Career Opportunities

Locations: Remote within the U.S.

Democratizing Philanthropy Project is an independent and publicly-supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is separate from Daily Kos. DPP leverages Daily Kos’s technology, services, and other resources at cost to carry out DPP’s charitable purpose.

The Democratizing Philanthropy Project exists to shift power to chronically underfunded, BIPOC-led organizations working on the frontlines by helping them build long-term, reliable small donor revenue and an activist base that will respond to calls to action. Nonprofits are overly dependent on grant-based, restricted purpose income, yet candidates and larger, white-led nonprofit organizations have unlocked power from diverse, democratized revenue streams from small donors. The Democratizing Philanthropy Project seeks to help hundreds of frontline, BIPOC-led, state power building organizations access and maximize this powerful capital.

DPP is hiring an experienced and passionate Program Manager to support organizational operations. The Program Manager is responsible for supporting multiple aspects of the Democratizing Philanthropy Project, including managing communication and timelines for all cohorts, providing support to our partners and participants, building program training materials, decks, and supporting our regular cohort evaluations.

Responsibilities:

• Program support: Provide support for our programs from start to finish; support our partners to ensure they have what they need to succeed; manage all calendars, timelines, and workshops; work toward program goals based on the organization’s strategic objectives; effectively troubleshoot any problems or challenges as they arise
• Proposals and reports: Lead support on ensuring our Executive Director has information they need about our cohorts, programs, participants, and budgets and provide support as needed on proposals and reports to our funder partners
• Industry knowledge: Remain knowledgeable about key industry issues and trends and maintain a strong understanding of the competitive landscape, challenges and opportunities
• Data management: Regularly evaluate program success based on data and results
• Participant experience: Managing multiple cohort participants and our partners to ensure a high quality experience with the DPP cohorts and programs; ensure programs meet our participant needs and objectives. Manage surveys and feedback to keep improving program
• Budget management: Manage program budgets to ensure each cohort and workshop stays on budget

Experience:

• 3-5 years prior experience in program design, implementation, management, and execution ideally in small donor or revenue generating work with nonprofit organizations

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable with primary communications via Slack and video conferencing tools
• Demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurial skills and strong sense of ownership for success with our programs
• Strategic mindset
• Ability to multitask and work independently
• Proactive, effective relationship-building with all participants, funders, partners, and experience managing external partnerships
• Ability to manage and track cohorts and programs to fit within established budgets
• Capable of meeting tight deadlines and effectively manage projects
• Be tech and internet savvy. We use Slack, Google Docs, Google Classroom, Asana, and lots of other tools that make work life easier.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000

Benefits:

Democratizing Philanthropy Project is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• Access to a Health Advocate
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position and reports to the Interim Executive Director. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. In addition, our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long-term position.

At Democratizing Philanthropy Project, we believe that diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures helps us be more effective activists. We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with backgrounds and talents energized by the news events and people united by a common cause. We love learning and support growth and training for employees.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: No Soliciting. DPP does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

Location: Remote within the U.S.

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. We produce news you can do something about. Powered by millions of dedicated activists, we’re transforming media and organizing by empowering regular Americans to reshape politics.

Daily Kos is hiring a full-time Sales Coordinator! In this role, you will support the sales team by achieving sales goals and maintaining positive customer relationships. In addition, you’ll spend time on administrative tasks such as managing schedules and ensuring customer satisfaction.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have an entrepreneurial and assertive mindset with the ability to operate in ambiguity. As the Sales Coordinator, you’ll have the opportunity to work on everything from pitch meetings, prospecting new leads, contract negotiation, and helping to build the team’s internal processes.

Our offices are in Oakland, CA and Washington D.C., however, we are open to fully remote applicants.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to sales team in achieving sales targets and outcomes
• Research potential new business opportunities through in-person events and inbound requests
• Support SVP of Advertising Strategy in presenting, promoting, and pitching products/services to prospective clients, including participating in meetings with prospective clients
• Utilize CRM tools to track the progression of sales leads as well as internal team performance
• Help draft sales materials, including client proposals, marketing documents, and case studies
• Coordinate pre and post-sales efforts with team members and other departments (i.e., client services and tech)
• Assists in invoicing and resolving A/R discrepancies and reporting
• Work with the SVP of Advertising Strategy on additional duties as assigned

Experience:

• 2 plus years of experience in a fast-paced, client-facing sales, service, or marketing role preferred. Or equivalent experience in the progressive political/non-profit technology space

Qualifications:

• Positive attitude and willingness to work hard
• Proven ability to self-manage towards defined sales goals and other objectives
• Capable of building alliances toward common goals
• Ability to self-manage across departments within a flat organizational structure
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with advertising or digital engagement
• Established relationships within non-profit/political advocacy organizations and their consultancies is a plus but not required
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Ability to identify and overcome roadblocks with creative solutions
• Passionate about progressive politics, news, and building an engaged community

Salary Range: $50,000 - $65,000

Benefits:

Daily Kos is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position and reports to the Sr. VP of Advertising Strategy. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. In addition, our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long-term position.

At Daily Kos, we believe that diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures helps us be more effective activists. We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with backgrounds and talents energized by the news events and people united by a common cause. We love learning and support growth and training for employees.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: No Soliciting. Daily Kos does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

Location: Remote within the U.S.

Civiqs is the leading online scientific polling platform and a division of Kos Media LLC. Civiqs has been conducting surveys online since 2014. Every day, Civiqs surveys thousands of people across the United States on politics, culture, and current affairs. With years of daily responses on a huge array of questions, Civiqs maintains one of the largest databases of public opinion in the United States. The scale and quality of Civiqs’ public opinion data, and its online survey panel, is unmatched in the survey industry.

