Communications Lead

The Role Africa No Filter is seeking an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and highly tech-savvy Communications Lead to run our digital, media, and narrative strategy. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone with strong agency experience who understands how to design and execute communications campaigns that deliver visible results. The Communications Lead will combine strategic vision with disciplined execution, ensuring ANF’s work cuts through, is well positioned, and reaches the right audiences at the right moments. The role requires deep fluency in digital strategy, strong media instincts, media contacts and curiosity about how AI and emerging technologies can improve workflows, content development, monitoring, and delivery. A key responsibility will be helping to shape and execute flagship initiatives such as the Opportunity Africa campaign and the Narrative Index Project, alongside ANF’s broader communications and advocacy priorities. About Opportunity Africa Opportunity Africa is Africa No Filter’s flagship, bold, multi‑year narrative and branding campaign designed to reposition Africa globally and internally as a continent of opportunity, progress, and innovation. It moves beyond fragmented storytelling to create a unifying narrative architecture that governments, businesses, creators, media, and institutions can adopt, align with, and amplify. Built as a three‑year continental campaign, Opportunity Africa combines brand, storytelling, coalition‑building and media activation to shift mindsets, attract investment and trade, and strengthen confidence – particularly among Africa’s youth and diaspora. It is designed to live beyond individual projects or funding cycles, embedding narrative change into systems, institutions, and everyday communications. Key Responsibilities: Communications, PR & Narrative Leadership

• Lead ANF’s overall communications and PR strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and campaigns.

• Develop and place media releases, opinion pieces, and thought leadership in targeted African and international publications.

• Maintain and leverage strong media relationships across Africa.

• Design and execute PR and communications campaigns that generate measurable visibility, engagement, and narrative impact.

• Negotiate and manage media partnerships in line with ANF’s mission and positioning.

Digital Strategy & Execution

• Own ANF’s digital strategy, ensuring a clear, coherent, and effective presence across social, web, and email channels.

• Oversee digital campaigns with clear objectives, audiences, timelines, and success metrics.

• Ensure digital activity is insight-led, well coordinated, and focused on quality, relevance, and impact rather than volume.

• Use AI and digital tools to improve content planning, workflow efficiency, audie...