Senior Strategist, Social Media & Texting (Temporary)

​Want to lead social media, SMS, and digital strategy for progressive candidates and organizations? Social media management and broadcast messaging are both growing and in-demand fields in the world of progressive politics. This job is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a growing team at Middle Seat and take the lead in running client social media & texting programs. We’re looking for self-starters who love to write, raise money online, design graphics, and follow the news of the day.

NOTE: This is a temporary, full-time position on our team starting June 17, 2024 and ending on December 13, 2024.

Why Middle Seat

• Competitive salaries and great benefits
• We only work for progressive organizations, candidates, and causes
• We’re a proudly unionized team — part of the Campaign Workers Guild
• Get in on the ground floor of a growing operation

Job Responsibilities

• Lead 3-5 client social media accounts and/or texting programs and provide feedback to strategists and coordinators on your accounts
• Crafting and implementing social media management and growth strategies
• Contributing to the growth of client social media followings 
• Utilize social media to fundraise and build lists for clients
• Posting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other client social media platforms
• Maintaining a robust cadence of social media posting that is responsive to breaking news and other major moments
• Maintaining a consistent posting cadence for each platform 
• Creating graphics and short-form videos for social media posts
• Overseeing social media posting schedules & texting calendars and ensuring a robust and consistent cadence
• Researching issues relevant to our clients in order to identify salient topics and content for social media posts and graphics
• Remaining plugged in to political news and overall trends in progressive politics and social media
• Managing and interfacing with clients directly (potentially including Members of Congress and candidates for federal office)
• Draft copy for fundraising and mobilization through SMS and develop calendars for client programs
• Manage texting production and develop other assets, such as mobile flows, landing pages, donation pages, and more.
• Propose ideas for testing, segmentation, and optimization.
• Lead list growth strategy from start to finish with multi-layered media plans, including managing acquisition buys for phone numbers and budgeting campaigns.
• Develop and manage P2P texting campaigns across clients
• Pulling, compiling, analyzing, and synthesizing social media and texting performance metrics into reports and presenting to clients
• Build processes within client teams and within department, with guidance of manager/Department Director
• Contribute to overall department success, such as developing training materials, participating in sales pitches, and assisting in hiring/onboarding
• Oversee interns as needed

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in professional social media management (or similar) for major platforms
• At least 1-2 years of experience with peer-to-peer and/or broadcasting texting for political clients
• Able to manage client projects largely without assistance
• Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of progressive politics
• Strong copywriting skills
• Ability to write for various social media platforms and adapt to different principals
• Majority of writing is free of errors
• Ability to adapt writing to conform to client voices and perspectives 
• A desire to play a key role in social media and fundraising for major political campaigns, nonprofits, and causes
• Attention to detail while managing tight deadlines and multiple content calendars
• Previous fundraising experience strongly preferred
• Basic graphic design and video editing skills preferred but not required
• Knowledge of ActBlue and various CRMs (Action Kit, BSD, Action Network, NGP, etc.) preferred but not required

Benefits

• Salary starts between $70,000 - $80,000
• 100% premium coverage for health, dental, and vision
• Zero deductible health plan
• $50 monthly mobile phone subsidy upon presentation of supporting documentation
• Mental health expense subsidy of up to $300 per month upon presentation of supporting documentation
• $100 monthly student loan reimbursement upon presentation of supporting documentation
• 10-15 paid vacation days off, depending on the anticipated length of employment
• Unlimited sick leave
• Professional development stipend
• Commuter benefits for public transportation for staff in the DC Metro Area
• Coworking space stipend for cycle hires outside of the DC Metro Area
• Flexible work from home schedule (or work in our D.C. office)

We are committed to building a diverse and passionate team. We encourage creative-minded individuals with a strong technical aptitude to apply for this position. Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply. 

Our firm is values-driven. We are intentional with the decidedly left-of-center clients we work with— and we strive to make our work environment and benefits reflect that, including salary transparency, healthy work-life balance, and consistent employee feedback and communication. We’re happy to talk more about our company culture with prospective applicants.