Managing Strategist

Summary

Join Authentic, an award-winning digital agency, as a Managing Strategist to lead a team of writers. This full-time, temporary position (through November 2026) offers a $90,000 annual salary with potential for raises. You will be responsible for managing a team, crafting compelling content, and developing data-driven email strategies. The role requires extensive experience in fundraising email writing and digital strategy. Excellent benefits include 100% employer-covered health insurance, a 401k with employer contributions, flexible leave, and more. This remote position is ideal for a strategic thinker with strong leadership and communication skills.

Requirements

• Experience and demonstrated success in a senior strategist-level role or equivalent
• Extensive experience of writing fundraising emails for political candidates/organizations and nonprofits
• Advanced knowledge of digital strategy and email fundraising
• Deep knowledge of email best practices including theories of change, creative writing, A/B testing, error-free copywriting, and email formatting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, time management and attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience “thinking outside the box” and finding creative solutions to complex problems
• Ability to handle multiple challenging tasks at once and meet tight deadlines as needed
• Proficiency in using G-Suite tools including shared Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Docs
• Experiencing reading and analyzing data - and using that to inform decision-making
• Willingness to contribute to a collaborative team culture
• Committed to getting things right - pays close attention to detail and doesn’t stop trying

Responsibilities

• Draft written content for clients, including emails, ads and SMS content, with a focus on more complex writing tasks
• Proofread and help fact check content before it goes to the client or to supporters
• Assign work to members of your team, managing capacity across a team of writers
• Manage employees within the department and contribute to making improvements to the department. That includes conducting reviews, being responsible for employees’ development, making recommendations about raises/promotions, discipline, etc
• Build creative data-informed email strategies that generate strong results in rapid response moments, while also setting programs up for long-term success — coming up with “out of the box” ideas to set programs apart
• Help direct reports build their own experience contributing to or managing account strategy
• Regularly work independently while also helping provide support across the team, sharing best practices with direct reports and the wider team, while helping with coverage as needed
• Ensure all content is rooted in the authentic and honest voice of the client, and that each program is unique to each client
• Regularly A/B test topics and tactics across clients, while remaining on top of digital trends and tools, ensuring we are proactive in innovating for our clients
• Work collaboratively with strategists, other managers, and members of the paid media and content teams to develop holistic strategies to maximize results across clients
• Brainstorm creative email ideas for clients and contribute to a collaborative team culture
• Regularly work independently while also helping provide support across the team, sharing best practices and helping with coverage as needed
• Respond to news in real-time as needed, by drafting and producing rapid messages in response to fast-breaking news
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing or mentoring interns or more junior staff
• Thorough understanding of and experience using progressive tools, including ActBlue, NGP, EveryAction, Action Network, ActionKit, and more

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health care, vision, and dental
• 100% employer-paid life insurance and disability
• 401(k) with 3% employer contribution plus additional 2% employer match, fully vested on day one
• 4-day work week
• Flexible vacation and sick leave
• Generous paid parental leave & dependent care benefits
• Flexible telecommute and remote work policies
• Monthly phone reimbursement
• Wellness benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Home office stipend or local hot desk
• Student loan repayment assistance