Video Communications Director

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 22 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own Chamber of Progress' video strategy across major platforms and lead the end-to-end creation of policy-focused video content and advocacy media.

  • Lead strategy development and multi-channel storytelling
  • Oversee rapid-production responses to policy developments and news events

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Chamber of Progress' video strategy across YouTube, Instagram, X, podcasts, and emerging platforms.
  • Develop and execute a long-term strategy to make Chamber of Progress the leading tech trade association in public policy video content.
  • Grow subscribers, watch time, engagement, and reach across all video channels.
  • Translate policy reports, economic analyses, legislative campaigns, polling, and breaking news into compelling visual stories that are understandable, memorable, and highly shareable.
  • Create persuasive advocacy videos that influence policymakers, journalists, opinion leaders, and the broader public.
  • Build recurring video franchises and original series that establish Chamber of Progress as a leading voice on technology policy.
  • Write scripts, develop story concepts, and rapidly produce timely videos responding to legislative developments and news events.
  • Produce and edit podcast episodes and create engaging clips from podcasts, television interviews, speeches, testimony, conferences, and organizational events.
  • Coach the organization’s policy experts to become engaging on-camera communicators and storytellers.
  • Design graphics, animations, charts, captions, and other visual elements that make complex policy issues easy to understand.

Requirements

  • - Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • - Minimum of 5 years of post-college experience in digital media, advocacy, political communications, journalism, campaigns, public affairs, content strategy, or a related field.
  • - Experience creating video content for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, think tanks, nonprofits, public affairs firms, news organizations, or mission-driven organizations.
  • - Strong understanding of YouTube, Instagram, X, and other social platforms, including how content is packaged, distributed, and optimized for each.
  • - Demonstrated success building audiences and engagement through video content.
  • - Exceptional storytelling instincts and the ability to turn complex policy issues into compelling visual narratives.
  • - Strong scriptwriting skills for short-form and long-form video.
  • - Excellent video editing skills and fluency with modern production tools, including Premiere, After Effects, Descript, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator
  • - Experience creating graphics, motion graphics, and visual explainers that strengthen storytelling.
  • - Comfortable coaching subject matter experts to become more effective on-camera communicators.

Benefits

  • - 401(k) retirement program with 4% employer matching
  • - Employer subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • - 15 days of vacation in the first year of employment
  • - 8 paid holidays per year plus the week between Christmas Eve and New Years Day
  • - 12 weeks of paid parental leave
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Chamber of Progress

Chamber of Progress (progresschamber.org) is a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting technology’s progressive future. We work to ensure that everyone benefits from technological leaps, and that the tech industry operates responsibly and fairly.

Founded in 2021
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
28 employees (4 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $140K/yr

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Video Communications Director

Chamber of Progress · District of Columbia, USA · Hybrid