Position Title: Press Secretary - HQ
Job Location: DC Headquarters, Remote
Position Type: Full Time / Exempt
Education Level: Bachelor's (preferred)
Salary Range: $75,000-85,000 Salary/year
Travel %: Up to 10%
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
About For Our Future
Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and racial and social justice. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people's lives.
In 2018, we made over 10 million door knocks and held 1.5 million face-to-face conversations with voters in 7 states. Our turnout operation and innovative program helped restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians, expand Medicaid coverage to 400,000 in Virginia, and resulted in sizable electoral progress at the state and federal level, including the pickup of 3 Governor mansions, 1 Senate seat, 13 Congressional seats, and 22 state legislative seats.
For Our Future will continue to grow and win through 2020, building power across issue fights and elections. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our current state programs include Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Job Summary
Are you passionate about advancing progressive change in the states, expanding the electorate, and defeating Trump? For Our Future and For Our Future Action Fund seek a talented Press Secretary for our most ambitious electoral and issue organizing field program to date.
The Press Secretary will secure positive coverage of and media placements for For Our FutureWorking in tandem with the Communications Director, you. will support our media relations, external relations, internal communications, and campaign communications strategies for the 2020 elections -both by initiating opportunities and implementing strategies. You will work to help lift the profile of the organizations and their programs while also managing critical communications needs for the development, program, campaigns, and compliance teams. Our ideal candidate is a compelling writer, talented media harnesser, proactive individual who has worked in a campaign, production, or organizing environment.
This position reports directly to the National Communications Director. This is a full-time position that lasts at least through November 6, 2020. Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter and 2 relevant writing samples with their application.
Essential Functions
● Secure positive media placements of the organizations and their leadership.
● Initiate, develop and implement communications and media activities under the direction of the Communications Director for the organization nationally and in target states.
● Produce or assist in the creation of products for both media and external affairs audiences (press releases, background pieces, advisories, talking points, slide decks, newsletters).
● Proactively pitch journalists and bookers and respond to media inquiries.
● Act as a spokesperson for the organization as appropriate.
● Coordinate interviews and prepare staff for media and other public appearances.
● Manage and monitor the organization's Twitter account to highlight our work to opinion leaders, reporters, public officials, and other stakeholders.
● Monitor news and listservs to keep abreast of timely opportunities for us to engage with media, voters, and other community members.
● Cultivate and maintain key relationships with national media.
● Monitor media clips and compile and distribute media reports and analysis.
● Assist with marketing and profile-building strategies in support of our electoral, issue, and fundraising goals.
● Work with state-based communicators to have their needs addressed, and offer guidance and capacity where needed—including in the field--to support their communications and media goals.
● Support the planning and implementation of briefings, fundraisers, and other events.
● Liaise with campaign and compliance team members to review and coordinate content for a variety of voter contact material, including, but not limited to, press materials, videos, e-blasts, literature, and scripts.
● Contribute to and participate in staff meetings to stay current on press opportunities.
● Cover partner briefings and meetings as needed.
● Conduct background research as needed to fulfill opportunities and assignments.
● Report communications department activity and accomplishments to stakeholders, as needed.
● Cross-functional support of all communications needs, and campaign and organizational goals.
● Ensure organizational brand is consistent across all platforms.
● Work with vendors and designers as necessary to fulfill projects.
● Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
N/A.
Skills and Qualifications
● At least 3-6 years of strategic communications experience in a political, electoral, organizing, or progressive issue campaign environment;
● Job experience in press and media relations;
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong writing and copyediting skills;
● Possesses a clear sense of the political media landscape and has a thirst for consuming media.
● A track record of securing impactful press placements and building relationships with reporters; experience in attracting press coverage for virtual events a plus.
● Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work both independently and as a team member in a busy office with personal enthusiasm, optimism, and a sense of humor.
● Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, be flexible,reliable, organized, self-motivated, and adaptive to meet project needs;
● Takes initiative, is solution-oriented, and is comfortable wading into details and the big picture;
● Adept in and efficient with in internet-based research, word processing, media monitoring tools, internal communications platforms, and e-mail programs;
● Comfort in managing and following systems and processes.
● A passion for progressive causes and politics and alignment with our mission;
● Has a background in, or strong familiarity in and interest with movements for progressive social change, and political, labor or issue campaigns;
● Demonstrates diplomacy, respect, and sound judgment.
Work Environment
● Office environments vary, but the incumbent should expect to work in an open office setting, among colleagues.
Expected Hours of Work
● Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, and nights.
● Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively unless it's an emergency.
Benefits
For Our Future offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
● Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid and 5% employee paid.
● Paid Parental Leave.
● Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%.
● $100 monthly cell phone bill reimbursement.
● 13 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need reasonable accommodation in the application process, he or she should contact a company representative.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as "employment at will." This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing "employment at will" relationship. By signing below, you hereby affirm your that your employment is "at will", and that you acknowledge that no oral or written statements or representations regarding your employment can alter your "at will" status, except for a written statement signed by you and our Chief Executive Officer or duly authorized representative as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors of For Our Future Action Fund.
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