Senior Digital Organizer

Senior Digital Organizer

Reports to: Digital Director
Location: Remote, U.S.
Hours: Full-time, Exempt
Salary range: $63,000-72,000

About Bend the Arc:

Bend the Arc is a movement of over 125,000 progressive Jews across the United States who are working together to achieve our vision: to transform our country to be inclusive, equitable, and supportive of the dignity of every person across race, class, gender and faith. We are the only national Jewish organization focused exclusively on social change in the U.S.

We’re rising up in solidarity to repair the damage of the last 4 years, confront the racial injustice of the last 400 years, and to build a new country for all of us. Alongside all who are most negatively impacted by antisemitism and white supremacy we’re working to expand civil rights, defend democracy, and protect each other. We’re mobilizing in cities and states across the country and advocating in Washington to win a new future — where everyone can thrive, no matter what we look like, how we pray, or where we come from.

Bend the Arc has recently adopted a new strategic plan to guide our work in the coming years. This plan is centered on our commitment to dismantling white supremacy and advancing Black liberation in our organization, in the Jewish community, and in the U.S. at large. We are seeking candidates who are ready to engage with a long-term organizational race equity transformation process at a historically majority white and Ashkenazi organization, as we strive to embody our racial equity commitments.

The Bend the Arc family of organizations consists of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, our 501(c)(4) organizing and advocacy arm; Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC, the first and only Jewish PAC to advocate exclusively for progressive policies in the U.S.; and Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, our 501(c)(3) education and leadership arm.

Headquartered in New York City, we have remote staff nationwide with clusters in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Washington DC, with a network of staffed chapters, volunteer-led local groups, and affiliates organizing nationwide.

Position:

Bend the Arc is seeking a passionate and creative digital strategist to join our team in mobilizing our multiracial Jewish community to free our country from white supremacy, antisemitism, and authoritarianism, and advance Black liberation. The Senior Digital Organizer will support national and local digital organizing, including issue advocacy and electoral campaigning; storytelling the work of local groups; promoting cultural, political, and educational programs; and pitching in for rapid response work.

The Senior Digital Organizer will be a member of the Communications team and report to the Digital Director. The role will work collaboratively with members of the Communications, Field, and Advocacy teams. The ideal candidate will be someone who wants to unite their skills and their values by growing a movement of American Jews rising up for Black liberation and the promise of multiracial democracy.

Is building digital campaigns your bread and butter? Can you write a clear and compelling text message, email, or landing page copy? Are you resourceful, collaborative, and tech savvy? If so, read on!

Here's what you'd do in the job:

  • Generate ideas and develop digital strategies to help win national and local campaigns that dismantle white supremacy. Map arcs of action that mobilize our base, build support, and grow our power to win. Draft and edit advocacy pages, text blasts and p2p campaigns, social media content, and web pages with a strong theory of change at the center. Plus, coach staff organizers and local leaders on how they can use digital tools to support the work of our 20+ chapters.
  • Spot opportunities to engage our supporters, grow our base, and move Jewish communities toward centering racial equity. Stay on top of breaking news, coalition developments, and the energy of our base to spot moments for digital action that contribute to impactful campaigns. Help create opportunities for digital action, engagement, and education that connect the dots between our issues, energize our online base, and bring in new audiences.
  • Take an idea from a meeting to physical reality. Project manage the production of emails, advocacy tools, and website pages, including coordinating staff across teams for input and approvals, implement and test to ensure quality standards, and keep us on a timeline to meet our deadlines.
  • Turn data into strategy. Track, report, and help the team learn from data analytics on the performance of digital content. Propose tests and solutions to, for example, increase click and conversion rates on fundraising emails or reduce bounces on our website.

