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CW Impact Strategies
3552 Ivy St
Denver, Colorado (United States)
Phone:7155630716
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Chief Operating Officer

Location: Denver, Colorado
Job Category: Online | New Media
Job ID: 72462
Employment Type: Full time
Salary:
Posted: 05.21.2025



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Job Description:

Location: Denver, Colorado

Reports to: President and Publisher

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $145,000 to $160,000

Work Environment: Hybrid (monthly in-person team meetings)


THE ORGANIZATION

The Colorado Sun is an award-winning nonprofit news outlet that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.

Founded in 2018 by a group of veteran journalists, The Sun believes that everyone deserves access to high-quality news, whether they can afford it or not. In just seven years, we’ve more than doubled our staff, converted to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and established ourselves as a trusted source for independent, community-centered reporting. 

Today, we reach about 1 million unique visitors each month, publish to more than 100,000 newsletter subscribers, and are supported by more than 13,000 paying members and nearly 2,000 individual donors. We operate with a combination of philanthropic support, membership subscription revenue, advertising and sponsorship revenue, and event income. Our newsroom includes eight Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and has earned dozens of awards for excellence, including the Public Service Award from the Top of the Rockies Journalism competition. We are a self-directed, employee-led organization, governed by a majority-employee board of directors. In a time of declining local news and growing mistrust in media, The Colorado Sun stands apart as a trailblazer in nonprofit, reader-powered journalism. 

Looking ahead, The Sun is focused on expanding our presence to additional communities across the state, strengthening our internal infrastructure to support growth, and ensuring that every Coloradan has access to the reliable, rigorous journalism they deserve.

Learn more at www.coloradosun.com.

 

THE POSITION

The Colorado Sun is seeking a strategic, collaborative, and operations-minded leader to serve as our first Chief Operating Officer. Reporting to and working in close partnership with the President and Publisher, the COO will serve as a key member of the Executive Committee and will oversee all non-editorial functions of the organization, including operations, finance, HR, IT, business strategy, and revenue generation. The COO will lead a team of at least four direct reports, including the Sales Director, Development Director, and Technology Director, as well as a new Events Director and an operations support role to be hired under the COO’s leadership. 

This is a crucial role for The Sun’s next chapter, designed to bring strategic clarity and operational discipline to a highly entrepreneurial environment, building and formalizing practices that will enable the organization to scale sustainably and deepen our impact. Key responsibilities will include:

Business Strategy Operational Leadership Team Leadership

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will bring a rare combination of entrepreneurial spirit, operational rigor and deep respect for the journalistic mission of the organization. 

Candidates should bring:

Preferred qualifications include:

SALARY & BENEFITS
The salary range for the Chief Operating Officer is $145,000 to $160,000 and will be based on prior experience and skillset.

 

TO APPLY

To apply, please complete our online application (hyperlink: https://forms.gle/G6hn3m4F9vn3pYBF9). We will accept applications through June 15th, 2025, and we encourage early submissions. The application asks for a resume and, in place of a cover letter, responses to the following questions in 250 words or less:

  1. What compels you about the work of The Colorado Sun, and about this position specifically?

  2. What past experiences have best prepared you for this role?

  3. What professional values are most important to you? How have those values shaped your behavior and decisions in your career so far?

As an employer, The Colorado Sun strives to hire and retain a workforce that reflects the entire state, to encourage collaboration and to compensate people at levels that reward their expertise and talent. 

 

The Sun does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status in any area of its operations.


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