; this role markets its Salesforce alliance practice to clients and partners.

Why it's on my list: Director-level at a firm with limitless resources, and St. Louis sits on the eligible-office list with remote flexibility.

What to watch: Partner and alliance marketing is a narrow B2B lane a long way from brand or purpose work, and the listing looks like a national posting geo-tagged to many cities. On the list for completeness more than enthusiasm.

The organization: The international headquarters of the LCMS denomination — an organization already on my list for a mission-advancement role.

Why it's on my list: Local, mission-driven and director-level; it stays on the list because the organization fits even though the role is narrow.

What to watch: This is production-craft leadership, not marketing strategy — a step sideways from what I'm building toward. Only worth pursuing if conversations revealed a broader communications mandate.

The organization: A marketing and creative staffing agency recruiting for an unnamed St. Louis client.

Why it's on my list: Local, director-level and decently paid — worth knowing it exists even though the specialty is narrow.

What to watch: SEO is exactly the kind of single-channel specialty I'm working to move beyond, and I wouldn't learn the employer's name until a recruiter call. Low priority.

The organization: Internal communications for the Executive Vice Chancellor’s office within WashU University Advancement.

Why it's on my list: Local and director-level at an institution I keep coming back to.

What to watch: Internal communications only — no brand, no external audience, no budget of consequence. The low requisition number relative to current postings suggests this may be a zombie listing.

The organization: Nonprofit distributing diapers and basic-needs supplies through a network of partner agencies across the St. Louis region.

Why it's on my list: Local ED role with full autonomy by definition, at an organization doing plainly useful work.

What to watch: Small organization with no posted salary. At this scale the ED does everything hands-on and the marketing budget is likely minimal. No permalink located.

The organization: Fortune 500 financial services firm and broker-dealer headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri.

Why it's on my list: Excellent salary band, local, and employment branding is real brand work with a real internal client.

What to watch: Employer brand and recruitment marketing is a narrow specialty, well outside the purpose and impact direction I am heading in.

The organization: Volunteer-driven nonprofit of roughly 480 members running five community programs for children and adults in need.

Why it's on my list: Local executive leadership with genuine community impact and a clear service mission.

What to watch: Salary below my floor, 35 days old, and a heavily volunteer-governed structure — which in practice can look a lot like the non-marketer-in-charge dynamic I am trying to avoid, just with a membership board instead of an owner.

The organization: Metro East animal shelter and adoption nonprofit serving the Belleville area of St. Clair County.

Why it's on my list: Metro East is inside my geography, and the salary is posted and reasonable for the scale of the organization.

What to watch: A small shelter ED role is overwhelmingly operational — animal care, facilities, volunteers — with marketing a minor slice. Undated, and no permalink found.

The organization: Private country club with golf, dining, events and membership operations in north St. Louis County.

Why it's on my list: Local, director-titled, and owns marketing and communications together on paper.

What to watch: This is my red flag in a different costume. A private club means a member board with strong opinions and no marketing background driving the work, and the day job would be hands-on event and membership promotion rather than strategy.

The organization: Federation of Catholic social-service agencies; this role is the lead advocate before the Missouri General Assembly and state agencies.

Why it's on my list: Executive Director title at a large local mission organization with real political weight.

What to watch: This is lobbying and legislative advocacy, not marketing or communications. Wrong discipline entirely.

The organization: St. Louis-headquartered specialty retailer and experiential brand operating make-your-own stuffed animal stores globally.

Why it's on my list: An unusually strong salary for a director title, at a beloved local brand I would enjoy working on.

What to watch: Digital product management, not marketing — this is a product org role that happens to sit near ecommerce. Wrong function for me.

The organization: Big Four professional services firm; this role sits in customer data platform and digital personalization consulting.

Why it's on my list: Director title, local listing, and an enormous posted salary range at the top end.

What to watch: Martech consulting is a narrow technical specialty inside a billable-hours culture — no brand ownership, no function to build, and consulting travel on top of it.

The organization: A south St. Louis County Catholic parish and school.

Why it's on my list: Director title, local, and communications-focused.

What to watch: Part-time at a single parish. Not a leadership seat, not a budget, not a career move — I am recording it only so the list is complete.

The organization: A St. Louis nonprofit giving women coaching, career services and wellbeing support to advance economically — one of the city's better-funded newer nonprofits.

Why it's on my list: A senior seat at one of the most compelling women-focused missions in town, and the storytelling side of development here would be work I would enjoy.

What to watch: It is a development role — the marketing would serve fundraising rather than run the brand. Mostly on my list because Rung is an organization to watch for a communications or marketing opening.

The organization: A St. Louis nonprofit providing housing and support services for young pregnant women experiencing homelessness.

Why it's on my list: A mission that speaks for itself, in town, at director level.

