Do you have an enthusiasm for mainstream, social, economic and political news? Are you someone who is energized by developing unique solutions for complex problems? If so, keep reading. You might be the right candidate to join our growing team.
We are seeking an experienced, creative, organized, strategic, and driven Senior Associate to join our growing team. The perfect candidate for this position is someone who has experience in digital marketing and running content programs for an agency, political campaign, national corporation, or trade association. We’re looking for someone who has a real passion for innovation. Someone who pushes past roadblocks and focuses on the possibilities over practicalities. In this role, you will work closely with clients to identify their needs or challenges and recommend targeted, creative solutions. The ideal candidate is a person who loves synthesizinng results into actionable solutions, managing complex projects, derives energy from working in a close-knit team environment, thinking through messaging approaches, developing written copy that inspires, and is eager to give clients a new way to reach their audiences and achieve their business or organizational objectives.
Bully Pulpit Interactive is a modern communications firm that builds believers at the speed of news. Whether it is for brands, causes, or candidates, we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation and social impact. A growing firm with offices in Washington, DC, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, we work alongside our clients to bring integrated communications and advertising campaigns to campaigns, companies, organizations, and causes from strategy to message to media relations to marketing.
Responsibilities:
- Manage campaign workstreams for corporate, political, public affairs, philanthropic and other clients
- Serve as a proactive resource for clients; track and solve client needs
- Analyze research and campaign performance to identify strategic direction for clients and develop clear and actionable briefs for specialists to deploy
- Lead day-to-day project management across the team for assigned client related deliverables
- Develop and deliver informal and formal presentations to clients and internal teams
- Develop communications and digital strategies for our clients, including content development and amplification through paid or owned channels for organizations, companies and executive thought leaders
- Analyze and help shape a client’s voice into compelling content for platforms and outlets from social media to mainstream news outlets
- Write strategic content and original copy for corporations, candidates, organizations and executive/thought leaders
- Review, edit and provide feedback on copy produced by junior copywriters and digital strategists
- Create and manage content calendars and social media campaigns, including long and short form content
- Coordinate with the agency’s creative team, media, labs and research shepherd concepts from idea to execution
- Support new business proposal and presentation development as needed
Requirements
We’re looking for someone who has/is:
- 4+ years’ experience in advertising, marketing, PR client service or political efforts
- Experience and familiarity with corporate communications, digital and online advertising
- Experience writing and editing copy for digital advertising or branded content
- Familiarity with the digital landscape, interactive strategy, design, and production, as well as tactics to use social media
- Superior written and oral communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and proofreading skills
- Exceptional analytical, decision making and time-management skills
- Knowledge and understanding of social media platforms and their respective participants (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) and how they can be deployed in different scenarios
- Excels in fast-paced work environments and juggling multiple projects with tight deadlines
- Outstanding collaboration skills with the ability to work independently and self-directed
- Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
Location: Washington, DC; Chicago, IL, or San Francisco, CA (when we all return that is!)
Employee Status: Full-Time, exempt
Salary amp; Benefits:
- The minimum salary expectation for this particular position is $62,000 and can increase depending upon relevant experience and expertise
- 100% company-paid healthcare, vision amp; dental for employees
- Matching 401k contributions up to 4%
- Generous vacation package
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