Programming Manager - YouTube - WeVote

Oakland, CA

About the Job

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 programming YouTube to help encourage participation in our democracy by increasing voter turnout, candidate/initiative education, and participation in elections. We need a Mr. Beast mentality, someone who deeply loves creating on YouTube to help us drive towards a higher purpose; leading the programming of WeVote’s account to build broader awareness and encourage engagement in Democracy and the rapidly approaching 2024 election cycle.

This role’s primary mission is to grow following and encourage viewers to share the passion behind WeVote by driving usage of our proprietary technology 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 to the VP, Head of Programming, but provides flexibility and meaningful oversight in managing YouTube using your unique experience creating for and programming the platform, as well as hacks and emerging trends.

Responsibilities:

Educate leadership on the latest YouTube trends and how they can be leveraged to program effectively to support the WeVote mission
Develop the ideal Programming Strategy for YouTube in collaboration with the Head of Programming, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief Content Officers.
Identify and secure potential collaborative, aligned creators to help accelerate opportunities to best tell the WeVote story on YouTube
Lead the aggregation and re-versioning of highly topical and trending content to build following and engagement on our YouTube account
Engage with creative team to suggest and optimize new content ideas for YouTube
Potentially be a front-facing creator on the YouTube channel
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)
Interface with the Data Analytics team, related to trends, conversions, user growth, engagement, etc.
Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis, drive programming decisions for our YouTube channel, making necessary recommendations to consistently improve our platform strategy based on post-performance, engagements, etc.

The ideal candidate is obsessed with YouTube, spending several hours a day viewing and/or creating on the platform. They are ideally a creator themselves or perhaps create for a media publisher or in a social marketing organization. They have their finger on the pulse of trends, top creators, and hacks and have successfully built and grown an audience and meaningful engagement themselves, or helped accelerate for other creators/organizations.

Also critical is the necessary interpersonal skills to work within an all-volunteer team who care deeply about Democracy and bring a collaborative, enthusiastic attitude to their volunteer duties.

Who you are: Must haves

The ideal candidate comes from either a media publisher or a social marketing organization and has relevant experience and a 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 as to why you are interested in WeVote and our mission.

Source : WeVote