Director, Advocacy - Full-time

As a POOLHOUSE Director, you’ll play a lead role in supporting our advocacy team in our never-ending quest to deliver high-quality campaigns and assets to our clients. The position includes managing the day-to-day client needs, helping develop effective strategies, all while collaborating with a diverse group of creatives, designers, strategists, and producers.

Our ideal candidate is someone who enjoys:

• Working in the space where creativity, advocacy, and the political landscape meet.
• Creative problem solving and strategic thinking.
• Learning and growing from your teammates and clients.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Assist the VP of Advocacy in scoping, defining, estimating, and managing projets and timelines for advocacy clients
• Overseeing client programs from conception to completion by anticipating challenges and ensuring deadlines are met both internally and externally
• Help foster relationships with clients through responsible communications
• Manage your own workflow according to set procedures and timelines including juggling multiple projects simultaneously and understand project priorities in the context of agency and client expectations
• Manage and participate in internally feedback and quality control for all deliverables
• Draft briefs for both internal and external audiences

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience
• Strong communication skills both written and verbally
• Willingness to learn new things and new ways of doing things
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining order
• Ability to adapt to new situations and solve problems on the fly with a team
• A shared passion and curiosity for making change and a commitment to quality that ensures we’re always making progress
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to occasionally work long hours, occasional weekends, and travel when necessary
• Position is based in Washington, DC; applicants must be willing and able to fulfill the role in person.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on industry standards
• A collaborative and creative work environment
• 100% employer covered medical, dental and vision insurance
• 100% employer covered medical for dependents
• 12 days of PTO a year
• Generous paid holiday schedule including Thanksgiving week and Christmas Break
• Parental leave
• 401k with employer match
• Company funding for relevant continued education and skill development