Regional Campaign Strategist

Summary

Join the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as a full-time Regional Campaign Strategist! Based either in Washington, D.C., or remotely within the Northwest region, you will contribute to various aspects of campaign planning, including developing campaign goals, tactics, and plans. Partner with regional staff to manage campaign budgets and embed in priority affiliate campaigns. Utilize diverse campaign tactics, including voter targeting, advertisement development, polling, and creating innovative strategies. Collaborate with the Organizing Division to execute campaign plans and coordinate with stakeholders to develop strategic partnerships. Help facilitate meetings and events, exercise independent judgment to solve problems, and potentially oversee consultant relationships. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit represented by ACLU Staff United (ASU).

Requirements

• Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
• Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
• Be committed to working collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts
• Experience with issue advocacy and/or electoral campaigning at the federal, state, or local levels, including campaign management experience
• Substantive experience designing campaign strategy and executing campaign plans and tactics
• Ability to work largely independently as well as within a team
• Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills
• Familiarity building, leading, and working within coalitions
• Skilled at prioritizing and managing various tasks in a dynamic environment, ensuring efficient and timely completion of work while adapting to evolving demands with a focused approach
• Fluency, expertise and experience in at least one ACLU issue area
• Comfort with policy, including an ability to efficiently and effectively weave policy objectives into campaign execution
• Willingness to travel

Responsibilities

• Partnering with Regional Lead-level staff to help develop and manage campaign budgets and embed in priority affiliate legislative or advocacy campaigns with guidance
• Utilize a variety of campaign tactics and tools, including constituent/voter targeting, developing advertisements (TV, radio, print), polling, and creating innovative campaign strategies for earned media and other purposes, all under the direction of Regional Lead-level staff
• Work closely with our Organizing Division to develop and execute relevant campaign plans. Coordinate with various stakeholders, affiliate staff, and national staff, including policy teams, to develop strategic partnerships that amplify the ACLU's influence
• Help facilitate in-person meetings, planning sessions, and campaign events in priority jurisdictions as needed
• Exercise independent judgement to creatively solve problems and adjust priorities as needed to adapt to a changing external environment
• In conjunction with Director-level staff, may help oversee consultant relationships
• Potentially provide subject matter expertise, advice, and support to colleagues in the State Campaigns Division as they navigate new issue areas
• Work in coordination with other stakeholders, affiliate staff, and national staff, including policy staff within the political advocacy department
• Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience doing advocacy on both issue campaigns and electoral campaigns, a plus
• Experience doing legislative and administrative advocacy, a plus
• Experience doing grassroots organizing, a plus

Benefits

• The annual salary for this position is $137,206 (Level F), reflective of a position based in New York, NY, where our National offices are headquartered
• This salary will be subject to a locality adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting
• This position can be hybrid-based out of our Washington, D.C. National office (with in-office requirements of two days per week or eight days per month), or remote-based in one of the states within Region 1 (Northwest): AK, ID, MN, MT, OR, SD, ND, HI, WA, WI, and WY