Associate Director, Email (Temporary)

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelTemporary

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive as the email lead on multiple client accounts, managing strategy, production, and team leadership to deliver data-informed fundraising emails.

  • Own and optimize email strategy and production across multiple clients.
  • Must-have: Experience managing multiple employees while running successful digital fundraising programs.
  • Standout: Proven ability to balance rapid-response campaigns with long-term program planning using data and tools like ActBlue, NGP, or EveryAction.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as email lead on several complex client accounts — developing and explaining email strategy, communicating with the client, setting content calendars and goals, writing compelling emails, managing client approvals, executing email production, analyzing results, and optimizing based on performance and client feedback
  • Manage employees and managers, if needed, within the department and contribute to making improvements to the department. That includes conducting reviews, being responsible for employees’ development, making recommendations about raises/promotions, discipline, etc.
  • Provide input and advice on management related matters, including creating and amending processes, maximizing efficiency across the team, and more
  • Build creative data-informed email strategies that generate strong results in rapid response moments, while also setting programs up for long-term success — coming up with “out of the box” ideas to set programs apart
  • Help direct reports build their own experience contributing to or managing account strategy
  • Regularly work independently while also helping provide support across the team, sharing best practices with direct reports and the wider team, while helping with coverage as needed
  • Ensure all content is rooted in the authentic and honest voice of the client, and that each program is unique to each client
  • Use email CRMs and online platforms to produce emails and track results
  • Develop and deliver professional reports, projections, and memos for clients
  • Regularly A/B test topics and tactics across clients, while remaining on top of digital trends and tools, ensuring we are proactive in innovating for our clients

Requirements

  • Experience and demonstrated success managing multiple employees while simultaneously running successful digital fundraising programs
  • Ability to advise and act as a skilled, trusted manager who can train and mentor other managers
  • Advanced knowledge of digital strategy and email fundraising
  • Deep knowledge of email best practices including theories of change, creative writing, A/B testing, error-free copywriting, and email formatting
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, time management and attention to detail
  • Demonstrated experience “thinking outside the box” and finding creative solutions to complex problems
  • Ability to handle multiple challenging tasks at once and meet tight deadlines as needed
  • Proficiency in using G-Suite tools including shared Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Docs
  • Proficiency in HTML coding
  • Thorough understanding of and experience using progressive tools, including ActBlue, NGP, EveryAction, Action Network, ActionKit, and more
  • Experiencing reading and analyzing data - and using that to inform decision-making
  • Will ingness to contribute to a collaborative team culture
  • Committed to getting things right - pays close attention to detail and doesn’t stop trying
  • Experience managing an email program and explaining strategy to stakeholders is required

Preferred

  • Willingness to contribute to a collaborative team culture

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid health care, vision, and dental
  • 100% employer-paid life insurance and disability
  • 401(k) with 3% employer contribution plus additional 2% employer match, fully vested on day one
  • Flexible vacation and sick leave
  • Generous paid parental leave & dependent care benefits
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Authentic

Founded in 2018, Authentic is a team of impact-driven fundraising experts who have a proven history of delivering groundbreaking results, exceptional creative, and using modern, but always authentic, data centric tactics for the causes we care about.Here at Authentic, your goals are our goals, and we’re an industry leader because we know how to help you achieve them. From raising hundreds of millions of dollars for progressive campaigns to launching ground-breaking digital persuasion programs, we focus on unique and creative approaches to help you connect with your audience and expand your impact. Since winning Best New Firm at the 2019 Reed Awards, we’ve gone on to win nearly 100 awards over the last five years, including “Company of the Year” at CampaignTech in 2022, becoming one of the most celebrated digital agencies in all of politics. You know you can trust Authentic to get the job done right.

Founded in 2018
Chicago, Illinois, USA
135 employees (32 in marketing)