Jobs

Responsibilities:

The ASDC Training Director's (ASDC TD) primary responsibility is to train, manage, and help equip state party leaders and staff with the campaign tools needed to advance and grow state party capabilities.

• Ability to learn quickly and train Democratic leaders on a variety of campaign tools;
• Travel to many states to train state party leaders and staff;
• A familiarity with a variety of campaign components including field, digital media, fundraising, communications and political;
• Work with a small team based out of DC.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Candidates should have some familiarity with social networking tools, NGP VAN, Maestro Conference and QuickBase;
• Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills, experience meeting deadlines, and the ability to manage many tasks simultaneously;
• Candidates will preferably have one election cycle of campaign experience;
• The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of the structure of political campaigns and familiarity with campaign technology, and experience training staff and/or volunteers;
• A strong interest in and commitment to politics are musts.

Resumes should be emailed to ASDC@dnc.org with subject line "Association of State Democratic Chairs Training Director."

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To apply, please email resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to ResumesR@dnc.org. Please include any programming, video, or technical qualifications in your application. No phone calls, please.

The Video Systems Administrator is an entry level position within the DNC Research Department, and will be responsible for maintaining and growing our video capture servers and one of the largest video databases in politics.

Responsibilities:

The Administrator will handle both daily backup of broadcast media and retrieval from the archive when responding to requests. The administrator will be responsible for keeping all research hardware in good working order as well as implementation of key features and major system upgrades in the coming year. The Administrator is also responsible for monitoring our recorded programming schedule, and capturing events. When needed, the administrator may be asked to perform basic IT tasks for the Research and Communications departments.

The Administrator will be the primary point of contact for development and maintenance of our extensive video database. The Administrator should be familiar with both the front-end and back-end of the database and should be prepared to be heavily involved with development tasks alongside our development team. The Administrator should understand both the technical and qualitative needs of the database, and be prepared to offer creative solutions and proactively identify needs. A familiarity with large databases and search functions is helpful.

In addition, the Administrator should be well-versed in current events, political media and cable news, and feel comfortable working in a rapid response environment. The Administrator may at times be asked to assist other core functions of the video team as needed, including light video editing.

Requirements:

Although experience with video files and the DNC’s specific recording and data programs are preferred, they are not expected nor required. Strong familiarity with Windows workstation troubleshooting and repair is required. Candidates should be well-organized and able to multi-task short-term and long-term tasks.  Political experience, judgment and knowledge of the media is preferred. Knowledge of basic web applications with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and a scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl, Ruby) a very strong plus. Must be in DC or be willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. Area

Other details:

• You should be ready to work hard; this isn't a 9-5 sort of job
• You should have the ability to work under deadline pressure and manage multiple projects

Resumes should be emailed to ResumesR@dnc.org with subject line "Video Systems Administrator."

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To apply, please complete the Analytics Engineer Application.

The Democratic National Committee is looking for an Analytics Engineer to join our digital team.

We run one of the most effective, creative, and innovative digital programs in politics, and an optimized data-driven process is core to achieving the communications, fundraising and organizing goals of the cause.

Relevant experience includes developing and using tools for:

• Text analytics
• Social network/media analysis
• Web personalization
• Computational advertising
• Online experiments/testing

Ideal candidates would have a background in predictive, text and network analytics for online, web, ad and social media data and experience with digital marketing analytics.

Required Experience:

• B.S. degree (M.S./PhD preferred) in computer science, statistics, or related field
• Experience in analyzing big, complicated data sets including text and social media data
• Application of advanced statistical, and/or advanced data analytics techniques to real-world problems
• Any SQL-based query language
• Programming experience(C#, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, C++)
• Proven creativity and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated, extensive experience (professional or academic) with any major analytics package (R, Matlab, Weka, KNIME, SAS, SPSS, KXEN, CART, Lucene, GATE etc).

All applicants must be in Washington D.C. or willing to relocate to D.C.

To apply, please complete the Analytics Engineer Application

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Does this describe you?

