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Description
Care2 is looking to hire a versatile new Online Campaigner to join our 9-person campaign team based in Redwood City, California.
Reporting to the Campaign Director, the new Online Campaigner will join one of our client teams. The client teams work with advocacy and fundraising professionals at many leading nonprofits to craft successful online campaigns targeting Care2 Web visitors and e-newsletter subscribers.
The ideal candidate is a strong writer, has solid analytical skills, is passionate about the environment and progressive causes, and is comfortable balancing competing deadlines and demands. This candidate is equally adept at creating persuasive editorial messages - often in response to fast-changing current events - and at using spreadsheets and other databases to test, analyze and optimize an email campaign's rate of opens, click-throughs and overall response.
Job Responsibilities:
* Research, write, edit and test Care2 action alerts and newsletters, in consultation with teammates and Care2's nonprofit clients
* Launch campaigns, then track, analyze and report results for Care2 and clients
* Effectively utilize different areas of Care2's Web site and social networking areas (e.g. Races, Care2Connect, E-Cards) to promote campaigns for Care2's nonprofit clients
* Interact by telephone and in meetings with broad array of nonprofit clients
* Help manage Care2's inventory of email alerts, e-newsletters and Web site placements for maximum effectiveness
* Participate in achieving monthly campaign team revenue targets while providing strong value to Care2's nonprofit partners
* Participate in projects to boost yield, efficiency and effectiveness of campaigns* Provide strong project participation and/or leadership within Care2, consistent with an upward career growth path
Qualifications:
* Superb writing and speaking skills
* Knowledge of, or experience in, the nonprofit sector is a plus
* Excellent relationship-building, consulting and client management skills
* Self-starter, dynamic and able to thrive in an unstructured environment
* Excellent listening and communications skills to interact effectively with teammates, clients and others
* Strong work ethic and desire to work collaboratively
* An interest in, and passion for, progressive social issues and the environment
* Ability to work quickly under pressure and multi-task
* Excellent organizational skills and ability to help drive projects to completion
* Demonstrated skills in using Excel and/or in managing quantitative data
* HTML and web graphics skills, including a high comfort level with Adobe Photoshop or ImageReady and the ability to handcode HTML
* At least a college degree; Journalism, English, Political Science, International Relations preferred
* One to three years relevant experience
To Apply
Please email your cover letter, resume, and writing sample with the subject line, "Online Campaigner."