Tuesday, 7 May 2013

(Career Progress) Fwd: [NOI-Jobs] JOBS: Communications & Research Departments (DNC)


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    From: dncjobs@dnc.org <bernard.coleman@gmail.com>
    Date: Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:12 AM
    Subject: [noi-jobs] JOB: DNC Positions in the Communications and Research
    Departments (Washington, DC)
    To: noi-jobs@googlegroups.com
     
     
    *POSITION:** *Regional Press Secretary and Director of
    African American Media
    *DEPARTMENT:** *Communications
    *LOCATION:** *Washington, DC
    *TO APPLY: *Resumes should be emailed to: *
    DNCPress@gmail.com* <DNCPress@gmail.com>
     
    NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
     
     
     
    The DNC is hiring a regional press secretary and Director of African
    American Media. Regional press secretaries at the DNC formulate and
    promote the DNC's message regionally. As Director of African American
    Media, this staffer will work closely with constituency and political
    staffers at the DNC to execute strategy in reaching out to the African
    American community through national, regional, and specialty media.
     
     
     
    Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
     
     
     
    · Working with constituency and political staffers to develop
    messaging targeting the African American community and issues of importance
    to the community.
     
    · Drafting press releases/advisories, op-eds, and talking points.
     
    · Working with state parties and local campaigns and Democratic
    groups as legally permissible.
     
    · Organizing press conferences.
     
    · Pitching story ideas to regional reporters.
     
    · Responding to press inquiries.
     
     
     
    *SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:*
     
     
     
    · Candidate must have at least 4 years professional communications
    experience;
     
    · On the record experience;
     
    · Strong organizational skills, experience meeting deadlines, and
    the ability to write quickly about complicated matters with minimal
    direction;
     
    · Strong relationships with African American media preferred;
     
    · Demonstrated flexibility and a sense of humor;
     
    · Strong interest in and commitment to politics is a must.
     
     
     
    *
     
    POSITION*: Video Systems Administrator
    *DEPARTMENT*: Research
    *LOCATION*: Washington, DC
     
    *TO APPLY**:* Please email resume, cover letter,
    and salary requirements to *ResumesR@dnc.org*. Please include any
    programming, video, or technical qualifications in your application. No
    phone calls, please.
     
     
     
    The Video Systems Administrator is an entry level position within the DNC
    Research Department, and will be responsible for maintaining and growing
    our video capture servers and one of the largest video databases in
    politics.
     
    *Responsibilities:*
     
    The Administrator will handle both daily backup of broadcast media and
    retrieval from the archive when responding to requests. The administrator
    will be responsible for keeping all research hardware in good working order
    as well as implementation of key features and major system upgrades in the
    coming year. The Administrator is also responsible for monitoring our
    recorded programming schedule, and capturing events. When needed, the
    administrator may be asked to perform basic IT tasks for the Research and
    Communications departments.
     
    The Administrator will be the primary point of contact for development and
    maintenance of our extensive video database. The Administrator should be
    familiar with both the front-end and back-end of the database and should be
    prepared to be heavily involved with development tasks alongside our
    development team. The Administrator should understand both the technical
    and qualitative needs of the database, and be prepared to offer creative
    solutions and proactively identify needs. A familiarity with large
    databases and search functions is helpful.
     
    In addition, the Administrator should be well-versed in current events,
    political media and cable news, and feel comfortable working in a rapid
    response environment. The Administrator may at times be asked to assist
    other core functions of the video team as needed, including light video
    editing.
     
    *Requirements:
    *
    Although experience with video files and the DNC's specific recording and
    data programs are preferred, they are not expected nor required. Strong
    familiarity with Windows workstation troubleshooting and repair is
    required. Candidates should be well-organized and able to multi-task
    short-term and long-term tasks. Political experience, judgment and
    knowledge of the media is preferred. Knowledge of basic web applications
    with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and a scripting language (e.g. Python, Perl, Ruby)
    a very strong plus." Must be in DC or be willing to relocate to the
    Washington, D.C. Area
     
    *Other details:*
     
    - You should be ready to work hard; this isn't a 9-5 sort of job
    - You should have the ability to work under deadline pressure and manage
    multiple projects
     
    The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among
    its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest
    commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the
    best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal
    opportunity employer and it our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and
    administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age,
    color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual
    orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity
    or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will
    not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly
    prohibited.
     
     
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