Washington State Democrats
Coordinated Campaign
Job Description- Data Director
The Washington State Democrats' Coordinated Campaign strives to lead an innovative, data-driven voter mobilization program through the implementation of a state-wide, direct voter contact program which seeks to augment traditional get-out-the-vote programming with creative, community-specific organizing tactics, a comprehensive digital outreach regime, and a thoughtful power building approach rooted in a philosophy of enduring strength through long-term grassroots capacity development. The Coordinated Campaign will focus primarily on the election of the Democratic nominee for President, as well as the re-election of US Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee, but will help guide candidate campaign activity up and down the ballot.
The Coordinated Campaign is currently hiring for the position of Data Director, an opportunity for a creative, communicative, teamwork-oriented campaign data professional with prior statewide experience. The person in this position will manage all targeting and turfing processes related to the Coordinated Campaign, produce daily quantitative tracking materials for voter contact efforts, and will lead all efforts related to the use and maintenance of the voterfile for campaign activity. This position will:
- Lead all voterfile research activities for past Coordinated Campaign cycles to identify important trends, provide initial field team capacity estimates, and inform voter contact goal creation decisions.
- Help manage the process for selection of an analytics & micro-targeting consultant to construct and append relevant scores to the voterfile
- Tier, turf, and manage allocation of voter contact targets for the Coordinated field team and with allied candidate campaigns
- Monitor target universe penetration and provide recommendations for enhancements in field team activity related to the use and prioritization of voter contact targets
- Create readable, accessible daily reports of all voter contact efforts from the NGP/VAN votebuilder platform
- Help to track and highlight inconsistencies or issues between field team generated daily soft reports and hard reports from the VAN
- Provide software training and support to entire field team, including group and individual coaching sessions
- Oversee the successful intersection of people and technology over the course of the campaign by helping to develop training materials for all digital tools and software programs
Required Skillset:
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, NGP/VAN, and a demonstrated ability to instruct others and provide constructive feedback
Helpful Proficiencies:
- Some knowledge or experience with database programs such as SQL or Access
- Experience with or understanding of GIS technologies
- Some knowledge of, or experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS, or Python
This person in this position will be expected to work irregular hours, including nights and weekends.
The Washington State Democratic Party provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, The Washington State Democratic Party complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Qualified applicants should send a resume and cover letter to wademsjobs@gmail.com. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Positions are salaried at a competitive rate and temporary through mid-November 2016. Women, persons of color and LGBTQ individuals strongly encouraged to apply.
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