Strategist, Social Media & Texting (Temporary)

​Want to lead social media, SMS, and digital strategy for progressive candidates and organizations? Social media management and broadcast messaging are both growing and in-demand fields in the world of progressive politics. This job is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a growing team at Middle Seat and take the lead in running client social media & texting programs. We’re looking for self-starters who love to write, raise money online, design graphics, and follow the news of the day.

NOTE: This is a temporary, full-time position on our team starting mid June 2024 (or after) and ending mid December 2024.

Why Middle Seat

• Competitive salaries and great benefits
• We only work for progressive organizations, candidates, and causes
• We’re a proudly unionized team — part of the Campaign Workers Guild
• Get in on the ground floor of a growing operation

Job Responsibilities

• Managing and maintaining social media accounts and broadcast messaging programs for 3-5 clients.
• Contribute to follower growth, fundraising, and list building on social media.
• Posting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other client social media platforms.
• Maintaining a robust cadence of social media posting that is responsive to breaking news and other major moments.
• Maintaining a consistent posting cadence and schedule for each platform. 
• Creating graphics and short-form videos for social media posts.
• Researching issues relevant to our clients in order to identify salient topics and content for social media posts and graphics.
• Remaining plugged in to political news and overall trends in progressive politics and social media.
• Managing and interfacing with clients directly (potentially including Members of Congress and candidates for federal office).
• Pulling, compiling, analyzing, and synthesizing social media and texting performance metrics into reports and presenting to clients.
• Draft copy for fundraising and mobilization through SMS.
• Manage texting production and develop other assets, such as mobile flows, landing pages, donation pages, and more.
• Propose ideas for testing, segmentation, and optimization.
• Develop and implement list growth strategy from start to finish, including managing acquisition buys for phone numbers and budgeting campaigns.
• Assist in project management of P2P texting campaigns as needed.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in professional social media management (or similar) for major platforms, preferably for political clients
• Experience with peer-to-peer and/or broadcast texting for political clients strongly preferred
• Previous fundraising experience strongly preferred
• Able to manage client projects largely without assistance
• Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of progressive politics
• Strong copywriting skills
• Ability to write for various social media platforms and adapt to different principals
• Majority of writing is free of errors
• Ability to adapt writing to conform to client voices and perspectives 
• A desire to play a role in social media for major political campaigns, nonprofits, and causes
• Attention to detail while managing tight deadlines and multiple content calendars
• Basic graphic design and video editing skills preferred but not required
• Knowledge of ActBlue and various CRMs (Action Kit, BSD, Action Network, NGP, etc.) preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Salary starts between $65,000 - $70,000
• 100% premium coverage for health, dental, and vision
• Zero deductible health plan
• $50 monthly mobile phone subsidy upon presentation of supporting documentation
• Mental health expense subsidy of up to $300 per month upon presentation of supporting documentation
• $100 monthly student loan reimbursement upon presentation of supporting documentation
• 10-15 paid vacation days off, depending on the anticipated length of employment
• Unlimited sick leave
• Professional development stipend
• Commuter benefits for public transportation for staff in the DC Metro Area
• Coworking space stipend for cycle hires outside of the DC Metro Area
• Flexible work from home schedule (or work in our D.C. office)

We are committed to building a diverse and passionate team. We encourage creative-minded individuals with a strong technical aptitude to apply for this position. Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply. 

Our firm is values-driven. We are intentional with the decidedly left-of-center clients we work with— and we strive to make our work environment and benefits reflect that, including salary transparency, healthy work-life balance, and consistent employee feedback and communication. We’re happy to talk more about our company culture with prospective applicants.