Digital Fundraising Associate

Forward Blue•Washington, DC

4d•Remote

About The Position

Forward Blue is a grassroots-funded progressive PAC that raises money and builds power for bold Democrats across the country and turns out low-propensity young voters. The Digital Fundraising Associate helps run the day-to-day production of the organization’s email and SMS fundraising program, including building and quality-checking sends, managing segments and tests, drafting copy, and reporting results. The role offers hands-on responsibility and the opportunity to learn every stage of a small-dollar fundraising program. It is a cycle role with an opportunity to become permanent and an estimated end date of November 30, 2028. Most of the week is focused on production: building email and SMS sends, applying audience segments and suppression rules, and completing quality assurance. The associate also drafts and edits fundraising, petition, and survey messages; sets up and evaluates A/B tests; tracks list health and engagement; prepares reports; and helps coordinate with consultants and vendors. The role requires availability for rapid response, including some nights and weekends during breaking news or deadline periods. The position is 100% remote and open to candidates anywhere in the United States. Compensation includes employer-paid Platinum health, dental, and vision coverage, generous paid vacation and sick leave, flexible hours outside peak periods, and a home office stipend.

Requirements

At least one cycle or approximately one year on a digital team at a campaign, PAC, advocacy group, or digital firm, or a substantial digital fundraising internship or fellowship.
Hands-on experience building or quality-checking sends in at least one email platform or CRM, such as ActionKit, NGP/EveryAction, Action Network, Switchboard, or a similar platform.
Careful writing and a habit of catching errors before messages are sent.
Comfort with spreadsheets, including sorting, filtering, basic formulas, and simple summaries.
Willingness to take feedback quickly and apply it to the next draft.
Availability to be reachable some nights and weekends during peak moments.

Nice To Haves

Broadcast or peer-to-peer SMS experience.
Exposure to A/B testing and interpreting results.
Basic HTML for email templates.
Some SQL experience or interest in learning it.

Responsibilities

Build email and SMS sends end-to-end, including content, links, fundraising forms and refcodes, sender details, and scheduling.
Pull audience segments, apply suppressions and send rules from production plans, and flag potential issues.
Run a written quality-assurance checklist on each send, covering links, forms, refcodes, merge fields, targeting, and typos.
Draft and edit fundraising, petition, and survey emails and SMS in the organization’s house voice, incorporating feedback from senior staff.
Set up A/B tests on subject lines, senders, asks, formats, and send times, then send the winning version to the full list.
Maintain the testing log and share observations about results.
Track deliverability and engagement metrics and help maintain onboarding, reactivation, and sunset streams.
Prepare weekly and campaign-level reports on revenue, list growth, and engagement.
Help coordinate with consultants and vendors on paid list growth and outsourced fundraising.
Be available for rapid response, including some nights and weekends when news breaks or deadlines hit.