Middle Seat Digital

Social Media Manager

• Content creation, texting production, and reporting
• Learn the ins and outs of digital communications, fundraising, and mobilization
• Assist with text message production and quality assurance
• Take the first stab at copywriting for social posts and texts
• Compile social media reporting and monitoring through SproutSocial
• Create short-form videos or graphics
• Complete administrative tasks
• Other responsibilities as requested

Social Media Intern – Winter 2025

Graphics Designer

• Get your start with us. Middle Seat is a full-service firm for progressive causes and candidates.
• Work with campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and causes on the front lines of racial justice, climate action, privacy and tech policy, immigration rights, and economic justice.
• You'll work closely with our design team to support real campaigns and causes with impactful visuals.
• You’ll create social media graphics, digital ads, print collateral, branding assets, and more.
• You’ll be encouraged to bring your own creative voice while learning how to collaborate in a fast-paced political design environment.

Graphic Design Intern, Winter 2025

• Contribute to the management of client social media accounts and texting programs: growing social followings, collecting SMS opt-ins, and raising money online.
• Take the first pass at gathering data for reports, both internal and client-facing.
• Create content and post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other client social media platforms with a consistent, robust, and responsive posting cadence for each platform.
• Create graphics and short-form videos for social media platforms.
• Research issues relevant to our clients to identify salient topics and content for social media posts and graphics.
• Manage texting production and develop other assets, such as mobile flows, landing pages, donation pages, and more.
• Provide support to client leads on texting acquisition, including organizing materials, drafting copy, and updating vendors.
• Draft fundraising copy for text messages.
• Support the social & texting team on various projects.
• Remain plugged in to political news and overall trends in progressive politics and social media – including trending templates, sounds, memes, and more.
• Learn best practices for social media & text message fundraising, messaging campaigns, and platforms as they integrate into the entire digital program and into an organization’s mission.
• Other responsibilities as requested.

Social Media Coordinator

Account Manager

• Serve as day-to-day point of contact for 3-5 multi-service client accounts: contributing to deliverable planning, project management, and internal coordination and supporting senior leadership as needed. This includes large advocacy organizations and/or campaigns.
• Deliver clear, compelling updates to clients – presenting topline performance, key trends, and strategic recommendations – with support from senior leadership as needed.
• Support client management norms, including processes and communications.
• Lead client calls and support prep work, agendas, note-taking, and action item follow-up.
• Flag potential client issues/risks early and contribute to internal solutions.
• Coordinate internal staff across copy, creative, and reporting to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain deliverable trackers, calendars, and pacing docs across service departments (email, ads, texts, etc.).
• Draft internal briefs and client-ready updates in coordination with staff from across verticals.
• Document learnings, best practices, and client documentation across accounts.
• Grow into client ownership over time, taking on increased responsibility and leadership as skills develop.
• Own daily/weekly/monthly performance tracking for each client’s program, including creating and updating projections and budget updates with input from verticals and leadership.
• Flag over- or under-spend risks to leadership with recommendations.
• Surface growth opportunities, testing strategies, and optimizations.
• Learn, implement, and contribute to Middle Seat SOPs (onboarding, reporting, internal workflows) with guidance.
• Own upselling opportunities (i.e., pitching new services or scaling client budgets) within current client accounts.
• Support in external business development (creating sales and marketing materials, conducting sales research, attending client meetings, etc.)
• Identify opportunities to improve client-facing processes based on experience and feedback from internal teams and clients, and help develop those materials.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Senior Account Manager

People Operations

• Own all aspects of People & Culture for Middle Seat’s fully remote, majority-bargaining-unit team
• Design and manage HR systems, ensure compliance, lead recruitment, and drive engagement initiatives
• Report directly to the COO and operate as a department of one
• Manage HR operations including benefits administration, partnering with a PEO for payroll, benefits, and compliance
• Maintain policies, employee handbook, and compliance with federal/local regulations (FMLA, ADA, OSHA) and the collective bargaining agreement
• Handle sensitive employee matters, investigations, and conflict resolution with discretion
• Build scalable processes for onboarding, offboarding, policy rollouts, and internal communications
• Act as company point of contact for all employee communications
• Optimize HRIS, benefits, and engagement tools; serve as technical owner of HR systems
• Manage company Google Workspace and compliance with IT security policy
• Track and analyze workforce data for capacity planning, retention strategies, and diversity reporting
• Embed DEI into hiring, policies, and team culture and foster remote team engagement
• Lead new hire onboarding, professional development, performance review processes, and leadership pathways
• Counsel managers on employee management and cultivate supervisory skills
• Coordinate staff appreciation, bonding activities, and plan annual in-person and virtual retreats
• Lead recruitment end-to-end, build diverse talent pipelines, and liaise with union representatives as needed

Social Media Intern – Winter 2025

Graphic Design Intern, Winter 2025

Social Media Coordinator

Senior Account Manager

People and Culture Director