Email and SMS Director

The Democratic National Committee is hiring! Are you fired up to elect Democrats up and down the ticket?

Position Summary: 

• The DNC is looking for an Email and SMS Director to run one of the largest and most active grassroots mobilization programs in politics. You will be responsible for managing a team of talented email and SMS strategists and executing grassroots campaigns to achieve our ambitious goals — including raising tens of millions of dollars in grassroots donations from as many Americans as possible.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage one of the largest and most complex email and SMS lists in politics. You’ll be responsible for driving the email and SMS calendars, as well as the accuracy in content, personalization, and targeting.
• Innovate how to best reach and mobilize our supporters over email and SMS — ensuring the DNC maintains its prominence in a competitive grassroots fundraising landscape. 
• Manage members of the email and SMS team, setting high expectations for their content ideation, drafting, and email and SMS production.
• Direct our testing and optimization efforts over email and SMS, with the goal of producing new learnings on a weekly basis.
• Ensure pristine email deliverability across inbox providers.
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.

Qualifications:

• You have at least two cycles of experience fundraising through email or SMS for an electoral campaign, advocacy organization, non-profit, or other relevant professional experience.
• You have proven leadership and management skills. Mentoring others to create their best work is rewarding to you. 
• You are a data-driven thinker who makes programmatic decisions based on statistical performance, with excellent attention to detail and a deep understanding of best practices across email and SMS channels.
• You have a knack for finding the right call to action for a particular person in a certain moment.
• You are a great editor who can take an idea or rough draft and turn it into an email or SMS that can be sent to millions of people.
• You have excellent time and project management skills, understanding there are multiple projects at one time that might require your attention.  
• You are comfortable collaborating across internal teams and interacting with stakeholders.
• You’re able to work quickly and efficiently in high-pressure situations, and are comfortable leading a team through rapid response situations.
• You must be in D.C. or willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. area.

Preference Given for Experience:

• With online fundraising platforms (e.g. ActionKit, Scale to Win).
• Managing a team who raises money for an electoral campaign, advocacy organization, or non-profit.

Salary: The starting salary for the [Name of Position] position is $105,000, on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends.  

"Due to federal campaign finance rules, only U.S. citizens or U.S. green card holders are eligible for this role. See 52 U.S.C. 30121; 11 C.F.R. 110.20(i).”

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

Benefits:

• The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:
• Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
• Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
• Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
• Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents