2024 Political Cycle Role – Senior Associate Strategist

We are looking for new team members with a  passion for progressive politics to join our electoral team this cycle. We are working with some of the largest persuasion, voter registration and GOTV clients of the cycle.  A majority of this position’s time will be assigned to those electoral accounts, but the remainder will be allocated to support our other non-profit, advocacy, and retail clients through our collective sprint during the election.

This is a temporary position through November 30, 2024 and includes outplacement assistance. Cycle-hire employees who are interested will have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of permanent positions at the conclusion of this role.

Candidates looking to have a large professional impact on the 2024 elections should apply for this position. Candidates who DO NOT want a majority of their time focused on the 2024 elections, should apply for our other position focused on our responsible corporate, non-profit, and non-electoral advocacy clients.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Build, optimize, and run online ads across various different ad platforms (Facebook, Google, TTD, etc.).
  • Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion and brand lift tests.
  • Measure, analyze, and report on campaign and website performance to uncover actionable insights that will increase efficiency and performance of our digital marketing efforts.
  • Monitor conversion points and optimize user funnels.
  • Collaborate with other vendor partners.
  • Communicate with clients about success and challenges in the campaigns you’re running.
  • Manage media budgets in excess of $1MM.
  • Write copy and work with our designers and developers to produce online ad collateral and website assets.
  • Create media plans for direct response and persuasion ad buying
  • Meticulously Q/A creative, ad builds, and reports
  • Be accountable to client goals
  • Evaluate emerging technologies. Provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate.
  • Be a positive member of our collaborative and supportive team.

Minimum Qualifications

~1 year of hands-on digital advertising experience. 

OR

2-3 years in a related field. (Political Campaigns, Political Communications/PR, Advocacy, Digital Media, etc.)

Some specific examples of “hands-on experience”  include:

  • Having run and optimized substantial direct response or persuasion campaigns like the following:
    • Programmatic Display and Video Advertising – DCM and The Trade Desk platforms in particular
    • Social Media Advertising – Facebook Ads Manager, Twitter Ads, Snap Ads, YouTube
    • Search Engine Marketing (SEM) – Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Amazon Search
    • Ecommerce Prospecting
    • Lead gen
  • Hands-on experience running electoral campaigns/advocacy/corporate email or text programs — communicating with activists/subscribers, driving actions/donations/sales, running A/B tests, etc.
  • Having been involved in the building (not as a coder, as a strategist) or been responsible for maintaining public-facing websites using a CMS (like WordPress or Drupal) or ecommerce platform (like Shopify, Demandware, Kaleo)
  • Experience using CRM platforms (like ActionKit, Salsa, Salesforce, MailChimp, ActBlue etc).
  • Solid knowledge of website analytics tools. (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Omniture, etc.)

Benefits

  • Salary: $5,833-$5,167 per month 
  • +$7,500 election bonus paid at end of cycle
  • +end-of-cycle performance bonus (based on company and individual performance).

C+K offers a full benefits package which includes: 100% subsidized Platinum-level healthcare insurance, options for dental and vision insurance, 401k with a guaranteed company 3% contribution, short term disability, flexible spending accounts, transportation benefits, bikeshare membership, high speed Internet reimbursement, paid time off and several paid holidays. C+K is an equal opportunity employer.

C+K offers employees the opportunity to work remotely, work in the DC office full time, or work out a partial-week, in-office flex schedule. We do not force people to go into the office, it exists as a benefit for those who want an office to go to.

Chong + Koster provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, disability, religion or belief, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, status with regard to public assistance, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Chong + Koster also fully complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we operate, including with regard to recruiting, hiring, placement, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.