Social Media Specialist

• Drive short-form video content, including concepts, briefs, scripts, and production with CEO, elected officials, staff, trainers, and learners, collaborating with Multimedia Producer and Content Creation and Production Manager to clip and repurpose other content.

• Work closely with the Community Engagement team to encourage and strengthen engagement in the NDTC digital community and development of a “dark social” strategy.

• Collaborate across teams to analyze content, messaging, and campaign performance data, reporting insights on engagement, conversion, and retention while pivoting strategies as needed.

• Collaborate with the Community Engagement and Political teams to gather and vet learner stories year-round, including rapid response moments.

• Create and manage social media assets in alignment with the NDTC brand, in collaboration with the Graphic Designer and Senior Data Analyst.

• Travel as needed to capture footage at major organizational events, candidate trainings, and political gatherings.

• Direct interviews with elected officials, candidates, and other key figures when opportunities arise.

Disclaimer: The job description is not designed to include a comprehensive listing of responsibilities that are required to be executed by the employee. In order to best serve NDTC’s mission, responsibilities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with reasonable notice provided.

• 2 to 4 years of experience managing digital & social media, including on political campaigns. Experience with digital organizing or digital issue advocacy at political, advocacy, or non-profit organizations is highly desirable.

• 1 to 2 years of experience in video production and editing for social media. Experience in the creator space, cultivating and managing creator relationships.

• Proven track record of working online to organize diverse supporters and constituencies.

• Interest and ability to follow industry conversations and recommend strategic investment in emergent platforms. 

• Superb written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to think creatively and bring new and innovative ideas to the table.

• Ability to retain the immediate situation as well as track a longer storytelling arc for the bigger picture.

• Ability to project a consistent brand voice through all shared media outreach channels. 

• Ability to work efficiently in sometimes fast-paced, unpredictable event environments

• An extreme attention to detail and understanding of online interpersonal communications. 

• Ability to handle multiple "priority" projects simultaneously and meet established deadlines.

• Ability to gain buy-in from multiple parties in a collaborative environment.

• Solid project management skills.

• Travel flexibility with ability to travel for event coverage and production needs (typically 4-8 times per year).

This is a remote position open to candidates located in the United States. NDTC is a fully remote workplace. We have staff all across the country, with large groups centralized in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

NDTC requires all staff to be legally authorized to work in the United States.

To scale NDTC’s programming, we need all staff to contribute to executing key moments of our training program. Staff are provided advance notice for evening and weekend work commitments. These duties are shared across all staff and may include the following as assigned:

• Staffing virtual live training events for NDTC, which may include some evening or weekend commitments with reasonable notice for scheduling. You will be scheduled for one VLT per quarter.

• Staffing large training events most often virtually, but may include in-person events in 2026 and beyond. These commitments typically are multi-day trainings over weekends and happen 2-4 times per year. 

NDTC believes that our differences enhance our strength as a political party — and as a nation — and we as an organization benefit from staff of diverse races, ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, ages, economic backgrounds, abilities, and other facets of our identities.

• Pay: Salary is commensurate with experience, with a range of $60,000-$70,000 per year

• Healthcare: 100% employer-paid health, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance available at the start of the first full month of employment

• Retirement Option: 150% employer match on the first 6% of contributions to 401(k)

• Flexible paid time off + all Federal holidays off + NDTC’s offices close for one week for Thanksgiving and a two-week winter break at the end of December.

• Equipment: Laptop, keyboard, mouse, monitor, plus access to professional video production equipment as needed

• Professional Development: At NDTC, we value professional development and career growth. We provide $700 per calendar year for each staff member’s professional development. 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The interview process for this role will include a 3-step process which we expect to take approximately 1.5 months.

To apply, please email jobs@traindems.org with:

• Your resume

• Please do not submit a cover letter. Instead, please tell us in 250 words or less, your response to this question: "NDTC works in a crowded political ecosystem. How would you innovate to help us cut through the noise and position us for greater relevance, visibility, and engagement?"

• An online portfolio or links to your best work - please include samples from the last 12 months.

• The date you are available to start.

• Your location.

Please list “Social Media Specialist” in the subject line. No calls, please.