Hybrid Digital Fundraising Director

at Democratic Governors Association (DGA)

• Job title: Digital Fundraising Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $125,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Washington, DC, United States

About the role

• Digital Fundraising Director managing digital fundraising efforts for the Democratic Governors Association. Leading a team and overseeing strategies for email, SMS, and online campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the DGA grassroots fundraising program by means of email, online advertising, direct mail, telemarketing, and SMS to maximize growth and continue record-breaking returns;
• Manage a team of experienced staffers including an Email Director, SMS Director, and Senior Digital Strategist, as well as a team of fundraising consultants;
• Help manage external product vendors;
• Edit and approve email, SMS, and ads copy through the lifecycle from outlines, to drafts, to production, ensuring copy aligns with our mission, messaging, and best practices;
• Oversee strategy for large scale email and SMS testing, and assist in the maintenance of goal-oriented, data-informed content calendars;
• Identify angles for new digital fundraising campaigns, both long-term and rapid response;
• Work with the fundraising team to further develop our tools, reporting, and segmentation;
• Oversee grassroots fundraising analytics;
• Work with the Digital Campaign Services Director to identify opportunities to support and fundraise for gubernatorial campaigns;
• Support other special projects, assignments, and tasks in collaboration with DGA leadership and other DGA departments.

Requirements

• Experience leading successful, large-scale, online fundraising operations for Democratic political campaigns, political committees, and/or like-minded organizations
• 3+ campaign cycles or equivalent experience managing and driving strategy on fundraising programs; especially for an electoral campaign, committee, digital agency, advocacy organization, or nonprofit
• Experience leading vendor communications for an organization or clients
• Experience writing and/or managing a team writing email and SMS copy for a high-volume program, including rapid response
• Experience producing email and SMS and/or managing a production process, including complex segmenting and testing, in a CRM such as ActionKit, Acoustic, Action Network etc
• Experience managing projections and digital fundraising budgets.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health care (including dental and vision) for employee + spouse/partner + dependents
• Up to 4% 401(k) matching program
• Employer paid phone bill
• Other employee benefits