Job Summary: 

Reporting to our CEO & Founder, Nick Tilsen, the Director of Narrative and Storytelling is responsible for shaping and amplifying NDN Collective’s voice—internally and externally. This role will steward our narrative strategy in a way that weaves together the voices and stories of the NDN Collective’s people, programs, and impact into a cohesive narrative that advances NDN’s mission and inspires our community and accomplices into action. The Director of Narrative & Storytelling will lead the development of storytelling strategies and will work with teams across the ecosystem to honor authenticity, equity, and shared humanity, ensuring that the organization’s communications reflect the wisdom, courage, and purpose of the Indigenous communities it serves. The ideal candidate is both a visionary and a practitioner: someone who understands the power of narrative to transform systems, and who can translate that understanding into compelling, authentic stories that inspire action and solidarity. The candidate must effectively oversee the overall narrative and storytelling process, including the management of multiple priorities, contributors, and timelines. 

THE POSITION

Remote position

Application Deadline:  December 21, 2025

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Narrative Strategy and Vision

• Develop and steward an organizational narrative framework that aligns with and advances the organization’s mission, values, and movement goals. This organizational narrative framework includes aligning NDN’s tactics of our LandBack For The People Podcast, blog, monthly newsletter, the NDN Store, NDN’s website, our Landback.org website, traditional media, and partnerships with other platforms.
• Identify and articulate the key themes and narratives that define the organization’s identity and impact using NDN’s LandBack, Organizing, and Policy strategies as a narrative anchor and through-line.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure storytelling supports and aligns with organizational and movement strategy, as well as advocacy, development, investment and engagement priorities.
• Serve as a thought partner in integrating narrative change work across teams within the ecosystem as well as LandBack initiatives and closely aligned partners such as NDN Fund.
• Work in close collaboration with the Advancement & Impact team to integrate qualitative and quantitative impact data into external messaging and storytelling.
• Maintain and support NDN’s brand integrity.

Storytelling and Content Development

• Lead the creation of powerful stories—written, visual, and multimedia—that centers lived experience and the organization’s impact. This includes supporting campaigns by generating materials that bring the organization’s work to life across print, digital, and multimedia platforms.
• Support staff, grantees, community members, and LandBack Action network members in telling their own stories through training, interviews, and ethical storytelling practices. This support includes serving as a content contributor, and writing/editing content for internal teams for inclusion in NDN’s multiple media outlet streams (blog, newsletter, etc) as well as overseeing the maintenance of the Landback.org website.
• Develop storytelling campaigns that connect hearts and minds to NDN Collective’s work.
• Oversee the collection, curation, and safeguarding of stories, photos, and other narrative assets.
• Oversee consistent tone, message, and narrative integrity across all communication platforms.

Platform Movement Collaboration and Capacity Building

• Partner with internal teams to integrate storytelling practices into program design, reflection sessions, and communications. This role includes heavy collaboration with NDN’s Advancement & Impact team and LandBack Action Network team for the Landback.org website and other NDN platforms. 
• Create tools and guidance that embed narrative and storytelling into programs, campaigns, and community engagement. This includes building staff capacity to identify, share, and reflect on stories that illustrate values and impact in action.
• Foster a culture of storytelling that values reflection, authenticity, and accountability to community.
• Collaborate with external partners, allied organizations, consultants, and media professionals as needed. This includes bottom-lining any sign-on letters that the organization signs onto. 

Supervision and Management

• This role will supervise and manage the body of work and processes of the Narrative & Storytelling team which consists of the Creative Content Manager, the Digital Organizer & Social Media Manager, the Tactical Media Specialist, and the Multimedia Production Specialist. 
• Supervision and coordination of consultant(s) who support public relations, traditional media, and the NDN Store.
• Other duties as assigned and necessary.