Applications Programming Manager jobs in Oakland, CA

 Join the WeVote Movement

WeVote has an open volunteer position for a person who has experience leading a Content Programming team across multiple social platforms. This is an opportunity to volunteer remotely with our active team to help us get ready for multiple elections in 2024. Our ideal volunteer is passionate about politics and excited to use technology to educate voters and increase voter turnout.

About Us

WeVote is a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote nonprofit startup and a celebrated Fast Forward nonprofit technology grantee. WeVote is building a movement of excellent, passionate, part-time volunteers (starting with the founders) who build mobile technologies that will touch and mobilize millions of voters on Election Day. We believe that many voters are busy, distracted, and impatient. We have a goal of providing a positive voting experience that helps people decide how to vote. More information at https://www.wevote.us or on Twitter @WeVote.

Join the WeVote Movement

WeVote is seeking a passionate lover of democracy who wishes to use their unique skills in social media programming to help encourage participation in our democracy by increasing voter turnout, candidate /initiative education, and participation in elections. Many deride social media as a negative force, spreading disinformation and reducing engagement in the things that matter. This is a real opportunity to use your talents in social for something with a higher purpose - leading the strategy for our Facebook accounts to scale broader awareness and encourage engagement in the upcoming election cycle, and beyond. Your mission is to encourage our followers to spread the passion behind WeVote, and drive use of our proprietary platform designed and dedicated to informing and encouraging voters to exercise their most important right - their vote. We are strictly non-partisan, focusing on the importance of spreading verified, factual information as we educate voters and potential voters on their choices and how candidates / initiatives align with every individual’s personal values. 

This role reports into the VP, Head of Programming, but provides flexibility and oversight in managing your own unique knowledge, hacks and perspective on the Facebook platform. 

Responsibilities:

• Identify through the unique volunteer recruitment process ideal candidates that can help make a difference to democracy through social media programming; 
• Develop the overall Social Programming Strategy in collaboration with the Chief Marketing and Chief Content Officers. 
• Identify and secure potential collaborative, aligned publishers and creators platforms to help accelerate opportunities to further WeVote’s mission 
• Create comprehensive scheduling, release cadence, promotional planning, and manage a team of platform-specific specialists;
• Engage with creative team to suggest and optimize new posts for key platforms;
• Collaborate with creative team in developing key moments related to trends and infuse WeVote in the conversation around upcoming electoral contests (primaries, debates, general election, etc); 
• Construct a strategic aggregation model that drives a regular cadence of clear narratives driving subscriber growth in social and engagement with WeVote overall;    
• Interface with the Data Analytics team, related to trends, conversions, user growth, engagement, etc  
• Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis, lead programming decisions for social channels, making necessary adjustments to the strategy based on video performance, engagements and more.

Who you are: Must haves

• The ideal candidate comes from either a media publisher or a social marketing organization and has relevant experience and deep understanding of the current social media landscape, trends, and methods with a track record of delivering successful metrics across key platforms.
• Critical to the success of this role is the necessary interpersonal skills to manage an all-volunteer team who care deeply about Democracy and have innate programming skills on their platforms of expertise. 
• At least 5-7 hours each week during our core team hours M-F 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. in your time zone
• You want to work with an established and successful team. You are committed to strengthening American Democracy.
• You are striving for personal excellence.
• A willingness to work with and support other volunteers
• You are currently located in the US and can work one or two hours that overlap with US PT per week.

Not required, but nice to have.

• If you have more than 7 hours to volunteer each week, there are other ways you can get involved with WeVote

What You’ll Gain

You will have the opportunity to touch the lives of millions of Americans and be part of a movement and product that will receive national attention. You’ll gain an opportunity to grow within the WeVote movement and meet other volunteers who are like-minded and interested in building a valuable application to empower voters across the United States. You’ll also gain valuable technical skills, have opportunities for leadership development, and expand your personal and professional network.

How to apply:

Submit your resume and include a brief note/cover letter to why you are interested in WeVote and our mission.