• You like to hack on web apps and mashups in your spare time
• You work well in small teams -- you're a self-starter, but you communicate often, clearly, and effectively
• You have no ego about your work -- you take pride in outcomes, but aren't defensive about your code
• You are calm in situations that can be pressure-filled or require quick problem solving
• You aren't satisfied with crufty code and love to refactor -- but you also recognize the perfect can be the enemy of the good
• You disdain meetings for meetings' sake -- catching up on IRC is much preferred
• You recognize where tried-and-true solutions and patterns are good enough, and where new development is called for
• You care about the issues that matter to progressives and the Democratic Party – it makes the occasional long hours more fun and worthwhile

Responsibilities:

• Developing custom web and mobile-based applications
• Developing internal applications to automate various systems within the DNC
• Collaborating and integrating with technology from the state Democratic parties
• Working with DNC sysadmins to bring your software to production
• Working with the teams in DNC Technology & Digital departments

Required experience:

• At least 2 years of on-the-job experience developing web and/or mobile-based applications
• Four-year degree in engineering, computer science, or related field preferred
• Clear communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with MVC/MTV frameworks (eg., Rails, Django, Flask)
• Experience with unit and functional tests and integration
• Experience with RESTful Web APIs
• Experience deploying and administering web applications
• Comfort and familiarity at all levels of the web application stack: operating systems, databases, application servers, CDNs, caching, etc.

Required software:

• Fluency and proficiency in at least one major Web application language (eg., Ruby, Python, NodeJS)
• Proficiency with open source database systems (MySQL, SQLite, preferably PostgreSQL)
• Proficiency with front-end languages, especially JavaScript, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Proficiency with DVCS (Git, Mercurial)
• Unix! Pipes and small pieces are your friends

Resumes should be emailed to techresumes@dnc.org with subject line "Software Engineer."

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To apply, please complete the Email Campaigners Application.

The Democratic National Committee is looking to hire a couple talented email campaigners to help run one of the largest and most active email programs in the country. You will be responsible for planning, writing, and executing grassroots email campaigns using fundraising, citizen advocacy, and local organizing tactics to achieve our goals.

You'll work daily to engage millions of Americans to support President Obama and Democrats across the country, and coordinate with senior leadership to shape our voice.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience on an email program for an electoral campaign, advocacy organization or non-profit; or working in a high-level position for a major digital organizing program
• Expert organizing and campaigning knowledge; should be familiar with email/digital organizing, communication, and fundraising best practices
• Keen understanding of how to recognize a great hook, how to craft emails that move people to act, and what actions will achieve the right impact at the right time
• Excellent writing and editing skills with strong attention to detail
• Strong, sharp, and personable writing style
• Familiarity with online organizing platforms (e.g. Blue State Digital, Convio, ActionKit)
• Familiarity with mail list segmentation and mass mail platforms
• Willing to work long hours as needed
• Ability to work under deadline pressure
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects
• Passionate about engaging millions of Americans in advancing President Obama's agenda, strengthening the Democratic party, and changing the country
• Bachelor's Degree
• Candidates must be willing to relocate to Washington, DC

Preference given for experience with:

• HTML
• Statistical analysis and reporting
• Email writing for campaigns or speechwriting for a political campaign or office

To apply, please complete the Email Campaigners Application

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To apply, please complete the Senior Designer Application.

The Democratic National Committee is looking for a talented designer to join our digital team. We run one of the most effective, creative, and innovative digital programs in politics, and our design team is core to achieving the communications, fundraising and organizing goals of the cause.

We'll rely on you to create visually compelling, user-friendly and action-oriented design products to drive our multi-faceted campaigns, and to continue to grow and evolve the Democrats brand. We're looking for a talented designer who is passionate and wants to apply their skills to a worthy cause.

Required:

• Online portfolio of work for review
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite
• 3-5 years experience (minimum)
• Keen understanding of digital and print best practices
• Usability Design/Information architecture experience

Preference given for experience with:

• Designing info graphics
• Designing for Political or Advocacy groups
• Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS

Other details:

• You should be ready to work hard; this isn't a 9-5 sort of job
• You should have the ability to work under deadline pressure and manage multiple projects
• You should be passionate about engaging millions of Americans in advancing President Obama's agenda and changing our country for the better
• Must be in DC or be willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. Area

To apply, please complete the Senior designer or Creative Director Application

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE