VNCS: Email Fundraising Manager (PAC or Candidate)

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Van Ness Creative Strategies is looking for passionate Democrats with 4+ years of experience managing candidate (federal) and/or national PAC digital fundraising programs.

As a Digital Fundraising Manager, you’d be managing some of our largest fundraising clients, both political and non-profit. Additionally, you’d be managing a team of strategists, associates, and fellows to hit fundraising KPIs by applying strategic digital fundraising practices and teaching new and existing employees fundraising content tactics and email/SMS implementation.

The salary range for this position is $65,000-$95,000, depending on experience level.

Why VNCS?

• Major opportunities for salary and career advancement (+bonus compensation)

• A hybrid work environment in Brooklyn, NY

• Manage a team and work independently

This role will include:

• Drafting and editing fundraising copy

• Mastery of writing email/SMS/ads fundraising drafts and providing our internal team + external clients with creative strategies to construct and solidify fundraising campaigns

• Editing junior employee’s drafts and providing clear instructions to new employees to draft within the parameters of our clients’ voices

• Coding/producing/testing fundraising communications

• Required mastery of ActionKit and at least two more CRMs (NGP, ActionNetwork, Mailchimp, Switchboard, Constant Contact, etc)

• Troubleshoot code errors, produce new ActionKit email wrappers and teach employees how to code for fundraising purposes

• Scheduling and launching emails and SMS with zero errors

• Expert level internal quality control and managing employees to make sure zero errors are made before anything is launched

• External client communications

• Establishing relationships with assigned clients to create fundraising goals and define additional issues in which VNCS can aid with digital/strategic help

• Coordinating with clients on approval schedules/check-in meetings

• Reporting out KPIs and guiding strategy with confidence on client calls

• Internal team management

• Serving as both an instructor as well as a manager to ensure junior team members are fulfilling their assigned day-to-day responsibilities as well as providing guidance and training

• Reporting upward to senior management about junior employee quality of work

• Working with junior employees on career development

• Data reporting

• Master at email and SMS targeting in progress CRMs (ActionKit, NGP, etc)

• Ability to view data tables in Google Looker and understand fundraising reporting, deliverability reporting, and ROI reporting

• Digital strategy

• Creating and branding ActBlue pages

• Efficient in Canva with graphic/gif creation (bonus points if you know AfterEffects)

• Mastery of email HTML – bonus points for basic CSS understanding with the ability to create/edit email wrappers

About VNCS

VNCS is a Brooklyn-based Democratic digital strategy firm.

We work with organizations dedicated to progressive issue-based advocacy, electoral PACs/Independent Expenditures, and Democratic candidates.

We're a company with room to stay and grow over multiple political cycles – bonuses and raises will be given on a regularly scheduled basis.

How to Apply

Send resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Digital Fundraising Manager” in the subject line.