Paid Media Associate

Title: Paid Media Associate

Department: Campaigns

Status: Non-Exempt

Duration: Through December 31, 2024

Reports to: Regional Campaigns Director

Positions Reporting to this Position: None

Location: Flexible (the employee may decide whether to work remotely and/or from an LCV office)

Travel Requirements: Up to 5%

Union Position: Yes

Job Classification Level: A

Salary Range (depending on experience): $58,000 - $73,000 (effective April 1, 2024)

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

For more than 50 years, LCV has grown into a potent political force for protecting our planet and everyone who inhabits it. We have built a powerful national movement with 30+ state affiliates, and grassroots and community organizing programs across the country.

LCV is hiring a Paid Media Associate to support our issue advocacy and electoral campaigns. The Paid Media Associate will support the campaigns team in their effort to produce, approve, and distribute ads, polls and other creative materials. The ideal candidate will utilize their attention to detail and organizational skills to closely track approvals and ensure projects are meeting deadlines and going through a standard approval process.

Responsibilities:

• Manage review process for ads, mail, scripts, polls, and other creative materials for independent expenditure and issue advocacy campaigns, collaborating where appropriate with other departments, including the Government Affairs and Community & Civic Engagement teams.
• Assist with the compliance and reporting of all electoral activities working with the Legal and Finance departments.
• Assist in processing invoices and keeping budgets up-to-date.
• Communicate with vendors and partners on the ad approval process and organize consultant team meetings, take notes, and communicate out action items as needed. 
• Develop and maintain tracking systems to organize and archive creative content.

• Work with departmental staff to achieve annual racial justice and equity goals, including, but not limited to, analyzing spending and elevating justice and equity in all of our work.

• Track candidates and races as assigned.
• Travel up to 5% of the time for staff retreats, conferences, and professional development opportunities, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: Required - Minimum of 1 year aggregate experience in administrative,  compliance, or campaign setting (such as finance/fundraising; experience managing field operations; general campaigns operations experience.)
  • Preferred - Experience maintaining budgets. Experience tracking approval processes. Experience working within a nonprofit and/or political organization, or political campaign.
• Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Highly organized with strong attention to detail. Excellent listener. Instinctually inclined to engage others while also being able to successfully drive a project to a timely conclusion. Passionate about protecting the environment and communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Works well in a fast-paced environment and is able to multitask without sacrificing quality of work. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Proven track record of successfully working across lines of race, ethnicity, language, class, gender and other identities and experiences. Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite, particularly Google Sheets.
• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems. Interest in electoral politics and understanding of how the electoral landscape affects policy advocacy.
• Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. Applicants need to be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States. 

Short term employees at LCV are eligible for a benefits package that includes sick/caregiver leave, paid holidays, bereavement leave, voting leave, health insurance (two plan options for staff to choose from),  401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution and student loan assistance.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Paid Media Associate” in the subject line by March 3, 2024. No phone calls please.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected status. LCV is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact hr@lcv.org.

https://www.lcv.org/careers/paid-media-associate/

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Paid Media Associate” in the subject line by March 3, 2024. No phone calls please.