Manager, Digital Partnerships

Type of Position:Full-time, exempt, regular

Team:Digital

Reports To:Deputy Managing Director, Digital

About This Role

Climate Power has an immediate opening for an organized and thoughtful Manager, Digital Partnerships, to help scale and operationalize an innovative, thoughtful, targeted new media program and win the online narrative on the need for climate action.

The Digital Partnership Manager will report to the Deputy Managing Director, Digital – helping to build systems for the day-to-day partnership communication and coordination structures, and helping us to tell the story of our work’s impact.

Responsibilities

• Build systems for streamlined and impactful partnerships with new media brands and content creators that drive the conversation on climate, clean energy, extreme weather, pollution, and political accountability.
• Turn research and legislation into streamlined, digestible briefing materials and assets for digital-first brands and partners. (Not your traditional press releases or pitches!)
• Foster relationships, ideate on opportunities for engagement, operationalize consistent and tailored communication, develop plans for long-term activation and message consistency, and hone messages and pitches for the right partners in the right moments.
• Maintain cross-departmental internal campaign collaboration and planning – managing incoming requests, offering strategic insights, collaborating on brand best-fits, and identifying opportunities for growth.
• Track and report metrics and best practices across channels and audience demographics to varying stakeholders, while still prioritizing relationship-building and trust with online content creators, digital partners, media outlets, and agencies.

Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed and capacity dictates.

Essential Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant prior work experience in partnerships, digital communications, or social media strategy, including program and/or project management experience with a digital, communications, media, or political emphasis (or a combination of any!!);
• Experience or intuitive understanding of audiences on social media and digital platforms, from TikTok to YouTube, and Substack to Reddit;
• Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, often with competing timelines, solving complex problems in an innovative, effective, and timely manner, often across different teams;
• Experience managing or contributing to large-scale campaigns, including knowledge of budgeting and negotiation tactics, and pitching/planning messaging strategies; and
• Ability to build relationships with wide-ranging external and external collaborators – whether it be content creators, media outlets, digital partners, and influencer networks across interest areas and platforms to move hearts and minds in the fight against climate change.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with social media performance metrics and analytics across platforms, as well as best practices.
• A positive team player with a passion for progressive change.
• Excels in collaboration with co-workers, consultants, and vendors to produce effective strategies, meet deadlines, and reach goals.
• Ability to communicate complicated ideas in simple terms; excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with an eagle eye for typos and errors.

If you do not meet all of the requirements and believe you are a good fit, we encourage you to apply, but be sure to uplift all experience that aligns with both our essential and desired qualifications.

Salary & Benefits Package

Climate Power offers a competitive compensation package, including salaries that are commensurate with and directly tied to years of experience. Climate Power believes years of experience are a foundational element of equitable pay, and the primary metric used to determine one's salary. The full salary range for this role is listed below, with a given set of years correlating to a fixed 'step' or placement within a salary range. Salaries are otherwise non-negotiable, and not impacted by merit-based performance evaluations or other flexible and/or subjective factors.

Climate Power also offers a competitive benefits package, including the following:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurances
• • 100% paid for employee
  • 50% for their dependents
• Unlimited Paid Time off, including every other Friday and extended summer, fall, and winter breaks
• 401(k) with 5% match
• Education Assistance, including student loan repayment program
• Sabbatical Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Monthly Tech Allowance
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Work From Home Stipend, for home office furniture
• Treat Yourself Funds

The terms of your benefits and any applicable waiting period(s) are governed by relevant plan documents and any and all applicable policies, and are subject to change or discontinuation by the organization.

About Climate Power

Climate Power is a strategic communications organization focused on winning the politics of climate. We’re educating Americans about our climate progress, highlighting how clean energy investments benefit local communities, and holding Big Oil accountable for polluting our air and water. We use data-backed messages to pave a path for bold action and shine a light on the price of ignoring the climate crisis would cost our health, economy, and future generations.

It’s our job to tell the story of how climate action and clean energy investment are rebuilding our economy, lowering energy costs, and protecting our planet for future generations. We call out disinformation from bad actors like the Big Oil lobby, and make the climate stakes real for voters.

Location & Hours of Operations

Climate Power is a remote-first organization based in Washington, DC. This position can be located anywhere in the United States, but must be able to work Monday - Friday 9 am - 6 pm EST, plus weekends and evenings as the work dictates. Occasional travel is required as needed, typically 3-4 times per year.

Our Hiring Timeline and Process

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis and will continue to interview until the position is filled (posting will remain up until position filled).

An ideal start date would be on or before May 15, 2026.

Our interview process generally involves 2 rounds of interviews, ranging in length from 30-60 minutes. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet or Zoom. Successful candidates that move forward in the hiring process, will be invited to complete a skills assessment activity (for which they will receive payment) and will undergo a vetting process, including reference and background check.