Job Description
Position: VICE PRESIDENT
Department: Client Services
Location: Washington, DC or Remote
Salary Range: $85,000 to $100,000 annually
Bonus Range (even-numbered years only): $25,000 to $40,000
Deliver Strategies (DELIVER) is the go-to strategic communication and direct mail firm for the progressive community. We work with the nation’s top Democratic candidates and allied organizations as a part of the consulting team for Presidential, U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial, Congressional, municipal, issue advocacy, and initiative campaigns across the country. We are relentlessly focused on helping our clients win with creative, innovative, forward-thinking campaign strategy and tactics.
Salary is commensurate with experience. DELIVER offers competitive benefits and an opportunity for a performance-based bonus in Federal Election years.
Due to the volume of applicants, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your understanding.
Job Description
- Vice Presidents work directly with firm Principals to manage projects and account team staff. This is a client-facing role that has broad interaction with leaders in the progressive campaign community, campaign managers, and candidates. Responsibilities include:
- Recruit, Training and Manage account team staff
- Serve as primary client and project manager lead, managing client relationships from planning to execution of mail plans
- Oversee the creative and production process including but not limited to writing and concepting mail pieces, digital products, and mail plans
- Use political judgement to determine the targeting for each mail program, working with outside analysts and data scientists as necessary
- Develop and manage mail plan budgets and invoicing through the financial lifecycle.
- Work closely with principal in marketing prospective new clients and organizational outreach
- Work directly with the principal to advise on polling research and campaign plans
- Collaborate, as needed, with other campaign vendors (e.g. pollster, digital, TV, etc.) on a campaign strategy
- Depending on staffing levels, perform all account team related tasks
Qualifications
- 6+ years (3 cycle equivalent) of campaign or other political project management and staff management experience (e.g. campaign management, directing field program or program direction at a progressive organization)
- Experience managing, training, hiring, and motivating staff in person or remotely, both empathetically and fairly
- Excellent attention to detail and project management skills
- Budget development and oversight experience on a campaign or political project
- Ability to communicate effectively across different mediums, both internally within a team setting and externally with clients and other stakeholders
- Strong proactive, problem-solving skills
- Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple projects on a short timeline
- Experience with political targeting; proficient with the VAN
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Proficient in MS Office, particularly MS Excel and Google business products
- Passion and commitment to electing Democrats and making progressive change
- Willingness to work campaign-style hours as necessary
- Experience building relationships of trust with communities of color
Additional Qualifications (not required)
- Fluency in spoken or written Spanish
- Experience using Catalist, including pulling counts and exporting data
DELIVER is an Equal Opportunity Employer. People of all backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and identities are encouraged to apply. We are committed to creating a respectful, equitable workplace and we believe diversity of thought and background make us a stronger firm.
Deliver Strategies provides health insurance, health savings, group disability and life insurance coverage for all employees. Additionally, Deliver makes discretionary contributions to eligible employees’ Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Deliver also provides generous personal leave and professional development opportunities, which are discussed and agreed upon between employees and their supervisors. All benefits will be discussed in detail with candidates at the time a job offer is made.
Deliver Strategies uses E-Verify to confirm identity and verify work eligibility. It is also common practice to check references when necessary.