Digital Campaigner – Demand Progress
Demand Progress
is looking for an experienced campaigner and email writer to help power
the online campaigns that engage our two million activists.
You’ll
be a key member of the campaigns team driving grassroots activism to
win important policy initiatives, like defeating SOPA, blocking bank
lobbyists’ attempts to undermine Wall Street reform, and defending Net
Neutrality.
At its core, this position is about breaking down
complex issues and crafting creative, exciting messages that motivate
our members to take action. Ideal candidates live for the 24-hour news
cycle, quickly identifying and seizing opportunities for grassroots
activism to make an impact on the issues our members care about.
Essential roles and responsibilities
To
be a successful campaigner at Demand Progress, you’ll need to be able
to write in a clear, compelling way about our work on issues like
Internet freedom, civil liberties, and surveillance reform. You’ll also
work on Wall Street accountability and money-in-politics reform through
Demand Progress’s Rootstrikers project (Rootstrikers.org).
Core responsibilities include:
- Writing great petitions, emails, and fundraising appeals to mobilize our two million person activist list to take action.
- Identifying opportunities for potential campaigns to excite and engage our activists – and drive change.
- Tracking
performance of our campaigns across mediums, from digging into our
response rates over email, to analyzing our average donation size on
ActBlue, to tracking our reach on Facebook and Twitter.
- Running frequent A/B tests to optimize our performance and reporting out the results.
- Being
an active member of coalitions by recruiting organizations to join
campaigns we’re leading, engaging with other leaders in the space, and
supporting our key allies’ efforts.
- Engaging the press by
drafting and sending press releases, monitoring news coverage of our
issues, and speaking on the record when appropriate.
Location
This
position has a strong preference for individuals based in Washington,
DC, or New York City, although telecommuting is an option for qualified
candidates. Travel to conferences and meetings is periodically required.
Salary
Demand
Progress will offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience.
We offer a generous benefits package, including health insurance, paid
time off, flexible spending accounts, and more. The position is at-will.
Experience
Successful
candidates will have experience writing online to engage activists and
drive action, with 2-6 years of work experience.
Experience in one or more of the following areas isn’t required, but is a big plus:
- Graphic design
- Electoral campaigns
- Press outreach, with a track record of generating earned media hits
- Basic (or advanced!) knowledge of HTML and CSS coding
- Managing a program of small donor fundraising
- SQL or other database experience
About Demand Progress
Demand
Progress is a national grassroots group with more than two million
affiliated activists who fight for basic rights and freedoms needed for a
modern democracy.
We work to win progressive policy changes for
ordinary people through organizing and grassroots lobbying. We focus on
issues of civil liberties, government reform, and money in politics.
We
run online campaigns to rally people to take action on the news that
affects them – by contacting Congress and other leaders and spreading
the word in their own communities.
We work in Washington to provide an advocate for the public in all the decisions that affect our lives.
How to Apply
Please
send a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills
and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how
you heard about this opportunity, along with three writing samples that
ideally inform us of the kind of work we can expect from you, to
ap...@demandprogress.org.