What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Advocacy position at POOLHOUSE?
As a POOLHOUSE Director, you’ll play a lead role in supporting our advocacy team in our never-ending quest to deliver high-quality campaigns and assets to our clients. The position includes managing the day-to-day client needs, helping develop effective strategies, all while collaborating with a diverse group of creatives, designers, strategists, and producers.
Our ideal candidate is someone who enjoys:
- Working in the space where creativity, advocacy, and the political landscape meet.
- Creative problem solving and strategic thinking.
- Learning and growing from your teammates and clients.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Assist the VP of Advocacy in scoping, defining, estimating, and managing projets and timelines for advocacy clients
- Overseeing client programs from conception to completion by anticipating challenges and ensuring deadlines are met both internally and externally
- Help foster relationships with clients through responsible communications
- Manage your own workflow according to set procedures and timelines including juggling multiple projects simultaneously and understand project priorities in the context of agency and client expectations
- Manage and participate in internally feedback and quality control for all deliverables
- Draft briefs for both internal and external audiences
- 5 years of experience
- Strong communication skills both written and verbally
- Willingness to learn new things and new ways of doing things
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining order
- Ability to adapt to new situations and solve problems on the fly with a team
- A shared passion and curiosity for making change and a commitment to quality that ensures we’re always making progress
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to occasionally work long hours, occasional weekends, and travel when necessary
- Position is based in Washington, DC; applicants must be willing and able to fulfill the role in person.
- Competitive salary based on industry standards
- A collaborative and creative work environment
- 100% employer covered medical, dental and vision insurance
- 100% employer covered medical for dependents
- 12 days of PTO a year
- Generous paid holiday schedule including Thanksgiving week and Christmas Break
- Parental leave
- 401k with employer match
- Company funding for relevant continued education and skill development