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Liftoff Campaigns is a mission-driven digital and communications agency seeking skilled individuals with a passion for making a difference to join our team. Our clients are statewide and local Democratic political campaigns, PACs, advocates, non-profits, and changemaking companies.
Job Overview:
Liftoff Campaigns is hiring a Digital Specialist to serve as a key member of our team.
The Digital Specialist plays a critical role in supporting our clients and in addition to work as assigned, is generally responsible for the following:
- Account Ownership
- Occasionally take full account ownership of assigned accounts with limited
- oversight from manager. This includes but is not limited to:
- Drafting client agenda
- Running calls
- Leading on projections and calendars.
- Provide email and text content feedback.
- Support manager as needed on other accounts.
- Lead on email production and quality assurance process for assigned accounts
- Lead on checklist and loading training across CRMs.
- Draft and edit email and text copy.
- Load emails and texts as needed.
- Review email and text samples. Provide creative and strategic edits to
- associates on their loads.
- Quality check emails and texts for copy for edits, mobile edits, links and
- sourcing conventions, and targeting.
- Help train email and texting staff on quality assurance and best practices for
- segmentation, drafting, and loading across platforms.
- Ensure that all areas where mistakes commonly happen, like missing punctuation, incorrect links/sourcing/names, or missed edits from managers, partners, or clients are incorporated.
- Analyze overall program performance and recommend strategies to hit and
- exceed client goals; ensure topics going out for all clients are working, relevant
- and mission-oriented.
- Ensure ActBlue landing pages and backend landing pages across company
- clients are optimized through A/B testing (copy, branding, innovative strategies).
- Help associates and strategists capitalize on big news + rapid response moments.
- Help lead planning meetings — comes to planning meetings with knowledge of
- email and text performance, content ideas, and strategic recommendations that
- contribute by hitting and exceeding client goals.
- Ensure that we are prepared for future events (anniversaries but also major
- moments like debates, RNC/DNC conventions).
Experience we look for:
• Passion for good causes, whether candidates or other;
• 3-6 years of work experience with at least 1 campaign cycle of experience
in a dedicated email fundraising role;
• Client-facing project management experience;
• Experience managing multiple clients or workstreams at once;
• Familiarity with P2P and/or broadcast texting platforms;
• Experience using one of the following email CRMs: NGP, Everyaction, Actionkit;
• Experience working at an agency; working with or at non-profits or political/issue
campaigns;
• Basic understanding of long term lead performance tracking;
• Experience building and executing project plans to achieve fundraising and
communications goals;
• Ability to juggle multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment;
• Excellent quantitative reasoning skills and ability to apply data to strategic decisions.
Salary and Benefits:
The salary for this position is $72,000-$82,000
We also offer a generous benefits package:
- Unlimited vacation and sick days
- Federal holidays off (11-12 total days, Indigenous Peoples Day in off-cycle years)
- Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible work schedules and the option to work remotely anywhere within the United States and its territories with broadband internet
- 401k benefits with match after six monthsof employment
Closing Date of Position, How to Apply:
As soon as possible. The position will remain open until filled. To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Please put your name, date, and Digital Specialist Application in the subject line.
Our Hiring Process:
We aim to be transparent and efficient in our hiring process. Each question you will be asked throughout our hiring process ties directly back to one of the skills and experiences listed above. In each interview, you will be asked to provide examples of these skills and experiences or how you would draw on your experience to handle a scenario commonly found at Liftoff. Our typical hiring process includes:
1) Phone Interview
2) Skills Assessment
3) Video Interview(s)
4) Reference Check
Depending on logistics and scheduling, our hiring process generally takes about 4-5 weeks from phone interview to a job offer. We let candidates know after each step in the process, once we’ve made a decision, whether they are moving forward to the next stage or not, so candidates know the status of their application.
Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered. We work to center our values and those of our clients in all aspects of our work, so our culture, clientele, policies, and practices are reflective and affirming of people — inclusive of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, immigration status, citizenship status, and so much more. We strongly encourage folks from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.