UnKoch My Campus is a national campaign that works with students, faculty, alumni, and community allies to expose and prevent donors like Charles Koch and his donor network from being able to buy undue academic influence in attempt to legitimize and bolster their political and corporate agendas. We believe that higher education should be a place of open exploration, critical thinking and learning, not an arm of Koch brothers propaganda.
UnKoch My Campus seeks a mission-driven individual skilled in grassroots organizing, website management and redesign, fundraising, writing, and online communications to serve as our new Digital Organizer. Working in coordination with the team , the organizer will leverage technology to expand our reach, build support for our campaigns, and drive fundraising and engagement while enhancing user experience. They will manage UnKoch's CRM, Action Network, and work with the Executive Director to establish automated communications and data management systems to track and maximize engagement of supporters and donors. The organizer will serve as the main webmaster for the unkochmycampus.org website and manage our presence on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube in addition to helping us grow our presence on more digital channels.
As UnKoch works in close collaboration with variety of state and national allied organization, the organizer will also facilitate communication among a broad coalition of partners and lead robust online engagement surrounding UnKoch campaign efforts. The organizer will also have close contact with student and faculty organizers to gather campaign updates and offer coaching support for digital promotion. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, aptitude for technology, and the ability to multitask will be critical to success in this role. Experience with grassroots activism, multi-channel online communications, and Squarespace preferred. This is a full-time, exempt position with flexible location.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Online organizing: Manage the timely drafting, proofing, and sending of campaign emails, including maintaining a comprehensive digital output calendar; draft and post regular web updates for the unkochmycampus.org website; develop materials for and facilitate communication with allied organizations to expand reach and strengthen coalitions; maintain other campaign social media properties (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) with regular content updates.
Website and social media management: Provide overall planning and oversight for the unkochmycampus.org website, including evaluating website user-experience and driving website redesign; Manage Facebook and Twitter accounts; coordinate with other staff as appropriate to ensure regular content updates; implement best practices and develop UnKoch-specific strategies for increasing site traffic, search engine performance, and social media engagement; coordinate with hosting provider and other third party vendors to maximize site functionality, security, and integration.
Contact Management: Manage Action Network, UnKoch's CRM, including setting up automated communications, tracking supporter and donor engagement, and identifying strategies for list growth.
Writing and communications: Draft and edit website content, Facebook and Twitter posts, member emails, and online appeals; work with other staff to develop rich and engaging content that helps tell the story of our work and our campaigns in creative and compelling ways using online media. This includes sharable graphics, animations, and video content. Monitor and respond to all incoming campaign email communications; coordinate with other staff and coalition partners as needed to respond to incoming inquiries and information needs.
Cultivation and engagement: Monitor and respond as appropriate to online comments on UnKoch online properties; design and carry out online engagement and member cultivation strategies using various social media platforms to increase positive engagement. Identify and design opportunities for online and distributed action for UnKoch's national audience.
Online Fundraising: Work with Executive Director and other staff to develop and execute online fundraising strategy with effective integration of campaign work, which may include email marketing, list buys/trades, paid advertising, etc; ensure website optimization and oversee related database administration; stay abreast of digital fundraising trends and tools; collaborate with Executive Director to build annual fundraising calendar, develop reports to analyze and track performance of the giving program, and create plans for communication with current and lapsed donors as well as online and offline prospects..
Campus Support: Work closely with student and faculty organizers to provide support in digital organizing; identify storytelling and action opportunities for national audience based on updates from campus organizers.
QUALIFICATIONS
Digital Organizing Experience: At least 2-3 years of relevant experience as part of grassroots issue or advocacy campaigns, including with social media platforms, image and video editing, and managing websites including competency with HTML and CSS; excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong overall technical skills and the ability to quickly learn new platforms; familiarity with online advocacy, communications, and data management systems such as Action Network. Graphic design and video production skills ideal.
Demonstration of Shared Values: Demonstrated interest in and knowledge of higher education, public policy, and/or social justice issues; strong commitment to defending public education, worker's rights, academic freedom, and shared governance from threats posed by the increasing corporatization/financialization of education, which includes undue donor influence; experience working with and organizing diverse constituencies, including grassroots activist organizations, young people, and people of color.
Highly Motivated & Collaborative: Enjoys working under pressure, problem solving, and figuring out how to get things done in accordance with deadlines, deliverables and changing circumstances; self-starter with strong interpersonal skills who works well independently and with teams; comfortable working in a collaborative, consensus-based organization.
HOW TO APPLY
Send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to unkoch@unkochmycampus.org. Please include "Digital Organizer" in your email subject line. Ideal start date is early February 2018. Competitive salary depending on experience and region's cost of living.
UnKoch My Campus is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to engaging the skills and leadership of people of color, low-income persons, LGBTQ persons, differently-abled people, and other people from diverse backgrounds. People from these and other historically marginalized backgrounds and communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
More About UnKoch My Campus
UnKoch My Campus exists to disrupt the Koch Brother's political success by intervening at the root of their strategy: our nation's universities. Charles Koch has spent $142 million on programs at nearly 400 schools since 2005, while coordinating $100 million from other donors in his network. With great cost to the universities and their stakeholders, these gifts come with stipulations that ensure Koch's free-market, anti-regulatory, anti-tax agenda is advanced and legitimized through the research funded. And when successfully implemented, this research plays an instrumental role in attacking public education, workers' rights, the environment, and more.
Since our founding in 2014, UnKoch has provided research, media, and organizing support to concerned stakeholders on more than 50 campuses and, as our campaign efforts heat up in the coming months, we anticipate significant boost in demand for support from new campuses across the country. You can find more information about UnKoch and our campaigns on our website at: unkochmycampus.org.
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