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Description

POLITICO’s mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed. We experiment to avoid being disrupted and we have fun disrupting others. And we are not afraid to risk failure if it means being the best at what we do.

POLITICO seeks a dynamic Audience and Promotion Specialist to join the POLITICO Live team in our Arlington, Virginia headquarters. The Specialist will play a supporting role in delivering a highly influential audience for POLITICO’s high-profile newsworthy events, programs, and experiences for clients, editorial franchises, brand moments and other needs as determined by the business. You will help drive the success of events by developing and engaging our audiences with compelling content to promote POLITICO Live events and attract an in-person and online audience. You will support day-to-day marketing of a portfolio of live events for POLITICO, in partnership with key stakeholders across the organization, including Marketing and Communications, revenue teams, Editorial, and the broader POLITICO Live team.

The role is highly collaborative; one that requires a combination of attention to detail, community and interest building, a creative approach to traditional marketing tactics, proactive communication, and nimble project management across teams and competing events.

The ideal candidate is creative and a self-starter, who thrives in fast-paced environments. We are looking for a highly resourceful individual who is self-motivated, agile, and entrepreneurial to support a dynamic calendar of events, big and small, at an exciting moment for our organization. An ability to spot and implement new social media trends is a plus!

What You'll Do:

• Support and execute multi-dimensional audience development campaigns for POLITICO Live events designed to engage POLITICO’s event community, target influencer audiences, VIPs, and strategic clients

• Generate promotional content for POLITICO’s portfolio of events, weaving together compelling editorial and event content, newsroom talent, video and photography, leadership profiles and personalities that brings POLITICO’s mission and core franchises to life, translating the goals of each event into marketing hooks and campaigns

• Support all aspects of audience promotion and event marketing, inclusive of creating and testing engaging email and social formats and copy, digitizing event content for promotion, social media management and optimization (organic and paid), creating game-day coverage plans, and post-event audience reporting

• Maintain excellent working relationships with key cross-department stakeholders, peers, and their teams, including VIP Engagement, POLITICO Live, Marketing and Communications, Editorial, and external consultants among others

• Execute and enhance project timelines to effectively meet tactical and strategic objectives across departments to ensure event marketing and promotion is organized pre, during, and post all events, including pre-event marketing plan consultation and implementation, content and agenda planning and alignment, on-site event marketing tactics, event reporting and follow-up, and other tasks as required

• Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and developments and look for new opportunities to take our social experiences to the next level

• Ensure exceptional project management of events, including the ownership of timelines and templates, driving best practices, and upward communication to your manager

What You'll Need:

• A demonstrated interest in politics, policy, and the political process

• 1-2+ years of experience in event marketing and social media, ideally for a news, media or political organization

• Experience with increasing brand engagement and spotting social trends

• Experience supporting audience building and executing marketing and promotional tactics including email marketing, paid social media marketing, etc.

• Excellent organizational skills, project management, and consistent attention to detail

• Exceptional written communication skills

• Outstanding interpersonal and verbal communication skills; ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment while adapting to shifting priorities and marketing multiple events

• Demonstrated problem solving skills and the ability to work well under pressure

• Experience using Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint along with social platforms like, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and event software and registration platforms like Splash

• Ability to travel to events and functions in Washington

  We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

  We value our people. Click here (https://www.politico.com/blogs/meet-politico/2017/08/24/faq-241910) for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.

  Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here (https://recruiting.ultipro.com/PER1013PCLL/JobBoard/b972ff6a-41b7-4e97-9c71-273c2595c77d/?q=&o=postedDateDesc) and email us careers@politico.com. We hope to see your application soon!

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