Deputy Digital Director

Our Deputy Digital Director will support Project 26’s digital strategy statewide. The Deputy Digital Director, in concert with the Digital Director, will oversee the organization’s social media and content creation pipeline and support digital operations spanning our digital organizing efforts to paid media programs, ensuring our online presence drives action in the campus community and translates to votes at the ballot box.

• Own cross‑platform strategy for Instagram, Tik Tok, and emerging platforms
• Monitor analytics daily and adjust strategy in real time
• Lead experimentation on trends, formats, and platform shifts

• Directly manage two Digital Organizers
• Oversee performance, workflow, and content quality
• Coach team members to improve political messaging and platform fluency

• Set quality control standards and ensure message discipline
• Build scalable systems for fellow onboarding, feedback, and performance tracking

• Lead platform response during breaking political moments
• Ensure content connects electoral stakes to student life
• Align digital messaging with organizing, communications, and data teams

• Maintain dashboards and track KPIs across all accounts
• Identify underperforming accounts and implement growth interventions

• Min 1 year of direct experience in digital communications, political campaigns, advocacy, or social media strategy
• Experience managing staff or leading a digital team
• Deep understanding of Instagram and Tik Tok growth mechanics
• Strong political instincts & ability to translate complex issues into culturally fluent content
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure electoral environment
• Passionate about youth civic engagement and student‑led power

• Experience scaling multi‑account digital programs
• Background in Pennsylvania politics or youth organizing

• The Deputy Digital Director will report directly to the Digital Director.
• This role is a full‑time, hybrid position based in Pennsylvania; this role requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time and may require some statewide travel.
• Compensation &
  
  Hours:
  
  Compensation for this role ranges from $6,500 – $7,120/month and includes PTO, health benefits, and a technology stipend.
  • There may be points throughout the year where the Deputy Digital Director is asked to work additional hours and/or weekends.
• Blackout Periods:
  During key mobilization periods, staff will observe PTO blackout dates. Barring parental, bereavement, or another protected leave class, staff will not be able to take PTO during these times.
  • The month of August
  • 10 days before a Voter Registration Deadline
  • 10 days before a General or Primary election

Please submit this short application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with interviews starting in mid‑June.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law.

We see diversity of all kinds as essential to doing our work well. We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse composition of America itself. We strongly encourage applications from structurally marginalized and under‑represented communities and experiences to apply.