Copper Courier

Director

• Help build and maintain a robust social media presence for @CourierNewsroom’s social accounts across all platforms
• Create engaging and informative daily social news content
• Support content creation (graphics & video), including brainstorming ideas and helping manage projects from concept to completion
• Closely monitor current events to create relevant social content that aligns with COURIER’s editorial priorities
• Manage COURIER’s online communities across platforms and identify opportunities to build deeper relationships with our audience of 5.4M+
• Create and maintain a regular social calendar, including promoting COURIER’s national products
• Track and report on the national team’s social KPIs
• Send bi-weekly round-ups of national content to COURIER’s marketing list
• Serve as a mentor to junior social staff

Deputy Director, Social and Brand

Engineering Manager

• Manage and mentor data engineers, set technical direction, remove blockers
• Design data systems that scale with newsroom needs while remaining flexible enough to pivot when priorities shift
• Translate business requirements from reporters, editors, and analysts into technical specifications
• Build and maintain critical pipelines yourself along with the team
• Balance speed and sustainability in a deadline-driven environment

Data Engineering Director

Conversion Rate Optimizer

• Develop and execute a sales-first revenue strategy across direct sponsorships, brand partnerships, underwriting and events, in collaboration with leadership to achieve the organization’s quarterly and annual revenue targets
• Identify new categories, verticals, partners, and products that are aligned with COURIER’s mission and audience to drive new revenue opportunities
• Personally lead and close high-value partnership deals with premium and trusted brands across our national and state newsrooms
• Own a meaningful individual book of business in addition driving team goals
• Lead, mentor, and manage a sales team, setting a high bar for performance, accountability, and follow-through
• Work closely with editorial, marketing, finance, and operations teams to ensure sold programs and products are high-quality, impactful, and deliver on partner expectations
• Own pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and revenue reporting

Chief Revenue Officer, CRO

Operations

• Execute all deliverables related to ad operations, including trafficking, troubleshooting, optimization, and reporting of ad campaigns across all platforms including, but not limited to: Meta, Google, Programmatic, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, Nextdoor in line with project timelines
• Run the ad buying pipeline to ensure that campaigns are ready for launch including pixel placement, ad sourcing/tracking, finalized creative delivery, Q/A processes, vendor payment, and other logistics required to ensure timely and efficient program launches
• Confirm campaigns are set up in a way that is aligned with best practices and company approved media plans
• Ensure that audiences are properly onboarded in advance of program launches and to access data related to performance of live campaigns
• Provide regular reports that track campaign status, identify and troubleshoot delivery issues, and review reporting data for quality assurance
• Manage and coordinate campaign functions by ensuring line items are distributed across all platforms effectively as directed by the company.
• Audit + implement ad ops tools to address workflow inefficiencies, improve testing, maintain inventories, and automate ad scheduling as directed.
• Deliver guidance of industry best practices for cost-efficient CPM/CPC/CPA strategies
• Clearly communicate regular program updates to the Paid Media Manager and Director of Marketing

AdOps Specialist

Growth Marketing

• Lead big-picture product strategy for COURIER’s national newsletter, web, social video, and podcast content
• Direct the planning and execution of a division-wide strategic plan with division, team, and individual level KPIs
• Establish a compelling and consistent voice and visual brand across COURIER’s national newsletter, video and podcast products, social content, and events
• Be an external representative and ambassador of COURIER within the media, civic, and advocacy sectors
• Sit on COURIER’s executive leadership team and report to directly to the CEO, as well as to the organization’s Board of Directors
• Collaborate with the CRO and revenue team to develop and deploy national product, events, grassroots fundraising, and other monetization strategies
• Ensure all national products demonstrate mission, brand, and market fit through measurable audience growth, engagement, and revenue generation
• Identify external partnerships, talent, and product acquisition opportunities to advance COURIER National’s growth, revenue, and impact objectives
• Manage COURIER’s national division, including editorial, comms, marketing, and creative

Managing Director – Growth, Revenue

Content Marketing Manager

• Build a strategic content and publishing calendar for three months to drive a narrative, spread awareness build community, encourage action and geared toward rapid for growth
• Develop the presence for a new brand on two platforms, while experimenting and building guidelines around best practices that can be used after the pilot program
• Join and be actively involved in Facebook groups, subreddits, and other social platforms to build an on-ramp to shape a community and organize users around issues and campaigns
• Identify and onboard relationships with allied outlets and organizations within the niche cultural community/ online ecosystem
• Draft social media post copy that reflects the brand’s voice while editing received content for platform optimization
• Track and analyze content engagement and retention metrics and provide insights to inform future social media strategy
• Provide regular updates and reports on post performance & optimize content for each social platform based on the findings
• Openness to travel to events and/or content opportunities for and within the niche cultural community on select, limited occasions

Contractor, Digital Organizing, Content Strategy

People Operations

• Oversee People & Culture to build an accountable and inclusive workplace
• Shape the company’s people strategy
• Lead and improve recruitment strategies
• Cultivate a transparent and mission-driven culture
• Design and manage employee growth systems
• Develop competitive compensation and benefits programs

Director, People & Culture

Producer

• Showrun: COURIER’s daily news and politics content
• Own the day-to-day production.
• Collaborate on editorial – helping to choose top stories, researching and writing the run-of-shows, and helping to shape the tone and POV.
• Work directly with talent to structure and adapt each episode for podcast and YouTube.
• Collaborate with editors and social team to cut for clips, shorts, and other platform-native assets.
• Book and coordinate guest appearances (e.g., reporters, insiders, creators) and prep them for appearances.
• Manage recordings – ensuring quality audio and video for all talent and guests.

Producer, Daily News

Journalist

• Produce approximately 3–4 pieces of original, social‑first reporting per week on assigned topics related to state and local politics, policy, and civic life, across a variety of states.
• Develop and pitch story ideas that align with COURIER’s pro‑democracy, impact‑driven narratives and with the editorial priorities of relevant state newsrooms.
• Report and write clear, accurate, engaging stories, including explainers, accountability pieces, and human‑centered features for news-averse audiences.
• Conduct research, interviews, and fact‑checking, including outreach to impacted community members, subject‑matter experts, elected officials, candidates, and advocates.
• Create social content—including graphics, captions, and short‑form video—using COURIER’s creative platforms.
• Produce presenter‑led videos featuring the consultant as on‑camera talent, tailored to social platforms.
• Final review with editorial leads on assigned work to incorporate feedback in deliverables.
• Contribute to basic documentation of work, including logging stories and content when published.
• Use basic collaboration platforms such as Google Drive to receive assignments, share drafts, and deliver final work product.
• The weekly mix of services and assignments will be set with COURIER and may be adjusted by mutual agreement during the engagement.

Freelance Reporter, Content Producer

• Develop and maintain a clear understanding of the goals, requirements, and priorities for assigned editorial programs.
• Draft and update concise program one‑pagers that outline key elements, expectations, deliverables, and collaborators.
• Edit original reporting to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with program needs and COURIER’s mission.
• Coordinate with state communications hub partners on a scheduled basis to gather and document priority messaging and project needs.
• Communicate a summary of these priorities to the internal team, review and edit content to ensure alignment, and track and report distributed content back to each hub.
• Maintain content tracking documents and simple dashboards, including status, publication details, and performance indicators to deliver periodic reports.
• Review performance metrics for assigned content using tools such as Emplifi, and summarizing key takeaways in periodic updates.
• Prepare short written updates and reports that describe how assigned programs are progressing against stated goals.
• Use collaboration platforms such as Slack, Asana, and Google Drive to receive direction, share drafts, and deliver work products.