You could be great for this job if you have:

  • 4+ years or more of relevant experience (professional experience, internship experience, and volunteer experience welcomed).
  • Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and inclusion, commitment to anti-oppression practices and experience centering BIPOC people in a multi-racial organizing context.
  • Experience creating digital arcs of engagement for an advocacy or electoral campaign, brand, or organization.
  • Experience with content management system (CMS) and constituent relationship management (CRM) software, or comfort learning digital tools quickly. For example, you’ve updated a website, built an email blast, launched a text blast, and/or tracked open and click rates over time.
  • Demonstrated success at keeping multiple projects organized; good short-and long-term planning skills; strong administrative and self-directed time-management skills; comfort working in a fast-paced campaign environment with unanticipated opportunities to advance Bend the Arc’s mission.
  • Meticulous attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines with a commitment to quality.
  • Familiarity and alignment with Bend the Arc’s mission and vision, and desire to work at a values-based organization with a high emphasis on intentional workplace culture.
  • Ability to travel (when it’s COVID safe) and work some evenings and Sundays. Travel will be on a local and national level as needed. We hold at least one in-person staff retreat annually (when it’s COVID safe).

Essential Physical Tasks:

Bend the Arc is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application/interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please advise in writing of any needs at the time of application by emailing [email protected]. Must be able to sit in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time, and constantly operate a computer, video platforms, and other office machinery. Must be able to identify, discern, and communicate constantly, and collect and analyze information in databases and spreadsheets. Must occasionally travel by air and ground transportation and move about to attend conferences, events and an annual staff retreat/conference in accordance with organizational guidelines on travel due to COVID.

Compensation, Benefits and Work Schedule:

This is a full-time, exempt position, and is eligible for Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice's newly formed collective bargaining unit. The work schedule will include some evenings and weekends when needed and/or all-staff in-person retreats. The annual salary range is $63,000-72,000 commensurate with experience, and includes a comprehensive benefits package:

  • Medical, dental and vision benefits fully paid for by Bend the Arc for individual coverage and generous employer contribution of 80% toward monthly premiums for dependent and family coverage;
  • Long and short term disability benefits fully paid for by Bend the Arc;
  • 401K with employer contribution of 2% after your first year;
  • Paid time off including:
    • 15 vacation days during your first three years with an increase to 20 vacation days in your fourth year
    • 12 sick days per year
    • 23 paid holidays each year
    • Generous Caregiving / Personal Leave of Absence policy with a Paid Leave Benefit that covers 3 weeks of paid leave for each year of employment, up to 12 paid weeks after four years on staff
    • Fully paid Sabbatical of up to 12 weeks for long-term employees;
  • Adoption Assistance Program providing reimbursement of up to $1,500 for qualified adoption expenses;
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account;
  • Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account for eligible health related expenses;
  • Commuter Benefits;
  • Employee Assistance Program;
  • Life Insurance fully paid for by Bend the Arc
  • Access to professional development funding
  • And more!

In addition to this benefits package, Bend the Arc has a commitment to a thriving and intentional organizational culture, as well as a commitment with staff and board to be in ongoing practice and learning around racial equity and inclusion.

Bend the Arc is working 100% remotely due to COVID, and does not currently have a hard date for returning to in-person work. We offer a stipend to facilitate remote work, if needed. We regularly update our policies for in-person gathering to reflect CDC guidelines and best practice.

To Apply:

Statistics show that women and people from structurally marginalized and/or underrepresented groups need to see themselves in almost 100% of the requirements in job postings to even apply. Bend the Arc encourages you to apply even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, as no one applicant ever does. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please submit your resume and a letter sharing (1) a story of digital work you’ve done that you’re proud of, and (2) how you see the role of digital organizing in growing a movement of American Jews rising up for Black liberation and the promise of multiracial democracy, to [email protected] with “Senior Digital Organizer” in the subject line of your message. Preference will be given to applications submitted by May 20, 2022 with interviews taking place on a rolling basis starting the beginning of May. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.

Due to the number of applications we typically receive, we sincerely regret that someone from our hiring team will not be able to respond to all applicants. Only those considered for the position will be contacted to interview. No phone calls please.

Bend the Arc values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture because we recognize that diversity within our staff helps us organize and work well with diverse Jewish and progressive constituencies. Candidates should be willing to work within the Jewish community, but may be of any (or no) faith or background.

Bend the Arc provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other legally protected status. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the position.