Title: Campaign Manager

Location: Seattle, WA 98121

Pay Rate: $80/hr to $87.35/hr

Duration: 12 months

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and creative Project/Program Manager to join our Public Policy team. This role is responsible for coordinating and completing events with stakeholders who support our external advocacy and business objectives. The ideal candidate will oversee all aspects and requirements of their projects, including structuring foundational components, adhering to and creating processes, and working in a highly collaborative setting to execute high-visibility engagements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and complete events with stakeholders to support external advocacy and business objectives.
• Oversee all aspects of project requirements, including structuring activities, adhering to processes, and executing high-visibility engagements.
• Perform a variety of tasks with strong logistical and creative acumen, while leading and directing the work of others.
• Build out programmatic activities with policy groups and leaders to showcase priorities and cultivate goodwill.
• Plan and host events to tell our story to public policy leaders and stakeholders through physical visits.
• Elevate partnerships and offerings through logistics planning, engagement, and events.
• Field ad-hoc requests and manage external engagements.
• Work at the intersection of marketing, communication, public policy, and project management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in strategizing, planning, and executing policy-related events.
• Familiarity with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures in the field.
• Public policy experience is a must. Experience in campaign management, fundraising, or museum work is a plus.
• Detail-oriented and collaborative. Ability to work in a creative, outside-the-box manner and handle ambiguity.
• Excellent understanding of offerings in Seattle, with potential to expand support to Canada and eventually all of the US West.
• Ability to engage with public policy leaders and shape the organization’s message in the public policy sphere.

Work Environment:

• Collaborative environment where the team can have fun but works hard.
• Opportunity to work with a large subset of a 250-person team.
• Engage in high-level, stable projects with significant public policy and reputational value.

Compelling story:

• Lot of external engagement
• Get to help shape the message in the political sphere
• Engaging with members of US government

Story behind Need:

• 1 or 2 travel a month possible for team events
• Gap fill for this location
• Extension/Conversion possible
• Support team for Public Policy larger team
• Broader team is 250 people, will work with a large subset
• 3 people on direct team (based in DC)
• Collaborative environment
• Team can have fun but works hard
• Blue badge backfill
• Political Programs Manager
• Building out programmatic activity with policy groups, leaders, etc. to showcase priorities, cultivate goodwill, etc.
• Political/reputational value
• Figuring how to tell the story to political leaders/stakeholders through physical visits. Planning hosting events
• Good understanding of offerings in Seattle, could expand to Canada support, eventually getting to all of US West
• Working to elevate partnerships and offerings with logistics planning, engagement, events
• Creative, outside the box, Ambiguity
• Sits at intersection of marketing, communication, public policy, project management, etc.
• Fielding ad-hoc requests

Candidate requirement:

• Earns Trust, Learn and be Curious, Think Big
• Over time: Ownership, Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit
• Detail-oriented
• Campaign management would be nice, maybe some fundraising or museum experience
• Political experience a must
• Collaborative
• Want high-level, stable

Must-Have:

• Campaign/public policy/fundraising
• Office proficiency