White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwayGeorge and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death George Conway hits Trump on 9/11 anniversary: 'The greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans' MORE said on Thursday that she has been offered the White House communications director role "many times," but said she does not want to take it.

"I’ve been offered that job many times and no, I work on policy here at the White House," Conway said on the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends."

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Her comments come after outgoing communications director Hope Hicks Hope Charlotte HicksSenate intel leaders said Trump associates may have presented misleading testimony during Russia probe: report Cuomo turned down Trump invitation to participate in April press briefing: report Trump shakes up White House communications team MORE announced her resignation on Wednesday.

Conway praised Hicks, saying it would be difficult to replace Hicks in "the Hope role."

"Hope’s been doing this for three years nonstop and I think the president spoke for all of us who have had the privilege and pleasure of working closely with Hope and getting to know her as a friend that she’s fantastic and she has done a tremendous job for him, and as the president says will probably be back in his orbit sometime and someday to help yet again," she said.

Hicks proved to be one of Trump's most loyal aides, working for first daughter Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpTrump, Biden vie for Minnesota Trump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report Ivana Trump: Ivanka could 'definitely' be first female president MORE's fashion line before serving on Trump's presidential campaign in 2015.

Trump wished Hicks well in a statement on Wednesday, calling her "outstanding."

“She is as smart and thoughtful as they come, a truly great person. I will miss having her by my side but when she approached me about pursuing other opportunities, I totally understood. I am sure we will work together again in the future," he said.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that White House director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp has been floated as a possible replacement for Hicks.