Full-time • Competitive Pay • Excellent Benefits • Work from Anywhere in the Contiguous U.S.
Application deadline: January 16, 2024
MoveOn is a people-powered force for progress. We wield independent political power by bringing millions together to take action to create a country with a place of honor and dignity for everyone—where all are welcome, we take care of one another, and where everyone is set up to thrive.
For more than a generation, MoveOn has been a bulwark against the radical right and has channeled millions of voices to end wars, protect democracy, and advance justice for all. We've built political power for progressive change through mobilizing the left to Democrats so that we can advance our vision of an America for all.
MoveOn is the largest multi-issue digital-first political campaigning organization in the country. We drive rapid-response campaigns at scale on a multitude of key issues at high-impact moments while building sustainable campaigns that resonate and grow over time. Whether it's democracy, health care, foreign policy, economic justice, immigration, or otherwise, MoveOn provides our members with timely ways to take action for change.
The Web Content Manager is a key role responsible for leveraging MoveOn’s website to engage millions of existing members and recruit new ones to our mission. This role will develop and execute a dynamic website strategy aligned with communication, SEO, brand, membership, and fundraising goals. This position is pivotal in shaping and elevating MoveOn’s online presence, contributing significantly to its overall success.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a data-driven website strategy aligned with communication, SEO, brand, membership, and fundraising objectives.
- Oversee and update the editorial calendar to ensure the delivery of timely and relevant website content. Optimize web content and publishing practices to create engaging, informative, and valuable content that resonates with readers and encourages them to interact with MoveOn and turn them from casual browsers into active members, and leverage data to enhance overall performance.
- Collaborate with graphic and web designers, campaigners, communicators, and stakeholders to create cohesive and high-quality web content that serves our MoveOn community and meets the needs of the organization. Serve as the primary stakeholder for web content for our Product team on UX and site design projects.
- Facilitate the process of posting news releases, statements, blogs, homepage updates, and other content to the organization's website and works with stakeholders to create content with compelling, keyword-rich headlines, body content, and calls to actions for both broad and niche online audiences. Design and deliver comprehensive WordPress training sessions for users to optimize platform proficiency.
- Prepare and maintain relevant web performance data reporting for individual campaign projects and the broader organization’s websites.
- Supervise and coordinate contractors, interns, or additional staff as required to support web content initiatives.
A successful candidate will:
- Demonstrate exceptional writing skills for an online audience, ranging from short and compelling to long-form content.
- Effectively manage time, demonstrating the ability to plan and be nimble while maintaining a strict schedule as needed.
- Have expertise around latest digital trends, technologies, and ever-evolving algorithm changes to inform our digital tactics and strategies.
- Ensure that our web content is user-friendly and accessible to provide a positive and valuable user experience.
- Be detail-oriented and data-focused, with the ability to think analytically to problem-solve and to clearly communicate with colleagues as timelines change.
- Be skilled and thoughtful regarding nuanced communication related to race, gender, class, and other aspects of identity in your internal and external communications.
Required skills and experience
- 4-5 years experience in managing content through WordPress, showcasing a strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and Search Engine Optimization strategies.
- Must have a solid familiarity with utilizing Google Analytics for insightful data analysis.
- Demonstrated success in overseeing editorial calendars or digital projects, with a history of effectively prioritizing tasks and coordinating seamlessly with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with Optimizely and Airtable is preferred but not required.
- Excellent project management, organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Commitment to applying anti-oppression frameworks—especially with regard to racial, gender, and economic injustice—to work you collaborate on.
Reports to: Senior Director of Digital Strategy
Location: The position may be based anywhere in the contiguous United States. May require occasional travel.
Classification, Salary, and Benefits:At MoveOn, we commit to equity in our compensation philosophy and practices. We are committed to equal pay for equal work. To counter systemic compensation issues in this country and pay inequality, we have a non-negotiable compensation practice. We utilize benchmarking and peer organization data to ensure we provide competitive nonprofit compensation and benefits. The annual salary for this position is $106,634.15. In addition to the base salary, we offer a monthly home office subsidy. We also offer an internet and phone subsidy of $2,100 annually and a health and wellness subsidy of $900 annually. All of these cash benefits are added to your bimonthly paycheck. We offer strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, which are free to employees and children of employees (spouses or domestic partners can be added at a subsidized rate). We offer employer-paid premiums for life insurance; four weeks accrued paid vacation time per year, prorated for the period that you work; 18 weeks of paid parental leave (birth, adoption, foster care placement of a child), 10 days accrued paid sick time prorated for the period that you work;paid family medical leave; and 8 staff holidays and 6 floating holidays. We contribute 5% to your 401(k) after six months of employment. We also offer a $1000 in professional development budget each year for each staff member.
MoveOn.org Civic Action and MoveOn.org Political Action provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.