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Role Description

The Deputy Program Communications Director will report to the Program Communications Director and will work closely with our communication's partners in each state to ensure that the tasks we give to our mobilizers are of strategic importance to the state, are factually accurate, and are communicated in a way our mobilizers can clearly understand.

This position is an opportunity to play a crucial role in a groundbreaking program in the 2026 election cycle.

• Work with in-state and national communication partners to create Calls to Action for our mobilizers.
• Maintain detailed state plans for the Calls to Action.
• Create and schedule Calls to Action in the Empower App and ensure correct timing for all.
• Collaborate with team members, other departments, and external partners to ensure Calls to Action are completed effectively and efficiently.
• Assist with payment data management and the execution and analysis of analytics strategies to raise awareness of the program.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external communications partners and build trust with them.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience working in and around progressive campaigns and organizing.
• Experience managing political relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to breakdown political jargon into clear, easy to understand language.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring factual accuracy and grammatical correctness.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new political tech; experience with the Empower App or other relational organizing tools is preferred.
• Adaptability and flexibility to changing operational needs and workload.
• Strong management and culture building history, with the ability to inspire and manage a team.
• Reliable access to phone, laptop, and WiFi.
• U.S. work authorization.

Requirements

• Ability to quickly build trust and rapport with state partners.
• Proficiency in clearly communicating with team members and mobilizers.

Benefits

• Salary: $8,000 per month.
• Health insurance.
• Paid personal days.

Company Description

Empower Project is the national leader in both paid and volunteer relational organizing (RO). We organize to improve people’s lives using the power of relational organizing, helping boost voter turnout, especially for BIPOC communities.

• Empower has been studied in 12 different independently-run, randomly controlled trials.
• The number of conversations Empower facilitated grew by over 10x between the 2016 and 2018 election cycles.
• In 2024, the growth was 30x.