Manager, Campaign Communication and Digital Strategy Support
Ashley Ellington
Manager, Campaign Communication and Digital Strategy Support
Position Grade: Manager 2
Position Location: Flexible Location
About Leadership for Educational Equity
Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan leadership development organization dedicated to developing its members’ potential to ensure every child has the opportunity to receive an outstanding education. Our kids and communities need more leaders who believe that educational inequity is a solvable problem. We believe that when our members are organized and reach positions of leadership, they’ll serve as a transformative force for students, communities and the broader movement for educational equity. LEE is a diverse team of passionate and talented individuals committed to making a difference. We are a high-growth, results-oriented organization that operates in an entrepreneurial environment deeply invested in continuous improvement. If you would like to become part of our team and join the fight for educational equity, or if you would simply like to learn more about what we do, please visit educationalequity.org.
Position Summary:
The Elected Leadership team is responsible for inspiring, developing and supporting our members to effectively pursue elected office as a path to help kids and their community. Furthermore, the Elected Leadership team leverages its expertise to help member-driven issue-advocacy campaigns.
The Manager, Campaign Communication and Digital Strategy Support provides members with campaign digital tools and communications resources. The Manager will be part of the Elected Leadership Develop team that supports LEE members seeking office at every level of government across the country and will report to the Senior Director, Develop. The Manager will work collaboratively with the Elected Leadership Develop team specialists and Resources, Innovation, & Compliance teams to provide members with high-quality resources to help them gain competitive advantage in their campaigns. This support will primarily focus on digital strategy, including website, video, and social media. Furthermore, the Manager will write email copy, press releases, and other political communications in support of candidates and member-driven campaigns. As a member of the Elected Leadership Develop team, the Manager may also support the team through managing call time for member campaigns, coaching candidates on call time fundraising skills and mindsets, and other special projects as assigned by the Senior Director.
The ideal candidate enjoys creating digital support for political campaigns, political writing, learning new skills, and is a dependable teammate.
Position Location: Flexible
Travel Requirements: 10%
Responsibilities:
Digital
- Develop websites and logos for candidates
- Develop video and social media content
Communications
- Write website copy, email, press releases, and other political communications in support of candidates and member-driven campaigns
Call time management, coaching and execution
- Support candidates through their fundraising call-time
- Support fundraising strategy with fundraising, digital, communications, field, and targeting experts
- Coach candidates on fundraising skills and mindsets
Data & Targeting
- Support management of campaign data
- Support voter universe and cutting turf
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4+ years of professional work experience, including 3 years of political communications or campaign experience
- Demonstrated evidence of graphic design, website development, and social media content creation
- 2+ cycles of call time coaching preferred
- 2+ years managing and using data to inform operations and track progress to goal
- Experience with office and campaign technology platforms, including Word, Excel, Google docs, Pardot, Salesforce, Asana, Ruzuku
- Ability to work when needed to assist with candidate candidate call time and/or other urgent needs during campaign season
- Desire to continuously learn and master campaign management competencies, including fundraising, digital strategy, digital design, political communications, and targeting
- Experience working in virtual, matrixed, collaborative environment
- Ability to communicate and collaborate within a geographically dispersed team
- Strong, demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion
- Deep passion for educational equity and belief in LEE’s mission and theory of change