Director of Digital Partnerships

Director of Digital Partnerships

Senior Director of Digital Partnerships

Location: Remote

Stand Up America a progressive, digital-first advocacy organization with over 2 million grassroots members who are working to stand up to corruption and build a more representative democracy. We focus on grassroots advocacy and mobilization to stand up to corruption and voter suppression, protect the rule of law, and build a more representative democracy. Since 2017, we have driven over 4 million calls and emails to lawmakers, mobilized over 100,000 protestors, and contacted tens of millions of voters. We've contributed our digital expertise and grassroots advocacy power to more than 80 state and federal legislative, ballot initiative, and electoral campaigns.

Since 2019, Stand Up America's influencer work has engaged hundreds of influencers and generated thousands of social media posts that reached tens of millions of Americans and drove measurable outcomes, like helping Americans find volunteer opportunities, attend a protest, or make a call to their legislator. 

We're looking for a Director or Senior Director of Digital Partnerships (based on experience) to build on this foundation and grow what we do. This is a new role to lead our digital partnerships program across creators, influencers, talent, and allied organizations, and take on project management that supports those campaigns. You'll have autonomy to help shape this program, and we need someone who thrives with that. This role reports to our Managing Director of Digital Campaigns.

Partnerships

• Pitch and secure content collaborations with creators and allied organizations, working closely with the social media team to integrate partnerships into our content calendar
• Lead outreach to celebrities, connectors, talent managers, publicists, and other representatives. Work the list, schedule calls, send follow-ups, and turn conversations into plans to engage those people around our campaigns
• Manage relationships with firms that run paid creator campaigns on our behalf, and assess how effectively they are driving meaningful content and actions
• Coordinate rapid-response partnership activations when news breaks or legislation moves, knowing which relationships to activate in which moment and moving quickly to drive impact
• Represent Stand Up America in coalition spaces focused on digital strategy and content distribution

Project Management and Program Operations

• Build and maintain a system to track partnership outreach across paid creator, organizational, and celebrity streams, and work with the data team to analyze what's working and where to invest
• Help project manage the digital partnership aspects of state and electoral campaigns, including scoping what digital support SUA provides to partners 
• Take on projects outside other teams' bandwidth that benefit from a partnerships or digital lens

You have:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience for the Director role, 8+ years for the Senior Director role, in digital partnerships, creator/influencer marketing, talent management, digital media, or a related field
• Experience in progressive advocacy, campaigns, or politics
• Experience managing external partnerships or working in a client-facing role, with a track record of building relationships that drive impact
• Strong writing skills and the ability to produce compelling briefs, proposals, and content
• Passion for voting rights, fighting back against corruption, and protecting the rule of law

You may have:

• Experience negotiating compensation or contracts with creators
• Experience drafting social for Instagram and YouTube, particularly for creators
• Experience deploying content during rapid-response moments
• Comfort working with high-profile talent and maintaining discretion and professionalism
• Familiarity with tools we use like Action Network, Buffer, ManyChat, Strive, or Mobilize

Stand Up America celebrates diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, class, ability, life experiences, and background. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Stand Up America's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is key to our mission of building a more representative democracy and reforming a political system that has given white, wealthy Americans a louder voice and more power than Black, Indigenous, and people of color for far too long.

Salary & Benefits

Our benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, including 100% subsidy of monthly premiums
• 401(K) retirement plan with automatic employer contribution of 3% of salary
• 3 weeks flexible paid time off per calendar year, plus an additional week in December, for a total of 4 weeks per year, plus additional paid time off with seniority
• Additional paid holidays
• 10 sick days per calendar year
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Annual professional development and remote work supply stipends
• Reimbursement for coworking space passes
• Computer and accessories for at-home work

Salary:

• Director of Digital Partnerships (5-8 years of relevant work experience): $100,000 - $120,000
• Senior Director of Digital Partnerships (8+ years of relevant work experience): $120,000-$135,000

Please submit your resume and a cover letter. In your cover letter, tell us about a partnership or creator campaign you built or managed that you're proud of.