Marketing and Communications Strategist, Change.org
6 Month Fixed-Term Role
$127.5-150k
Salary may vary on location
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Social change platform
Open for applications
Social change platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$127.5-150k
Salary may vary on location
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see.
Role
Who you are
- Strong writing skills, ideally some experience writing compelling brand emails
- Strong media skills, including experience working with and pitching to journalists, participating in media strategies that gain the attention of key stakeholders, and using media to build brand affinity
- Proven track record of landing media hits, including top-tier digital and print publications
- Demonstrated success organizing social campaigns and getting the attention of decision-makers
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced rapid response environment
- A strong sense of what petitions will perform well on social media
- Willingness to work across differences, including providing support to policy-compliant campaigns that you may not agree with but align with Change.org’s commitment to being an open platform
- Demonstrated experience or background in community outreach, advocacy, or communications, preferably with conservative organizations or voter segments
- Ability to engage with stakeholders from diverse viewpoints and ensure broad representation of campaign interests
- Familiarity with political landscapes, especially around conservative priorities, is a plus
- 3-6 years working in social organizing, campaigning or social justice
- 7+ years working in communications
What the job involves
- Change.org is searching for a Campaigns Communication Strategist to help Change.org drive and get media coverage on big, brand defining campaigns led by our users
- The focus will be mostly on conservative-leaning campaigns
- You will report to our Senior Communications Manager
- As a key member of our Communications team, you’ll identify strong campaigns for experimentation, stay abreast of compelling issues and news stories, attract top tier media coverage, draft brand emails applicable to a wide audience and use media to drive campaign impact, victory and brand awareness
- We are seeking a candidate who can help expand and support campaigns that resonate with a variety of audiences,
- Conduct market research to identify civic and social campaigns of interest to conservative voter segments
- Develop partnerships and outreach strategies to support these campaigns; and
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful campaign delivery and measurement of impact
- Identify potentially strong campaigns for our team to test over email, social and press
- Consistently bring in top tier media coverage on a select number of powerful campaigns
- Support petition starters to drive their campaigns to victory and talk about their campaign to press
- Write brand emails that perform well to a wide swatch of Change.org’s email audience
- Be on top of compelling issues and news stories to help with campaign selection and escalation
- Use media to drive campaign impact, victory, and brand awareness; including pitching to press, building reporter lists, and suggesting stories for social media
Application process
- We are accepting applications until January 27, 2025
- 30-min Recruiter Screen
- 45-min Hiring Manager Screen
- Take Home Assignment
- Team Interview
Our take
Change.org is a global online website that has hosted millions of petitions since it launched in 2007, including dozens of notable cases that have led to significant worldwide change. Of interest, too, is its voluntary 2021 recognition of its staff’s labor union; at the time it was the largest tech company to do so.
Change.org remains the leading player in online petitions, generating revenue from petition promotions and subscription memberships. This revenue has raised some eyebrows - but Change.org has successfully withstood skepticism about its legal status as a business rather than a non-profit. It has demonstrably facilitated speed and scale for the social change platform and has allowed the company to comfortably retain salaried employees.
The company has become the world's largest nonprofit-owned tech platform after it transitioned to 100% nonprofit ownership following donations of equity from its investors including Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson. However, Change.org has not been immune from the global economic crisis, and in response, it aims to innovate its platform by updating its internal tools and engineering capabilities. Regardless, the company is here for the long run and is used in around 200 countries, with over 70,000 campaigns launched on its platform each month.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2017
$29.7m
SERIES D
Dec 2014
$25m
SERIES C
Total funding: $71.7m
Company benefits
- Benefits for you and your family - medical, vision, dental, disability, Life, EAP, and more
- 100% baseline monthly healthcare costs covered for each employee
- Mental health benefits provide our employees with 9 free therapy and 10 free career coaching sessions
- Flexible and generous vacation and holidays
- 5 Recharge Days throughout the year that allow for collective time off across our global workforce
- Global year-end paid company holiday closure
- Minimum 18 weeks global paid parental leave
- Consistently applied compensation standards
- Commitment to a culture of feedback through quarterly engagement surveys
- Focus on your growth and development through quarterly performance management check-ins
- Work where you need to work
- Join our in-person events to build connection
- Win an Impact Award and travel to a dream city
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ben Rattray
(Executive Chair)Studied at LSE, and Political Science & Economics at Stanford.
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