Policy & Organizing Strategist

About the Role

We’re hiring a Policy and Organizing Strategist—part policy expert, part organizer, with an eye toward digital marketing/advocacy and communications. Your focus will be the east coast primarily, focused on Virginia and North Carolina.

What You’ll Do

Organizing Strategy (60%)

• Develop and implement a systematic, data-driven approach to tracking campaign progress to ensure greatest impact
• Organize digitally and in-field to implement strategies developed in collaboration with the National Campaigns Director
• Identify 20-30 high-impact small business owner advocates for membership in key east coast states (we are looking for a quality over quantity approach)
• Support C4 and PAC engagements with candidates for Governor and State Legislature, in collaboration with the Campaigns Director
• Conduct 1 on 1s with local small business owners. Help coordinate 1,000 Main Streets convenings with local champions

Policy Direction (20%)

• Coordinate with the National Campaigns Director on identifying policy that will impact our members
• Track pertinent policy in the states and in Congress

Substack and Communications (20%)

• Oversee MSA’s The Write Off Substack newsletter
• Assist with digital campaign launches, email blasts, press quotes, and rapid-response moments
• Coordinate with comms and organizing teams to align content with campaign goals
• Regularly scan local and national media for small business owners featured in the news
• Work with organizing staff to plug in new members to campaigns and storytelling

Who You Are

• Deep political and policy knowledge for both federal and state-level (specifically VA)
• Media savvy and some degree of experience pitching and developing media content
• Deeply curious about small business, economic justice, and the real-life impact of policy
• Organized, deadline-driven, and able to juggle creative content and relationship-building with ease