Digital Fundraising Director
Democratic Governors Association (DGA)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington, DC • District of Columbia • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the execution of the DGA grassroots fundraising program by means of email, online advertising, direct mail, telemarketing, and SMS to maximize growth and continue record-breaking returns;
- Manage a team of experienced staffers including an Email Director, SMS Director, and Senior Digital Strategist, as well as a team of fundraising consultants;
- Help manage external product vendors;
- Edit and approve email, SMS, and ads copy through the lifecycle from outlines, to drafts, to production, ensuring copy aligns with our mission, messaging, and best practices;
- Oversee strategy for large scale email and SMS testing, and assist in the maintenance of goal-oriented, data-informed content calendars;
- Identify angles for new digital fundraising campaigns, both long-term and rapid response;
- Work with the fundraising team to further develop our tools, reporting, and segmentation;
- Oversee grassroots fundraising analytics;
- Work with the Digital Campaign Services Director to identify opportunities to support and fundraise for gubernatorial campaigns;
- Support other special projects, assignments, and tasks in collaboration with DGA leadership and other DGA departments.
Requirements
- Experience leading successful, large-scale, online fundraising operations for Democratic political campaigns, political committees, and/or like-minded organizations
- 3+ campaign cycles or equivalent experience managing and driving strategy on fundraising programs; especially for an electoral campaign, committee, digital agency, advocacy organization, or nonprofit
- Experience leading vendor communications for an organization or clients
- Experience writing and/or managing a team writing email and SMS copy for a high-volume program, including rapid response
- Experience producing email and SMS and/or managing a production process, including complex segmenting and testing, in a CRM such as ActionKit, Acoustic, Action Network etc
- Experience managing projections and digital fundraising budgets.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid health care (including dental and vision) for employee + spouse/partner + dependents
- Up to 4% 401(k) matching program
- Employer paid phone bill
- Other employee benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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