Digital Organizing Manager, Political Innovation

About the Program

Ahead of the 2024 elections, Movement Labs is launching a political tactic incubator with unprecedented ambition. Our goal is to explore, analyze, and scale innovative strategies that persuade, mobilize, and register voters to counteract Trump's influence. We are committed to investing millions in successful initiatives, focusing on new organizing programs and turnout tactics. These efforts will target low-turnout, high-opportunity voters in marginalized communities, persuade Republican voters toward President Biden, and enhance voter registration efforts. The objective is to garner 50,000 votes for Biden ahead of the November Election.

Details & Compensation

• Location: Remote
• Start Date: ASAP
• Compensation: $70,000 depending on experience
• Benefits: Movement Labs employees receive excellent health, dental, and vision benefits, 401k, work-from-home stipends, and unlimited Paid Time Off. This position does not qualify as a bargaining unit position.
• Duration: This is a full-time, exempt position through November 15, 2024.

About the Role

Movement Labs is hiring for the role of Digital Organizing Manager for the 2024 cycle. This position is critical for managing political innovation ideas that involve contacting & organizing humans in digital communities and online forums with paid staff, volunteers, and automations.

This role will be part of a team responsible for moving dozens of ideas through the process of vetting, scoping and project planning and piloting them to assess if they have the potential to net over 1000 votes across the seven battleground states. If pilots are successful, work includes scaling those ideas up ahead of the 2024 election. This role will report to the Deputy Digital Organizing Director and work closely with both the digital organizing and organizing team.

Our ideal candidate is an organizing strategist with deep familiarity of online communities and volunteer and voter engagement. We are looking for someone who loves tough challenges, is extremely scrappy and creative and has a get-to-yes attitude.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Digital Organizing team, other departments within Movement Labs, and external-facing teams – to implement new experiment ideas;
• Stay up to date on tactics and best practices for political organizing on social media and in online communities
• Manage digital organizers, fellows, and/or volunteers to support projects as needed
• Utilize online tools and distributed organizing tactics to leverage volunteers when possible;
• Conduct virtual volunteer trainings, onboardings and volunteer management processes via Slack and other online platforms as needed;
• Maintain relationships with external contractors working on digital organizing experiments and hold them accountable to goals;
• Build and maintain political relationships with partner groups and grassroots organizations;
• Work with the team to ideate, create and design assets for the campaigns
• Update weekly reports detailing progress and hurdles from projects in the field;
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is someone who has:

• At least two cycles of experience in a digital organizing role on an electoral campaign
• At least one cycle of experience managing paid staff or volunteers on an electoral campaign
• Strong understanding of organizing on social media and in online communities
• Familiar with digital organizing programs and digital organizing tools including social media, peer-to-peer and/or mass blast texting (Spoke, ThruText, Hustle, Mobile Commons), relational organizing (OutVote, Reach), phone banking (VPB Connect, ThruTalk), and volunteer management/communication (VoteBuilder, Mobilize, Slack, Discord, Twitch, Reddit)
• Experience with managing entry-level staff, recruiting volunteers and developing volunteer leaders;
• Exceptional writing, copyediting and proofreading skills;  
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and sound judgment;
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically to overcome challenges and achieve campaign objectives;
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to get a project executed, including trying novel and new tactics including seeking expert input;
• Ability to work long and irregular hours in a fast paced, metrics- driven work environment
• Passionate about fighting fascism and defeating Donald Trump

Benefits

Benefits: Movement Labs employees receive excellent health, dental, and vision benefits, 401k, work-from-home stipends, and unlimited Paid Time Off. This position does not qualify as a bargaining unit position.