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About the role:

The National Press Secretary drives Indivisible’s active press operation to cultivate a powerful national narrative about the movement, our priorities, and the impact we’re making across the nation. They also oversee the development and execution of press strategy to advance the organization’s policy and political goals.

As a trusted project spokesperson, the National Press Secretary is a key organizational thought partner as we drive toward raising awareness and achieving key press and public relations objectives across the project. This role reports to the National Director of Media and Creator Relations.

What you'll do:

Press Strategy (45%)

• Oversees the development and execution of Indivisible’s press strategy at the national level, including managing and developing a talented team of press staff to support day-to-day media and group support activities.
• Collaborates with New Media, Policy, Political, Organizing, and Executive teams to develop media strategies that advance top organizational priorities.
• Advises departments on the media impact and risks of different programming decisions.
• Acts as spokesperson, as appropriate, to respond to inquiries. Develops and maintains relationships with key local and national reporters.
• Pitches stories to traditional legacy media and new media outlets and books print, radio, podcast, and broadcast interviews.
• Oversees the Grassroots Press program’s media support services offered directly to Indivisible groups, including trainings, media lists, and 1:1 strategic support.
• Oversees op-ed program, including identifying opportunities for new opinion pieces, working across teams to draft and edit, identifying the right publication, and securing placement.
• Remains abreast of current legislative and non-legislative issues about which Indivisible may be questioned. Works closely with Congress/Policy, Organizing, and Political teams to get guidance from appropriate teams to spokespeople.
• Tracks, reports on, and iterates program based on key performance metrics.
• In pursuit of Indivisible’s mission of disseminating practical, trusted advice on tactics, constantly assesses press tactics and their impact. Builds a Grassroots Press program that spreads strong guidance to the movement and internally.
• With “the historical record” in mind, works to ensure the Indivisible movement’s impact is recorded by media outlets, occasionally outside of immediate campaign goals.
• With movement health in mind, works with the Organizing team to navigate situations that involve press and Indivisible group/national organization relations. Offers media options to support the Organizing team’s relationship management work.
• Encourages an internal culture of media literacy. Works with colleagues to ensure media strategy is integrated into other planning.
• Helps maintain a culture of learning and cultural humility with regard to equity and inclusion within the press team’s work.

Organizational Leadership (20%)

• Working with the Executive Team, manages crisis communications strategies and decisions.
• Participates as a member of the organization-wide senior team, including giving input into strategic and long-term planning processes for the organization and bringing the Press Team’s perspective into senior leadership spaces.
• Advances quarterly reports to measure narrative impact.

Team and Budget Management (35%)

• Leads a Press Team made up of talented professionals who oversee the Grassroots Press program, and manage press for major areas of programming.
• Build and uphold a culture of feedback and growth and coach your team to the next level.
• Supervises Press team, managing their work and professional growth. Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach on a consistent basis.
• Accountable for prioritizing and reprioritizing the work of the Press Team within a rapidly changing context, including regularly making tough calls about competing priorities.
• Creatives and actively upholds a data-driven learning environment where we measure and monitor progress towards results-driven goals, assess what is or isn’t working, and adjust strategies and tactics as we go along - in a way that drives collaborative learning, development, creativity, entrepreneurship, and learning.
• Oversee the budget and operations of an independent Press Team, including owning or overseeing recurring meetings, retreats, expenses, hiring, performance management, professional development, and other operational areas.

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of experience in press and public relations, ideally in an in-house or congressional office environment
• Demonstrated on-the-record experience
• Demonstrated ability in writing, pitching, and placing op-eds in major national publications
• Demonstrated ability to pitch reporters and earn national coverage
• Existing relationships with national reporters, and the proven ability to build and cultivate long-term relationships
• Experience working with more than one local media market
• Experience working with grassroots leaders or volunteers in an activism or political environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Political fluency - Ability to follow campaign politics and Hill developments
• Cultural humility - Ability to build relationships across lines of difference and openness to learn in an environment that makes this a core value.
• Comfort with gracefully serving in an advising role to grassroots activists of all ages and experience levels

About Indivisible Project

We’re building something new. We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Trump’s election. We’re working to build a democracy that reflects a broad, multiracial “we the people,” one that works for all of us and is sustained by all of us. To support this movement, we’ve built an incredible team at the national level. We dream big, we support each other, and we have fun doing it. For more information about Indivisible’s vision, mission, and theory of change, click here.

We’re changing what’s politically possible. Indivisible is part of the powerful progressive movement reaction to Trump, fighting the racist, misogynistic, plutocratic, and authoritarian agenda trumpeted by Trump and the GOP congress. Don’t take our word for it; Indivisible has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show multiple times, as well as in the New York Times and in pretty much every other major news outlet in the country.

We’re building together. We’re building a new organization every day - a rare opportunity to model what we want to see in the world. We’re deeply committed to equity and building a diverse and inclusive organization.

We’re looking for you. If you want to fight for the soul of American democracy, there’s no better place to be than Indivisible. We’re looking for more team members who are passionate about building an inclusive democracy and committed to getting results. It’s an exciting, fulfilling place if you’re someone who wants to fight fiercely for the progressive world we want to have.

Every one of us on the national team is here because we believe this movement is the best way to retake and build progressive power in this country. Does that ring true for you? If so, great - throw your hat in the ring to join our team. Let’s start #winning together. For more information about Indivisible’s organizational principles, click here.

Indivisible Project is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of support needs at the time of application.