The Opportunity

In just under two years, the Youth Team @ Strategic Victory Fund has incubated and scaled programming reaching young voters that has:

• Had an in-person footprint on over 150 campuses in battleground states
• Hired and trained nearly 200 full-time staffers and 1,800 part-time student staffers
• Developed over 100 student-focused social media accounts
• Reached nearly 6 million voters online, over 300 million times

The Student Turnout Projects is our flagship operation – a cohort of state-based organizations working to organize college campuses with scrappiness and creativity. 

In 2026, STP teams will conduct digital programming around four core tactics:

1. Organic media: Each of our programs will work to develop larger audiences and engagement on their organization’s statewide accounts, campus-specific accounts, and unbranded meme accounts.
2. Paid media: Each of our programs will develop paid media programs to persuade and mobilize target audiences.
3. Student content creators: Each of our programs will develop a cohort of student content creators and social media managers and work with them to foster their skills.
4. Digital direct voter contact: Texting, DMs, email, and more

You’ll work across all of these categories and serve as an advisor to STP State Directors across multiple battlegrounds with a goal in mind of providing opportunities for growth to the staff and student leadership in each state. It’s critical that the person who takes on this role understands that our digital efforts go hand in hand with our on-campus in-person work, and the two programs should work seamlessly together. 

The Role:

The Deputy Director Student Turnout Projects for Digital + Creative Strategy will be accountable for the success of STP 2026 digital programming, helping state-level leaders execute across these four tactics.

In this role, you would:

• Design, write, and execute the Student Turnout Projects’ digital strategy in partnership with state teams
• Build close relationships with STP State Directors and their digital staff to advise them on the program. Provide support through ongoing coaching, setting up systems, infrastructure, and resources, and leading trainings
• Support STP state teams by helping them identify opportunities for improvement and, when needed, step in to provide additional execution support
• Evaluate current programming and develop additional programming to move the needle with the target audience
• Manage partnerships with other national organizations, seeking out high-yield opportunities to grow our program

You should:

• Have experience directing digital paid media programs
• Have experience growing audiences on social platforms. Ideally, you have experience coaching or directing others on how to do this
• Have extensive experience with coaching and training digital staffers or managing a team. Familiarity with coaching organizing staff on digital engagement is a plus.
• Have familiarity with the content creator ecosystem and progressive digital organizations
• Have relationships with vendors and creatives across the progressive digital ecosystem
• Be equally comfortable/enthusiastic about coaching a staffer with little experience, as you are coaching and up-leveling a very digitally experienced staffer
• Have experience working cross-departmentally and navigating relationships between state programs and national teams
• Believe in the value of state-based leadership

We recognize that candidates can come across these attributes in a variety of ways and are open to candidates from diverse career backgrounds. We encourage applicants who do not have traditional political digital background to apply.

Travel

This role will likely involve a high level of travel to spend time with our in-state partners. 10-20% of time for most of the year. Over 50% of time during the Fall 2026 semester.

Location

New York City or Washington, DC preferred. Exceptional candidates that are remote will be considered.

Salary

The salary range for this position is $100,000-$120,000.

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter should be concise, compelling, and outline the specific ways in which you would be a good fit for this position.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law.