Given Big Tech’s profound array of harms and dangers for kids, teens, and young adults, Design It For Us (DIFU) has been at the forefront of elevating the lived experiences of young people and building partnerships with youth activists and organizations towards our shared objective of creating the digital future young people deserve.
Design It For Us has grown in its size and scope, and is now looking for a Deputy Campaign Director to support and help drive Design It For Us’ campaign initiatives and expand our capacity and impact. The campaigner will work closely with the Managing Director, Campaigns & Policy Director, and the Co-Chairs of the DIFU coalition to co-create, spearhead and steward members through creative, timely and scaled place-based actions and events, while maintaining working relationships with state and national leaders.
We’re looking for someone with youth organizing and advocacy campaigning experience. Previous success in elevating the voices of Gen Z and a demonstrated ability to take an idea and turn it into reality are critical to this start-up organization. The ideal candidate won’t be afraid to jump in and identify rapid-response or partnership opportunities, while also creating, tracking, and managing new and ongoing efforts and measuring impact.
As the Deputy Campaign Director, you will:
Collaborate closely with DIFU leadership to bring their vision to life
Lead in the creation and execution of events, actions and other advocacy initiatives, including lobby days, demonstrations and rallies.
Partner with Co-Chairs to organize youth leadership and general members around campaign activities
Work directly with Co-Chairs to build and maintain infrastructure that enables members to participate in the advocacy initiatives you are responsible for driving
Identify and build necessary grassroots structure to drive DIFU’s youth-led initiatives
Build and grow partnerships with allied organizations and individuals to execute DIFU’s work
Engage with Co-Chairs to expand DIFU’s membership through long-term organizing strategy
Deliver successful campaigns and initiatives that drive forward DIFU’s mission
Employ multi-disciplinary campaign management – able to come up with campaign actions, manage youth volunteers, organize coalition-building events, and more
Track, manage and execute campaign tactics to drive incremental, structural change to the Big Tech business model
Build relationships with external partners and manage coalition campaign efforts
Create and maintain project trackers and keep campaign plans up to date
Become well-versed in best practices and legal requirements for working with minors
Understand the difference between c3 and c4 work and be able to uphold and reflect critical requirements in your work
Project manage cross-functional teams to support all of the above
One month in, you'll know you’re successful in this role because you’ll:
Have established a regular communication cadence with the leaders of DIFU
Understand the short-term and long-term needs for DIFU
Be comfortable discussing the objectives and policies of DIFU
Have an understanding of the position we uniquely hold in the movement, and across our target states
Three months in, you’ll know you’re successful in this role because you’ll:
Help build out new actions and events, and support Co-Chairs in building additional outreach efforts for such events
Successfully start supporting the expansion of DIFU’s membership through our leadership pipeline and engagement opportunities
Be writing organizing and campaign plans, soliciting ideas and feedback from your colleagues and the DIFU leadership, and be implementing them
Engage with external partners and represent DIFU in meetings, coalition calls, and at events
About You:
You’re deeply concerned about how the business model behind social media and AI products poses an existential threat to our wellbeing, and are driven to bring about long-term structural reforms to the industry
You’re committed to the values of diversity and inclusion and excited to bring an equity lens to tech accountability work
You have at least 1 year of prior full-time professional experience working in advocacy and coalition building and/or technology
You have at least 1 year of prior full-time professional experience working with young people or elevating the voices of young people on public policy issues, on and off college campuses
You’re organized, detail-oriented, and focused even in a fast-paced work environment
You’re comfortable working on tight deadlines and balancing multiple projects; you’re confident when it comes to prioritization, especially in rapid response moments
You’re self-motivated and don’t need too much oversight to move ideas into action or accomplish work by an agreed-upon deadline
You have experience working with partner organizations, coalitions and/or allies on shared goals or campaigns
You’re a strong communicator who isn’t afraid to speak up or ask questions; you’re skilled at leading presentations or pitching a campaign idea
You have experience designing and executing strategic advocacy campaigns
In addition, it would be a bonus if:
You’re familiar with the ins and outs of advocacy campaigning, and have held a prior campaigner role
You’re familiar with the impact of tech on digital natives
You have experience in policy analysis
You’re experienced in project planning and comfortable with lateral management
You’re familiar with social media platforms, including both the largest platforms like Instagram or TikTok, as well as smaller or alternative platforms
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance; employer contribution to 401 (k); stipend for work-from-home supplies and cell phone expenses; and 25 days of PTO that can be used for sick or vacation days in addition to paid holidays.
About Design It For Us
Design It For Us is a youth-led coalition leveraging grassroots power to disrupt Big Tech’s harmful business models. The coalition is led by a team of people between the ages of 18 and 26 and supported by an array of youth-led organizations, staff, and advisors fighting for a better online world for everyone. We're building something new and necessary: a first-of-its-kind movement to design an online world where we can all thrive. Design It For Us is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit of Global Impact.
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