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Compensation
USD 80000 - 100000
$80,000 - $100,000; competitive and commensurate with experience. Benefits include health, vision, dental, cell phone and internet reimbursement, flexible spending plan, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, 401K plan with match, paid family leave, and paid time off (vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and national holidays).
- Salary period
- yearly
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental coverage
- Cell phone and internet reimbursement
- Flexible spending plan
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- 401K plan with a match
- Paid family leave
- Paid time off (vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and all national holidays)
Tech stack
Required
Location
Remote
Work setup
- Employment
- full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Remote policy
- Work arrangement: Remote; ROLE built for a hybrid press/media and digital campaigns lead; travel requirement 20%.
- Remote scope
- unclear
- Travel
- Travel requirement: 20%.
- Visa
- Unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
- Authorization
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States and will be required to submit proof of eligibility.
Role details
Responsibilities
- Draft press releases, statements and campaign communications tailored to regional audiences and reporters.
- Develop social media strategy and content, and execute social strategy across Instagram, Tik-Tok, Substack, Linked-In and X to expand the organization’s digital footprint.
- Build, cultivate, and maintain trusted relationships with reporters, editors, columnists, and producers across priority regional markets.
- Serve as a regional spokesperson and press contact where appropriate.
- Monitor regional media narratives on education policy, politics, and DFER-adjacent issues; surface threats and opportunities to the National Director and recommend rapid-response strategy.
- Partner with the National Director and the Digital Manager to plan and execute digital campaigns across priority states.
- Collaborate on day-to-day execution of regional social media content, including drafting copy and shaping creative briefs for the Graphic Designer & Digital Communications Manager.
- Help shape paid digital strategy for issue campaigns in priority states; collaborate with consultants and vendors as needed.
- Track, analyze, and report on earned and digital performance across priority states; use insights to iterate on strategy.
- Serve as a thought partner to the National Director on messaging strategy, narrative development, and political positioning for regional press and digital execution.
- Stay fluent in the political landscape of priority states and track governors/candidates, legislative leaders, key reporters, influential validators, and organizations shaping the local education debate.
- Contribute to rapid-response operations, including drafting statements and coordinating surrogate outreach on tight timelines.
- Support broader External Affairs priorities as assigned, including coalition communications, principal-facing materials, and cross-entity campaigns.
- Work closely with Campaigns and Partnership teams to ensure press and digital execution aligns with advocacy strategy in each priority state.
- Partner with the Graphic Designer & Digital Communications Manager to translate regional strategy into on-brand, high-performing creative.
- Coordinate with outside consultants as needed.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in communications, press, or public affairs roles, including demonstrated success placing stories, managing reporter relationships, and serving as an on-the-record or background resource.
- Exceptional writing ability to move quickly between rapid-response statements or social captions without losing voice or strategic discipline.
- Political acumen and feel for the center-left political landscape.
- Hands-on experience planning and executing digital and social campaigns, including content strategy, platform-specific best practices (X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok where relevant), paid social, and performance analytics.
- Comfort briefing designers and vendors and reviewing creative with a strategic eye.
- Existing relationships with reporters, political operatives, and advocacy leaders in one or more priority states is a strong plus; ability to build relationships quickly from scratch is essential.
- Familiarity with K–12 education policy, school choice, charter schools, or related issues is preferred; commitment to educational equity and expanding opportunity for underserved families is non-negotiable.
- Comfort operating on short timelines in politically dynamic environments with sound judgment and discretion.
- Collaborative operator who works well across teams and can operate independently with minimal oversight when needed.
- Working knowledge of compliance environment governing 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC activity or demonstrated willingness to learn it quickly and operate fluently within it.
Application
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- Portfolio
- unclear
- GitHub
- not required
- Cover letter
- unclear
- Apply flow
- unclear
Company context
Support elected Democrats and candidates to expand education policies and practices; prioritize students and families, especially low-income students and students of color.
- Product
- Political organization supporting elected Democrats and education reform policies; includes advocacy and think tank work for K–12 education.
- Industry
- unclear
- Open source
- unclear
Description
ROLE: Communications & External Affairs Manager LOCATION: Remote POSITION TYPE: Exempt, Full-time TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: 20% START DATE: ASAP REPORTS TO: National Director, External Affairs ROLE OVERVIEW Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) and its partner organizations, Education Reform Now (ERN) and Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA), are seeking a sharp, experienced and politically savvy communications professional to serve as a hybrid press/media and digital campaigns lead across a portfolio of priority states and campaigns. This role involves pitching a reporter, drafting an op-ed, shaping a social campaign, and briefing a state partner. Reporting to the National Director of External Affairs, the Communications & External Affairs Manager will extend the organization's earned media footprint, own regional press strategy across priority states, and manage significant aspects of digital and social campaigns. Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States and will be required to submit proof of eligibility. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. THE ORGANIZATION Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is a national political organization that supports elected Democrats and candidates for office who seek to expand education policies and practices for America’s students. Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) is an advocacy group that advances education reform measures through empowering community leaders to support legislative and political advocacy work. Education Reform Now (ERN) is a nonpartisan think tank that promotes increased resources and innovative reforms in K-12 public education. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Regional Press & Media Relations - Digital & Social Campaign Management - Messaging & Political Strategy Support - Cross-Team Collaboration
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