POSITION SUMMARY

Organizers at Point Blank are experts in digital acquisition, engagement and mobilization for advocacy, organizing and fundraising campaigns. You will be hands-on in the strategic development, planning, building, delivery and evaluation of a wide-range of digital and field campaigns and programs on behalf of our awesome clients. You already have experience with a variety of digital tools and platforms, but you’re eager to experiment and try new things. You also have an understanding of benchmarks, best practices and the mechanics of a successful digital and field campaigns.

This is a permanent full-time position open to all applicants permitted to work in Canada.

Point Blank is committed to equitable hiring, development, and promotion with recognition that equity-seeking candidates continue to face systemic barriers to employment. We see immense value in hiring, training and promoting professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds. Because of this, we particularly encourage candidates from equity-seeking and under-represented backgrounds to apply.

WHAT YOU DO

Organizing at Point Blank refers to any strategies or tactics our clients use to engage with their members, list or supporters to build power in service of a campaign goal. This could include email fundraising programs, engagement, recruitment, mobilization, GOTV, and capacity building like CRM setup, data migration and training.

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop the organizing strategy for your assigned projects including drafting and taking ownership over planning documents, briefs and organizing calendars
• Ensure the successful deployment and delivery of your organizing strategies and tactics, providing oversight and approval for all key organizing deliverables
• Execute innovative digital organizing campaigns across email, organic social media, boosted/paid social media, texting, phone banking and more
• Brief creative leads, including writers and designers, to support the development of impactful organizing deliverables
• Measure the impact of organizing strategies and tactics, providing qualitative and quantitative reporting with strategic analysis and recommendations
• Write campaign and impact reports
• Identify innovative approaches, tools and tactics to help our clients win
• Provide mentorship and coaching to team members
• Deliver work that’s impactful, innovative and fun

Requirements

WHO YOU ARE

• A community/digital organizer or campaigner with strong people skills and familiarity with the latest field and digital organizing strategies and tactics.
• Have held a related role in a political, labour, non-profit, NGO or progressive organization; or have related experience in movement building and/or issue-based campaigning; or have comparable experience in an adjacent sector
  

MUST-HAVES

• 1 - 5 years of experience in organizing or campaigning
• Tech savvy - comfortable using and learning a wide range of systems, tools and platforms
• Able to work occasional flexible hours on evenings and weekends as needed

ADDITIONAL ASSETS (NICE-TO-HAVES)

• Professional fluency in French.
• Experience working in tech, advertising, labour, electoral or political campaigns sectors.

WHO WE ARE

Some agencies use creativity to sell products. We use creativity to change the world. So if you’ve landed on this job posting because you want to sell fast food, fast cars, pharma or fashion, then you’ve come to the wrong place.

Founded in 2009, Point Blank Creative is a national full-service agency working to unleash the power of progressive movements by bringing together best practices in traditional advertising, digital, and community organizing. We work with movements and causes we care about, with a particular focus on the labour movement, electoral politics, health care, and issues of economic, social, and environmental justice.

Our team is an incredible group of progressives who have all chosen to work at Point Blank for the same reason it was founded: to help progressive organizations build effective tools, winning campaigns, and game-changing movements. We’re proud to say that our 50+ staff hail from 8+ countries, speak 6+ languages, 64% are women, non-binary or gender non-conforming —and we have BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ at every level of the agency.

We work and live on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe and Coast Salish peoples, as well as the Coast Salish territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen)/Songhees, Esquimalt, WSÁNEĆ Nations, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nations; in Treaty 6 territory, the traditional meeting ground and home for many Indigenous peoples, including Plains and Woodland Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux, Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, and Nakota Sioux peoples; in Treaty 13, the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat peoples, this land is also home to many diverse Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Why work with us?

• Our entire team is committed to social change. We work with causes and movements we believe in - and we have a great time doing it.

• We offer paid health leave and an extended benefits package - including a health and dental plan.
• We offer flexible working arrangements using a hybrid model where employees can opt to work from home and in the office.
• Our Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa offices are centrally located - close to transit and great places to live and eat.

Compensation

Salary is commensurate with experience and expected to be in the range of $68,000 - $72,500.

To Apply

Step 1: Apply by clicking the 'Apply for this job' button.

Step 2: Submissions will be reviewed, and top applicants invited for an interview. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Closing Date: Preference will be given to internal applicants who apply by 5:00pm PST December 20th, 2022

Please note, for in-person work at our offices or with clients, employees are expected to be fully vaccinated

Point Blank is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation at any point during this process, please notify careers@pointblankcreative.ca and we will work with you to jointly address your needs.