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Communications Manager


Overview

Swing Left is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Communications Manager to help us accomplish our mission of harnessing grassroots energy to flip the White House, the Senate, and key state houses that will determine redistricting. This is a temporary full-time, paid position starting immediately and running through November 2020.

About Swing Left

Swing Left is a national grassroots organization of more than a million members working to defeat Trump and the GOP, and set up a decade of progressive victories, by flipping the White House, the Senate, and key state houses that will determine redistricting, and protecting our majority in the House. We’re building a national grassroots infrastructure for Democrats in 12 high impact battleground “Super States”, starting with actions we know help candidates win: raising money and engaging voters.

Responsibilities

This role will be tasked with providing support to the Communications team. You will play an important role in broadening Swing Left’s reach, engaging volunteers, and growing awareness of our grassroots electoral efforts in the final month of the elections. You will collaborate with experts across our teams, including in digital marketing, PR, social media, editorial and digital content, design, product development, political and organizing, fundraising, virtual events, and influencer engagement, and work closely with the Head of Communications and Communications Team. Primary responsibilities will include:

  • Shape and execute national and local press outreach strategies
  • Field incoming press inquiries and manage relationships with bookers, bloggers, columnists, editorial staff, hosts, and reporters.
  • Coordinate interviews, (virtual) event invitations, and speaking engagements.
  • Track news clips; manage media lists and tools.
  • Craft external communication tools and talking points for the use of Swing Left’s entire national staff and volunteers.
  • Engage and coordinate with high-profile supporters including members of the entertainment, art, tech, and political worlds.
  • Conceptualize and help with the promotion of (virtual) events.
  • Coordinate with comms team and other team members to help execute the above.
  • Specific projects may include:
  • Promotion of our final weeks of virtual organizing events
  • Promotion of our youth and college programs
  • Support for volunteer press opportunities
  • Support for local communications efforts
  • Pursuing event and speaking opportunities

Requirements

  • A minimum of 2 years professional experience.
  • Excellent writing and copy-editing skills.
  • Professional experience in media relations and external communications, including related to electoral campaigns, grassroots organizing, cultural mobilization, and Democratic politics.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and hold self and others accountable.
  • Stickler for details.
  • Ability to work in a collaborative, fast paced environment.
  • Frequent consumer of political and/or cultural news.
  • Flexible and embrace opportunities for growth and learning new skills.
  • Deep commitment to Swing Left’s mission of winning this November!

We are an equal opportunity employer and seek applications from all qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas at this time.

Swing Left provides a competitive salary and benefits package. We are happy to answer any questions you have about our benefits, retirement, parental leave policies and other, similar benefits in interviews.

We believe that the GOP's bad behavior disproportionately hurts the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working-class backgrounds, people with disabilities, women and LGBTQ people. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities and members of other marginalized communities.

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