Digital Strategists - All Levels

We are looking for new team members at a range of experience levels in our Strategy department to help create and execute results-driven online advertising campaigns for our progressive political, non-profit and responsible corporate clients. These people will help our clients increase brand awareness, drive e-commerce sales and organization growth, engage and retain current members, and advance progressive causes.

NOTE: This position is for our corporate and non-electoral advocacy/non-profit clients. This job posting is for applicants that DO NOT want a majority of their time focused on the 2024 election. If you are interested in working on C+K’s electoral clients, please apply for our 2024 cycle hire positions on our website.
To submit your application, select the specific role and fill out the form on our website: https://cplusk.com/careers/

Specific Responsibilities (All positions)

• Build, optimize, and run online ads across various different ad platforms (Facebook, Google, TTD, etc.).

• Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion and brand lift tests.

• Measure, analyze, and report on campaign and website performance to uncover actionable insights that will increase efficiency and performance of our digital marketing efforts.

• Monitor conversion points and optimize user funnels.

• Collaborate with other vendor partners.

• Communicate with clients about success and challenges in the campaigns you're running.

• Manage media budgets in excess of $1MM.

• Write copy and work with our designers and developers to produce online ad collateral and website assets.

• Create media plans for direct response and persuasion ad buying

• Meticulously Q/A creative, ad builds, and reports

• Be accountable to client goals

• Evaluate emerging technologies. Provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate.

• Be a positive member of our collaborative and supportive team.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate Strategist

We'll train you on the specific skills you need to succeed in this field, so the only hard requirements for our Associate Strategist position are being interested in the subject, a quick-learner, and willing to work hard in a fast-paced environment. Traits we look for include:

• Creative thinker who can generate innovative ideas and solutions and partner effectively with marketing and other creative teams.

• Good operational and process orientation.

• Strong organizational abilities.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, experience in dealing with multiple and diverse internal stakeholders, and interacting with business and technology partners.

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, across all organizational levels.

• Ideally an interest in any of the following: media, technology or progressive politics.

Senior Associate Strategist

~1 year of hands-on digital advertising experience in a performance-driven context.
OR
2-3 years in a related field. (Communications/PR, Advocacy, Digital Media, etc.)

Strategist
1-2  years of hands-on digital advertising experience in a performance-driven context.
OR
3-5 years in a related field. (Communications/PR, Advocacy, Digital Media, etc.)

Senior Strategist
3+ years hands-on digital advertising experience in a performance-driven context.

Some specific examples of “hands-on experience” for all positions  include:

• Having run and optimized substantial direct response campaigns like the following:

• Programmatic Display and Video Advertising - DCM and The Trade Desk platforms in particular

• Social Media Advertising - Facebook Ads Manager, Twitter Ads, Snap Ads, YouTube

• Search Engine Marketing (SEM) - Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Amazon Search

• Ecommerce Prospecting

• Lead gen

• Having run “stunting” campaigns that leverage paid media for earned media exposure

• Hands-on experience running electoral campaigns/advocacy/corporate email or text programs -- communicating with activists/subscribers, driving actions/donations/sales, running A/B tests, etc.

• Having been involved in the building (not as a coder, as a strategist) or been responsible for maintaining public-facing websites using a CMS (like WordPress or Drupal) or ecommerce platform (like Shopify, Demandware, Kaleo)

• Experience using CRM platforms (like ActionKit, Salsa, Salesforce, MailChimp, ActBlue etc).

• Solid knowledge of website analytics tools. (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Omniture, etc.)

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for each position is:

• Associate Strategist: $60-$64k + annual bonus

• Senior Associate Strategist: $65-69k + annual bonus

• Strategist: $70-79k + annual bonus

• Senior Strategist: $80-89k + annual bonus

C+K offers a full benefits package which includes: 100% subsidized Platinum-level healthcare insurance, options for dental and vision insurance, 401k with a guaranteed company 3% contribution, short term disability, flexible spending accounts, transportation benefits, bikeshare membership, high speed Internet reimbursement, , paid parental leave, paid time off and several paid holidays. C+K is an equal opportunity employer.

C+K offers employees the opportunity to work remotely, work in the DC office full time, or work out a partial-week, in-office flex schedule. We do not force people to go into the office, it exists as a benefit for those who want an office to go to. 

To submit your application, select the specific role and fill out the form on our website: https://cplusk.com/careers/