About the Role
The External Affairs Manager works with and reports to MRC’s Vice President of Free Speech America in a fast-paced environment to promote MRC’s work to the conservative movement and Capitol Hill.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Facilitating coalition efforts, with a special focus on growing the Free Speech Alliance, a 100+ member organization focused on protecting free speech rights:
- Recruiting coalition members
- Drafting letters and other promotional materials, including recruiting high-level signers for joint statements
- Coordinating partnerships for joint campaigns
- Managing all logistics and agendas for meetings with prominent conservative leaders, Hill allies, members of our coalition, the Executive Branch, and other allies.
- Managing all aspects of External Affairs digital outreach to high-level contacts, including drafting and sending tailored emails to segments and constantly monitoring the performance of those emails to improve open and click-through rates
- Representing MRC at local conservative meetings
- Identifying and recommending speaking opportunities for MRC president and MRC staff, and then managing all logistics involved for a successful speaking engagement
- Drafting letters and joint statements aimed at highlighting especially egregious instances of media bias
- Maintaining and improving the management of our conservative network via Salesforce
- Maintaining a running list of major public policy developments (e.g., - net neutrality, defunding CPB, corporate media mergers), and recommending and executing appropriate follow-up action
Required Experience & Education:
Bachelor's Degree preferred, plus 5 years of directly relevant work experience strongly preferred.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Solid writing skills
- Ability to meet with and brief senior executives
- Project management skills
- Database management
With this position, we are looking for a person with a unique skill set. The ideal
employee will work closely with MRC’s Vice President of Free Speech America to
effectively manage external coalitions, promote our work to the conservative movement
and coordinate internal teams. The external affairs manager must have an excellent
understanding of teamwork, particularly the ability to work well with senior staff in
executing organization-wide projects.