Responsibilities

• Own the development of scripts, creative concepts, and pitches for paid digital programs from initial brief through final delivery, in close partnership with the Creative Director.
• Write video scripts, narratives, and treatments that translate research and messaging strategy into content that resonates with diverse voter audiences across digital platforms.
• Lead video productions end-to-end, from pre-production planning and hiring vendors and crews through on-site direction and post-production oversight, with willingness to travel for field shoots.
• Track project-level budgets across individual productions, reconciling vendor invoices and flagging spend issues to the Creative Director and Director of Project Management.
• Bring cultural fluency and a sharp digital instinct to every brief, pushing creative executions beyond traditional ad formats.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a creative role, including at least one election cycle in political advertising, campaigns, or issue advocacy.
• Exceptional script writing and narrative development skills, with the ability to craft short-form video concepts for diverse voter audiences.
• Strong conceptual thinking and pitching ability; able to develop original ideas from a brief and build compelling treatments independently.
• Hands-on video production experience, including comfort hiring and directing vendors and crews, managing talent, and overseeing logistics in the field.
• Deep cultural fluency and a finger on the pulse of the digital and social landscape; able to identify how trends, formats, and cultural moments can be translated into innovative political content that genuinely moves people.
• Comfort tracking project-level budgets and reconciling vendor invoices, with the ability to flag spend issues clearly and promptly.
• Familiarity with video editing, static ad formats, and design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite is a plus but not required.

Preferred

• Familiarity with video editing, static ad formats, and design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• The salary range for this position is $120,000–$145,000 commensurate with experience. Priorities USA’s competitive benefits package includes 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premium covered for the employee and 75% for dependents, a 401K retirement plan with up to 4% employer match, an employer sponsored life insurance policy with a voluntary add on, paid holidays, and flexible PTO. Employees also have access to cybersecurity protection benefits.