Digital Director for Philly Mayoral - Jim Kenney

[Jane Slusser]

Digital Director

 

Avid tweeter/Philadelphia mayoral candidate Jim Kenney is currently seeking a Digital Director to manage all aspects of our campaign’s digital program. This is an excellent opening for someone seeking a leadership role on a campaign that will run a cutting-edge online engagement program.

 

The Digital Director will work closely with senior staff from all departments to ensure that our online program advances the campaign’s message and increases voter engagement. The Digital Director will be responsible for development of social media strategy and content, email communications, and website management. In addition to the qualifications listed below, the ideal candidate will have good political instincts, extreme discipline, sense of humor, and must be willing to work long campaign hours.

 

Responsibilities:

·      Develop and execute comprehensive social media strategy

·      Coordinate with finance, communications, field and political departments to advance campaign goals

·      Manage website, coordinate with other departments to generate new content

·      Manage content across all social media channels including Facebook and Twitter

·      Managing daily activities including community-building, editorial development, content creation, influencer outreach & response

·      Monitor and measure performance impact of social media programming efforts, coordinate insights, and manage recurring reporting distribution

·      Oversee online fundraising program, including email communications

·      Work closely with finance and digital to draft content for fundraising appeals

·      Manage online rapid response communications

Qualifications:

·      1-3 cycles of political campaign digital experience

·      Production, graphic design experience, and strong writing skills are essential.

·      Experience with online advertising

·      Strong communication & interpersonal skills and ability to work well with candidate, senior and junior staff and volunteers


·      Experience with BSD, NGP, VAN, ActBlue, HTML, Excel

·      Experience designing graphics with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

·      Working knowledge of HTML and CSS

 

Applications are due ASAP for a February 2015 start date. Campaign lasts through Democratic primary in May 2015.

 

To apply, email resume & cover letter with the subject line “Digital Director” to in...@kenney2015.com