2026 Program Communications Director

About Us
Empower Project is the national leader in both paid and volunteer relational organizing (RO). 

Empower Project organizes to improve people’s lives using the power of relational organizing. Together with our partners, we’ve helped boost voter turnout, especially for BIPOC communities, through our approach of tapping into personal networks of friends and family. We provide the software and expertise to help communities, progressive organizations, and nonprofits leverage their personal relationships to build power and dramatically expand the electorate. Our cutting-edge technology, Empower, stands at the forefront of the industry and is trusted by over 1,500 organizations nationwide.

It’s effective. Empower has been studied in 12 different independently-run, randomly controlled trials which all found that its usage led to large and statistically significant increases in voter turnout — far more effective than phone-banking, text-banking, or door-to-door canvassing.

It’s growing fast. The number of conversations Empower facilitated grew by over 10x between the 2016 and 2018 election cycles, grew by 10x again in the 2020 election cycle, and then grew by 30x for the 2024 election cycle. In order to keep up that pace going forward, we need to grow our team and keep adding features that help our organizations!

About the Program and Role

In 2026 we’ll be running paid relational organizing programs – programs where we recruit folks to talk to their family and friends about elections and issues and then pay them for their time and effort – in up to 22 states.

Start Date: Thursday, January 15th, 2026
End Date: Friday, November 13th, 2026

Work hours will vary. For the first 7 months of employment, we will be working Monday - Friday. Starting after Labor Day, we will move to a six days per week, Sunday - Friday schedule, with Friday being a slightly shortened day, and Saturdays we will be off.

The Program Communications Director will report to the Paid Relational Organizing Director and will work closely with our communication's partners in each state to ensure that the tasks we give to our mobilizers are of strategic importance to the state, are factually accurate, and are communicated in a way our mobilizers can clearly understand.

The program plan will be sketched out by the Paid Relational Leadership team and will be fleshed out and given life by the Program Communications Director in partnership with state leaders.

This position is an opportunity to play a crucial role in a groundbreaking program in the 2026 election cycle.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with in-state and national communication partners to create Calls to Action for our mobilizers. These Calls to Action could include relational tasks, social media sharing tasks, or story collection tasks and the Program Communications Director will be responsible for all facets of these tasks.
• Maintain detailed state plans for the Calls to Action.
• Create and schedule Calls to Action in the Empower App and ensure correct timing for all.
• Collaborating with team members, other departments, and external partners as needed to ensure Calls to Action are completed effectively and efficiently and mobilizers are paid for their work on time without error.
• Assisting with payment data management and the execution and analysis of analytics strategies to raise awareness of the program
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external communications partners and build trust with them.
• Ultimately, the Program Communications Director will have to hire deputies to manage the workload. This role will hire their own staff and be responsible for creating an inclusive, welcoming, and efficient work place for those team members.

Who would be a good fit?

This opportunity is perfect for someone who has a history of working in and around progressive campaigns and organizing for at least 6 years and has a passion for doing something different.

We're looking for a campaign professional who has:

• Experience Managing Political Relationships: Ability to quickly build trust and rapport with our state partners is crucial to the success of this role.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Proficiency in clearly communicating with team members and mobilizers. Most importantly, the ability to breakdown political jargon into clear, easy to understand language for the masses.
• Strong Attention to Detail: Ability to meticulously manage the programs in multiple states, while ensuring factual accuracy and grammatical correctness.
• Demonstrated Ability to Learn New Political Tech: Experience with the Empower App or other relational organizing tools is preferred, but the ability to pick up new skills and learn the Empower App also works.
• Adaptability and Flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing operational needs and workload, particularly the ability to reorganize program in light of local or national rapid response needs.
• Strong Management and Culture Building History: Ability to inspire and manage a team to achieve set goals and create a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment free from discrimination or harassment, all in a remote setting.
• Reliable Access to Phone, Laptop, and WiFi
• U.S. Work Authorization

What's the compensation like?

Salary: $9,000 per month

We provide health insurance and paid personal days.

Empower Project is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate based on age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference. Women, persons of color, and individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community are strongly encouraged to apply.