Middle Seat is hiring a Senior Strategist, Texting to lead full-scale texting programs for progressive candidates, organizations, and nonprofits. This role is for an experienced text fundraising practitioner ready to fully own programs end-to-end within our unionized team.
What You'll Do
- Lead broadcast and P2P texting programs across assigned clients.
- Provide feedback and support to junior staff on shared accounts.
- Draft copy across all send types, including broadcast, in-house P2P, and P2P list rentals, and develop content calendars for client programs.
- Lead content brainstorms for assigned accounts; identify opportunities to capitalize on news moments and rapid response.
- Independently execute rapid response campaigns from ideation through production and delivery.
- Build multi-layered media plans for acquisition programs spanning P2P, list rentals, appends, and bought numbers; pitch and present plans to clients.
- Manage external vendors independently across all acquisition programs; hold vendors accountable to client-specific performance benchmarks.
- Develop comprehensive list growth strategies, spanning both paid and organic channels; proactively identify client-facing organic growth opportunities.
- Maintain near-flawless escrow across all assigned accounts; manage invoicing end-to-end without prompting.
- Produce client-facing spend and fundraising projections independently.
- Pull, compile, analyze, and synthesize performance metrics into client reports.
- Manage and interface with clients directly, including Members of Congress and candidates for federal office.
- Contribute to team success: develop training materials, participate in sales pitches as needed, assist in onboarding, and begin to mentor junior staff through collaboration on shared accounts.
- Oversee interns as needed.
What We're Looking For
- Experience as a text fundraising practitioner.
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Texting team and the bargaining unit. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing operation.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $75,000 – $85,000
- Competitive salaries and great benefits.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Washington, D.C.
Middle Seat is an equal opportunity employer.
