Digital Special Projects Manager
Type of Position: Full-time, exempt, temporary (Through December 4, 2026)
Team: Digital
Reports: To Managing Director, Digital
About This Role
This is a temporary position to support Climate Power’s work through the election cycle. It is expected that this role will end on December 4, 2026.
Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Special Projects Manager, Digital to join our team. This role will sit across Climate Power’s digital program verticals in service of managing high-priority projects from concept to completion, working across multiple departments and alongside your digital colleagues to make that happen. This position will also provide budget support and high-level administrative support within the digital team, and will report to the Managing Director, Digital.
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as the logistics manager from digital for cross-functional project teams, facilitating collaboration and clear communication across departments and in service of Climate Power’s campaign objectives.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and status reports for leadership and stakeholders, as well as keeping Digital team members on task and accountable for their deliverables.
- Support Climate Power’s electoral priorities by tracking and delivering digital support from end-to-end, including building relationships and interfacing with campaign digital teams.
- Assist the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Directors in managing external vendors and consultants, including monitoring budget and invoicing.
- Act as the connective tissue across digital’s varying specialties, including tracking projects, outcomes, and prioritizing compiling and sharing learnings for the future.
- Ensure that the administrative needs of the team run smoothly, including but not limited to meeting agendas, time tracking, and scheduling with external partners.
Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed and capacity dictates.
Essential Qualifications
- 5 years of relevant prior work experience in digital communications, social media strategy, digital organizing, creator strategy or paid media, including program and/or project management experience with at least one cycle of campaign or electoral experience.
- 2 years of people and/or project management experience; demonstrated success in leading departments and diverse teams and managing complex projects without dropping the ball.
- Experience working cross-functionally and building trust with colleagues at all levels in service of getting stuff done.
- Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, often with competing timelines, solving complex problems in an innovative, effective, and timely manner, often across different teams with minimal supervision.
- Effective communicator—both written and oral—with a knack for managing the communications and project management challenges of a remote environment.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience or intuitive understanding of audiences on social media and digital platforms, from TikTok to YouTube, and Substack to Reddit; familiarity with social media performance metrics and analytics across platforms, as well as best practices.
- Experience managing consultants, budgets, and invoicing/payment needs, and/or experience managing competing scheduling priorities.
- Willingness to stay up to date on best practices and trends relative to the work and projects in their purview.
- A positive team player with a passion for progressive change.
Salary & Benefits Package
Climate Power offers a competitive compensation package, including salaries that are commensurate with and directly tied to years of experience. Climate Power believes years of experience are a foundational element of equitable pay, and the primary metric used to determine one's salary. The full salary range for this role is listed below, with a given set of years correlating to a fixed 'step' or placement within a salary range. Salaries are otherwise non-negotiable, and not impacted by merit-based performance evaluations or other flexible and/or subjective factors.
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9
Years | 5<>6 | 6<>7 | 7<>8 | 8<>10 | 10<>12 | 12<>15 | 15<>18 | 18<>21 | 21+
Annual Salary | $92,400 | $94,697 | $96,994 | $99,291 | $101,588 | $103,884 | $106,181 | $108,478 | $110,775
Climate Power also offers a competitive benefits package, including the following:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurances
- 100% paid for employee
- 50% for their dependents
- Unlimited Paid Time off, including every other Friday and extended summer, fall, and winter breaks
- 401(k) with 5% match
- Education Assistance, including student loan repayment program
- Sabbatical Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly Tech Allowance
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Work From Home Stipend, for home office furniture
- Treat Yourself Funds
The terms of your benefits and any applicable waiting period(s) are governed by relevant plan documents and any and all applicable policies, and are subject to change or discontinuation by the organization.
About Climate Power
Climate Power is a strategic communications organization focused on winning the politics of climate. We’re educating Americans about our climate progress, highlighting how clean energy investments benefit local communities, and holding Big Oil accountable for polluting our air and water. We use data-backed messages to pave a path for bold action and shine a light on the price of ignoring the climate crisis would cost our health, economy, and future generations.
It’s our job to tell the story of how climate action and clean energy investment are rebuilding our economy, lowering energy costs, and protecting our planet for future generations. We call out disinformation from bad actors like the Big Oil lobby, and make the climate stakes real for voters.
Location & Hours of Operations
Climate Power is a remote-first organization based in Washington, DC. This position can be located anywhere in the United States, but must be able to work Monday - Friday 9 am - 6 pm EST, plus weekends and evenings as the work dictates. Occasional travel is required as needed, typically 3-4 times per year.
Our Hiring Timeline and Process
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis and will continue to interview until the position is filled (posting will remain up until position filled).
An ideal start date would be on or before May 15, 2026. This is a temporary position and is expected to run through December 4, 2026.
Our interview process generally involves 2 rounds of interviews, ranging in length from 30-60 minutes. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet or Zoom. Successful candidates that move forward in the hiring process, will be invited to complete a skills assessment activity (for which they will receive payment) and will undergo a vetting process, including reference and background check.
Accessibility
Climate Power is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, or sexual orientation. Additionally, Climate Power is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Climate Power will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the interview and hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed in the interview process, please
accessibility@climatepower.us. Requests for updates in the hiring/interview process or other solicitations, should not be sent to this email.
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