Senior Director

LSG seeks a senior director to contribute to operational excellence across our growing bipartisan public affairs practice. This role combines hands-on campaign operations management with team collaboration, focusing on delivering exceptional client outcomes through project execution, streamlined processes, and effective coordination. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of experience in political campaigns, advocacy organizations, or public affairs consulting, with a track record of supporting issue campaigns across a variety of industry priorities, managing campaign and programmatic operations, and collaborating across different functions.

This is a hybrid role based in our downtown DC office Monday-Thursday, with remote work available on Fridays. The position requires an average of 2-3 days of travel per month.

Key Responsibilities

Account Support

• Support the design and implementation of operational frameworks for multi-state field campaigns and advocacy initiatives on federal, state, or local public policy issues
• Manage day-to-day project execution across client engagements, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery
• Coordinate multi-faceted public affairs programming – including in-district advocacy, earned media, local communications and reporter outreach, paid media, events and meetings, and other proven advocacy tactics and strategies
• Write and edit all written campaign materials and collateral, including strategic plans, media collateral, client correspondence, and client reports
• Manage vendor relationships, including in-state field teams, event vendors, and technology providers
• Support the creation and management of operational budgets for client campaigns
• Help establish quality control processes and performance metrics for campaign operations
  
  

Client Management

• Serve as a key point of contact for assigned accounts, working alongside senior team members
• Contribute to strategic and operational plans that align with overall campaign objectives
• Provide support to client account leads: develop trip agendas, travel with client points of contact, and staff events, meetings, and appearances
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements and value-added services
• Contribute to business development opportunities, including proposal writing and presentation building
  
  

Qualifications

Experience Requirements

• 6-8 years in political campaigns, advocacy organizations, or public affairs consulting, including supporting federal or state policy or political initiatives
• Experience working on complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives (e.g., third-party organizations, elected officials, reporters, voters/consumers)
• Exposure to budget management and financial tracking
• Background working on bipartisan campaigns across a range of issues, adapting as needed to dynamic local/state/federal political environments
• Ability to quickly learn technical policy matters to effectively support client campaigns
  
  

Required Competencies

• Ability to manage campaigns from planning through execution, with understanding of advocacy campaign strategies and programming (e.g., in-district advocacy, earned media, paid media, events and meetings, DC/inside-the-Beltway fly-ins)
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within teams and mentor early career colleagues
• Experience supporting large-scale events, meetings, conferences, and stakeholder engagement activities
• Understanding of national, state, and local media, including traditional media (e.g., print, broadcast) as well as new, emerging media outlets (e.g., social, podcasts, right/left media, constituency-specific media)
• Experience coordinating with external vendors and contractors
• Solid project management skills with capacity to handle multiple workstreams simultaneously
  
  

Skills

• Strong writing skills, including producing, drafting, and editing strategic plans, reporting assets, and original content (e.g., op-eds, letters-to-the-editor, social media posts, advocacy content, media communications)
• Proficiency with database management, CRM systems, and project management tools
• Knowledge of digital organizing tools and social media management platforms
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence (AI) tools applicable to public affairs campaigns and project management
• Strong spreadsheet skills for budget tracking and reporting
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Active consumer of political media with understanding of current political landscape and issues across the political spectrum
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Collaborative approach with ability to work across teams and service offerings
  
  

Why You'll Love Working at LSG

• Base salary: $140,000 - $170,000 per year, plus annual performance bonus eligibility
• Fully covered employee health, dental, and vision insurance — no cost to you, seriously
• Flexible PTO policy — take the time you need; we trust you to manage it
• $40K/year family planning support for adoption, infertility, or surrogacy (because building a family shouldn't break the bank)
• Pet insurance on us — we cover premiums for up to 2 pets
• $500/year wellness reimbursement — gym, yoga, hiking gear, whatever keeps you moving
• Work from anywhere the week of July 4th and the week between Christmas and New Year's
• Snacks on snacks — the kitchen is stocked and yes, we take requests