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to help businesses, advocacy groups, strategists, and media organizations utilize Civiqs’ diverse array of public opinion research services to meet their strategic objectives.

Civiqs offers clients the ability to run large-scale scientific public opinion surveys using its nationwide, proprietary online research panel. The Civiqs panel is the largest opt-in respondent panel in the United States with a primary focus on politics and policy. Research services include custom survey interviewing, data interpretation and analysis, daily tracking polls, and access to an extensive public opinion data archive. Civiqs releases many of its tracking poll results publicly on our award-winning website civiqs.com, with more available on a subscription basis.

The Senior Account Executive will identify potential clients, understand their needs, propose and scope out research solutions, and close deals. This role requires an entrepreneurial and assertive mindset with awareness of how public opinion polling data can benefit clients’ strategic goals. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on everything including leading pitch meetings, prospecting new leads, negotiating contracts, and helping build the team’s internal processes.

As one of the first members of the business development team, the Senior Account Executive will have significant opportunities to expand their roles and responsibilities, contribute to the company’s overall strategy and competitive positioning, and help build the business development team.

Responsibilities:

• Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule
• Research and develop new business opportunities through in-person events, outbound pitches, and inbound requests
• Present, promote and pitch products/services to prospective clients, including participating in and leading meetings with prospective clients
• Utilize CRM tools to track the progression of sales leads as well as internal team performance
• Draft sales materials, including: client proposals, marketing documents, and case studies
• Understand client needs and collaborate with Civiqs’ research team to scope project budgets and requirements
• Prepare and review client agreements

Experience: - 5-7 years experience in a quota-carrying sales or account management role at a software, consulting, research, or other professional services firm

Qualifications: - Proven ability to self-manage towards defined sales goals and other quantitative objectives - Ability to successfully build alliances toward common goals within the organization, and with clients and partner organizations - Ability to synthesize quantitative information and match client needs to Civiqs products and services - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Familiarity with the survey research field and its methods along with pre-existing relationships with decision makers within industry - BS/BA or equivalent work/life experience

Compensation: $110,500-$130,000 + incentives

Benefits:

Civiqs is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time exempt position and reports to the Director of Civiqs. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. Our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long term position.

At Civiqs, we believe that the diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures that our employees contribute to our organization help us be more effective in our work, and we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with different backgrounds and talents that are energized by the day’s news events, and people united by common cause. We’re a company that loves learning and supports growth and training for all our employees.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: Civiqs does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

Note: Civiqs does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

LOCATION: Remote within the U.S.

Civiqs is the leading online scientific polling platform and a division of Kos Media LLC. Civiqs has been conducting surveys online since 2014. Every day, Civiqs polls thousands of people across the United States on politics, culture, and current affairs. With years of daily responses on a huge array of questions, Civiqs maintains one of the largest databases of public opinion in the United States. The scale and quality of Civiqs’ public opinion data, and its online survey panel, is unmatched in the survey industry.

We are hiring an experienced and results-driven Senior Research Data Analyst to join our team. As Senior Research Data Analyst you will be responsible for conducting surveys and producing results and analysis that are delivered to clients, media partners, and the public. Alongside a research team of statisticians and developers, you will perform all aspects of public opinion research: develop a deep understanding of the Civiqs Panel, construct survey requirements, design survey samples, analyze response patterns, interpret results, and perform weighting, modeling, and other statistical procedures common to public opinion survey research.

In this role, the analyst is critical to Civiqs’ mission of accurately measuring, interpreting, and communicating public opinion research findings. The analyst’s responsibilities will ensure that high research standards are being met at all times, and that survey projects are completed accurately and on time. The position requires a high degree of technical and survey research expertise, combined with excellent communication skills.

We have an energized team of survey researchers with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. If you love working with lots of data and are interested in a challenge–we’d like to hear from you. Come join our team and guide the future of public opinion research using the Civiqs panel!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and create survey samples, and field surveys
• Monitor the survey interview and data-gathering process
• Devise and calculate survey weights
• Produce original analysis of survey results
• Communicate research findings in cross-tabular reports, advisory memos, newsletters, and presentation materials
• Develop survey engineering products and provide input on improving research quality
• Contribute to public-facing Civiqs products, including social media content

EXPERIENCE:

• 3+ years professional experience conducting and managing public opinion surveys including implementing sampling and weighting
• Hands-on experience producing quantitative research findings and reports for internal and external audiences
• Responsibility for writing advisory or descriptive reports for clients or the public
• Applied experience in statistical programming for survey data or other large data systems
• Professional experience or advanced coursework in survey methodology and survey statistics

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience conducting scientific survey research including: sampling, questionnaire design, weighting, and cross-tabular analysis
• Strong attention to detail in quantitative analysis and reporting
• Knowledge of statistical programming in R or Python
• Knowledge of database programming using SQL
• Excellent communication skills; the ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience, both in writing and verbally
• Interest in campaigns or politics is a plus
• Comfortable with a virtual working environment
• Be tech and internet savvy: we use Slack, Dropbox, Asana, Zoom, and lots of other tools that make work life easier
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in social science or related quantitative field or equivalent experience

SALARY RANGE: $80,000 - $100,000

BENEFITS:

Civiqs is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time exempt position and reports to the Director of Research. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. Our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long term position.

At Civiqs, we believe that the diversity of ideas, experiences and cultures that our employees contribute to our organization help us be more effective in our work, and we are proud to be an inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace. The atmosphere in our office is energized by the day’s news events, and people united by common cause. We’re a company that loves learning and supports growth and training for all our employees.

Women, people of color and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: Civiqs does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.