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ACLU · 2 months ago

Senior Electoral Strategist

New York, New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$161K/yr - $161K/yr

The ACLU is dedicated to defending individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. The Senior Electoral Strategist will lead the development and execution of electoral campaigns, working closely with various teams to achieve campaign goals and build strategic partnerships.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

In close partnership with the Director of Candidate Races and at times the Director of Ballot Initiatives, develop robust campaign goals, plans, strategies, tactics, and budgets

Design and lead complex, multi-tooled electoral campaigns from planning to execution, including but not limited to candidate races and ballot measures

Lead electoral campaigns with minimal need for management level guidance

Utilize a wide variety of sophisticated campaign tactics and tools

Successfully employ constituent targeting, developing advertisements (TV, radio, print), polling, and developing creative campaign tactics for earned media or other purposes

Retain and manage consultants

Work closely with ACLU affiliates, the States Campaign team, the Organizing Team and Comms on developing plans for relevant campaigns

Coordinate the day-to-day activities of the staff working on the campaigns in matrixed structure

Work in coordination with other senior stakeholders, affiliate staff, and national staff, including policy staff within NPAD

Develop and maintain relationships with partner organizations to further electoral goals, identifying strategic partnerships that expand the ACLU’s influence in ways the ACLU would otherwise not have operating alone

Convene and execute on-the-ground meetings, planning, and campaign events in priority jurisdictions

Maintain awareness of emerging opportunities and challenges in the issue areas within the division’s purview

Maintain awareness of the work to facilitate representation of the Department internally and externally

Exercise significant independent judgment to solve problems and determine creative solutions

Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and adjust priorities as necessary in order to adapt to a changing external environment

Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

This position requires flexibility in work schedule and location, including the ability to travel nationally as programming demands and work nontraditional hours

Qualification

Electoral campaigningCampaign strategy designCampaign managementEarned media strategiesGrassroots organizingLegislative advocacyResearch skillsAnalytical skillsTeam collaborationCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

Significant demonstrated experience with electoral campaigning at the federal, state, and/or local levels, including campaign management experience

Significant demonstrated experience designing campaign strategy and executing campaign plans and tactics

Strong independent work ethic and team collaboration skills

Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills

Experience with earned media strategies

Experience building, leading, and working within coalitions

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, simultaneously handle many tasks; work efficiently, meeting multiple deadlines, while remaining composed under pressure

Willingness to travel

Preferred

Experience doing advocacy on both issue campaigns and electoral campaigns, a plus

Experience doing grassroots organizing, a plus

Experience doing legislative and administrative advocacy, a plus

Fluency, expertise and experience in multiple ACLU issue areas, a plus

Comfort with policy, including an ability to efficiently and effectively weave policy objectives into campaign execution

Benefits

Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid time-off policy

Focus on your well-being with comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)

Plan for your retirement with 401k plan and employer match

We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops