Impact Communications Specialist

High Impact Athletes

📍 Remote (Global) 🕔 Full Time
💰 $45-55K USD p.a.  ⏳ 21/03/2025

HIA has partnered with the world’s fastest growing fitness racing movement, Hyrox, to create a powerful global fundraising movement. We're seeking a communications specialist to help drive our "Race for Impact" movement forward and amplify its global impact.

You'll join our team full-time, reporting to our communications director and working alongside our tech team, to help develop super compelling fundraising campaigns, communication strategies and engaging content, while building our global brand across 20+ countries. You'll craft impact stories that inspire action, implement data-driven digital marketing solutions and nurture fundraiser communities to maximize their impact and achieve their fundraising goals.

This role sits at the dynamic intersection of global fitness and high-impact philanthropy, where you'll help thousands of athletes transform their physical achievements into meaningful social change that supports world-class charities.

YOU’LL OWN:

• FUNDRAISER JOURNEY & SUPPORT:

  • Develop communications strategies to guide and motivate fundraisers from sign-up to race day, transforming racers into dedicated, committed
    fundraisers

  • Develop complex, semi-personalized email sequences that engage fundraiser segments throughout their journey, encouraging motivation and participation

  • Write practical fundraising resources and toolkits to support athletes

  • Identify trends and user challenges in the fundraiser journey and solve these pain points

  • Establish and grow dedicated fundraiser communities through regional
    WhatsApp groups and other digital channels

  • Conceptualise and integrate fundraising elements into in-person race
    experiences

• CONTENT STRATEGY & STORYTELLING:

  • Work with comms team to develop and create engaging social content, blogs,
    and athlete impact stories

  • Ensure messaging is culturally adapted across 20+ countries

  • Support press outreach, influencer engagement, and ambassador storytelling

  • Stay current on social media trends and fitness community conversations

• ANALYTICS & PERFORMANCE:

  • Monitor and analyze content performance and fundraiser engagement

  • Use data insights to continuously improve digital strategies

  • Identify drop-off points and propose solutions to improve retention

KEY SKILLS:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Strong understanding of email marketing and campaign strategy

• Strong storytelling ability and content experience

• Ability to prompt AI tools to engage as a thought partner, speed up your
  workflows, produce content and deliver better outcomes

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Comfortable with industry-standard digital communication tools and platforms

ADVANTAGEOUS EXPERIENCE:

You should have experience with at least one of the following:

• Designing and implementing digital communication strategies

• Digital storytelling and content creation

• Managing & engaging diverse communities (even better if they are sporting or
  athlete communities)

• Experience in fundraising (even better if it’s challenge-event fundraising)

NB: you only need one aspect of this experience to be considered for the role. If
in doubt, please apply!

PERSONAL QUALITIES:

• Empathetic and people-focused

• Creative and innovative thinker

• Self-motivated, autonomous and proactive

• Passion for sport and social impact

SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• 30 DAYS:

  You’ve worked with the team to gain a full understanding of HIA’s fundraising
  model, developed the current participant journey, identified gaps in experience
  delivery, and established early priorities for improvement, e.g. initial participant
  feedback loops, and a pilot local activation toolkit.

• 90 DAYS:

  You’ve successfully led the launch of strategic global experience initiatives (e.g., streamlined onboarding journeys, participant feedback loops, initial local activation toolkits), started actively optimising participant engagement, and implemented tracking for key performance indicators.

• 180 DAYS:

  We’ve scaled impactful participant engagement initiatives across multiple global
  markets, ensuring consistency, quality, and local resonance. Our data-informed
  approach has yielded measurable improvements in participant satisfaction,
  engagement, retention, and overall fundraising performance. Systematic
  learnings are documented, shared, and integrated into refined playbooks driving
  continual improvement and scalability.

This role offers the chance to shape the future of athletic philanthropy and to be part of the world’s largest charitable fundraising movement.

Work Setup

• Fully remote global team with highly flexible working arrangements.

• Preference for candidates able to work primarily within US or European time zones, but exceptional candidates elsewhere are encouraged to apply.

• Regular digital collaboration with some flexibility required for early morning or evening meetings to accommodate global team time zones.

Compensation & Benefits

• USA-based candidates: USD $45,000 - $55,000 annually

• Non-USA candidates: Compensation adjusted to competitive market rates

• Annual performance bonus of up to 50% for high achievers

• Private health insurance provided in countries without universal healthcare

Selection Process

1. CV and 2-page cover letter (by 21st March 2025)

2. Test Task - 2hrs, paid (by 28th March 2025)

3. Interviews (by 11th April 2025)

If in doubt, please apply! We encourage applications from self-identified women, people of color, and individuals who would be excited to contribute to our mission. If you’re unsure whether you meet all the qualifications, we encourage you to apply anyway. We’re looking for people who share our mission and values, and we’d love to hear from you.

How to Apply

Send your CV and maximum 2-page cover letter to recruitment@highimpactathletes.org