Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: Deputy Communications Director

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party:
Deputy Communications Director LOCATION

St Paul, MN, 55107

$70000 - $90000 (Yearly)

Employer-sponsored health insurance offered

This role was posted by Arena-Trained employer.

Managed Paid Staff, Written press releases, speeches, or op-eds, Graphic Editing, Video Editing

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Communications

Party

Departmental Staff (a role in a specific department. Ex: Organizer, Finance Assistant, Social Media Manager)

Role: Deputy Communications Director

Location: St. Paul, MN (Hybrid – in-office 4 days/week with 1 remote day)

Classification: Full-time, Exempt

Department: Communications, Research, and Data

Reports To: Senior Director, Communications, Research, and Data

Salary
: $70,

Democrats across the country have looked to the Minnesota DFL Party as a model for how to win elections and improve people’s lives. For more than eighty years, the Minnesota DFL has worked tirelessly to enact progressive policies and provide a platform for those who need it most. We believe that every Minnesotan has a right to stable employment with fair wages, to a proper education, to raise and provide for a family, to accessible and affordable health care, to live in safe communities, and to retire with dignity and security.

The Deputy Communications Director helps drive the Minnesota DFL’s day-to-day communications operation, turning strategy and priorities into timely, effective execution across press, digital, and content functions.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Communications, Research, and Data, the Deputy Communications Director is a fast, highly organized communications operator with excellent judgment. They manage complex work streams from start to finish, anticipate needs, and help ensure the DFL’s communications priorities move from strategy through execution and impact.

• Work closely with the Senior Director, Communications, Research, and Data to translate broad communications strategy and priorities into clear workplans, deliverables, timelines, and next steps.

• Manage complex communications projects and workflows from concept through completion, coordinating contributors, decisions, and deadlines to move the work forward, stepping in personally to execute when needed.

• Serve as a central point of coordination for day-to-day communications execution, collaborating across the Communications, Research, and Data department and the larger organization.

• Manage the communications calendar, anticipate upcoming needs and opportunities, and proactively identify next steps and resolve gaps or obstacles.

• Draft and edit communications materials as needed, including message guidance, talking points, press releases, scripts, social and digital copy, remarks, and other written communications as assigned.

• Review, proofread, and strengthen content produced across the team for clarity, accuracy, message discipline, and consistency.

• Translate strategy, research, polling, policy, and political developments into effective communications across channels.

• Ensure a consistent DFL voice and narrative across channels.

• Maintain a rapid-response pipeline that moves breaking news and research quickly from identification through message development and distribution across channels.

• Coordinate with press, digital, research, data, and other departments as needed to determine the appropriate response, assign next steps, and ensure timely execution.

• Proactively flag developments and opportunities that warrant a response and recommend…