What to watch: A small shop and a fundraising-first seat — the marketing would be a side of the desk, not the desk. Posted in July, so I should confirm it is still open before spending time on it.

The organization: A senior-living community in Creve Coeur; at communities like this, the marketing director seat is largely occupancy and census work.

Why it's on my list: A director title in marketing, close to home, at a funded operator — that is the whole case for it.

What to watch: This is a sales seat wearing a marketing title: tours, referral sources and census targets. It is not the strategic function I am building toward.

The organization: A skilled-nursing facility in west St. Louis County.

Why it's on my list: Local and director-titled — it cleared my search filters, so it is recorded here for completeness.

What to watch: In skilled nursing, marketing director means admissions and referral-liaison work. This is not a marketing leadership role in any sense I mean it.

The organization: Private research university; University Advancement runs fundraising and alumni engagement for the institution.

Why it's on my list: A fresh Senior Director title at WashU, hybrid-friendly and local. Recorded because the level and employer are right even though the work is not.

What to watch: This is direct-response fundraising marketing — annual giving appeals and participation rates — which is exactly the fundraising-weighted specialty I have been screening out. On the list so I know I saw it.

The organization: Public university in the University of Missouri system, on the north edge of St. Louis County.

Why it's on my list: A local Director title at a mission institution, logged for completeness from the Rome Group board.

What to watch: Alumni relations and event programming rather than marketing or communications, and the posting is over six weeks old. Two strikes; recorded so I know I have seen it.

The organization: A hydrogen fuel cell and green energy systems company; this role is posted for St. Louis.

Why it's on my list: Clean energy gives it a genuine sustainability angle, and it is a Director role here in St. Louis.

What to watch: Over 30 days old, salary tops out at $120K, and a St. Louis posting for this company is unusual — I would verify the role and location are real before spending time on it.

The organization: A substance-use prevention nonprofit (formerly NCADA) serving the St. Louis region through education, intervention, and advocacy.

Why it's on my list: Freshly posted, local, and a mission that matters.

What to watch: Development means fundraising — this is not the marketing and brand work I am looking for.

The organization: A construction site services company providing site logistics, sanitation, and temporary services.

Why it's on my list: Recently posted with a strong salary for a Director title, and it is local.

What to watch: Content marketing is one channel, not the whole function. The title and salary are near-identical to the SBM Management role already on my list, which makes me wonder whether these are related postings.

The organization: A St. Charles nonprofit serving about 400 children a year with pediatric therapy and inclusive early-childhood programs; roughly $4M budget with a $950K+ capital campaign underway.

Why it's on my list: Local, verified open, and a capital campaign means visible, buildable work.

What to watch: Philanthropy is fundraising, and the organisation is small at a $4M budget. Salary below where I want to land.

The organization: An early-literacy nonprofit that reads with and gives books to preschool children in under-resourced St. Louis communities.

Why it's on my list: C-suite title at a local nonprofit with a mission I find easy to get behind.

What to watch: Fundraising-led rather than marketing-led, posted in June, and I could not verify it is still open.

The organization: A recruiting firm hiring on behalf of a St. Louis digital and marketing agency.

Why it's on my list: VP title, hybrid local.

What to watch: Agency-side delivery work rather than owning a brand, salary low for a VP, over 30 days old, and the employer is undisclosed — which usually means a smaller shop.

The organization: A Catholic-founded nonprofit school teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen and speak.

Why it's on my list: Local, hybrid, meaningful mission.

What to watch: Fundraising role and the salary is well below my range.

The organization: The Jewish campus life organisation serving Washington University students.

Why it's on my list: Local and mission-driven.

What to watch: Fundraising rather than marketing, small organisation, posted in June and unverified.

The organization: A faith-based community mission serving low-income residents of Alton, Illinois.

Why it's on my list: In my Metro East geography and directly mission-driven.

What to watch: Very small organisation, outreach rather than marketing leadership, no posted salary, and it has been up since June.

The organization: A St. Louis-based private senior living community operator.

Why it's on my list: Local and recently posted.

What to watch: This is a sales role for a single community, with a salary far below my range. Noting it only for completeness.

The organization: Mental-health platform connecting patients with in-network therapists and psychiatrists at national scale.

Why it's on my list: Exceptional compensation for a Director title, fully remote, at a mental health access company.

What to watch: Marketing analytics is the narrowest of the specialty lanes and the furthest from brand, purpose and function ownership. The money is the only real argument here.

The organization: Nonprofit providing in-home nursing visits and family support to at-risk newborns across Missouri and Tennessee.

Why it's on my list: A C-suite seat at a local nonprofit with an unarguable mission, recently posted.

What to watch: A nonprofit CEO role is fundraising, board and operations first. My marketing background would be an asset but not the job.