Career Opportunities

Location: Remote within the U.S.

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. We produce news you can do something about. Powered by millions of dedicated activists, we’re transforming media and organizing by empowering regular Americans to reshape politics.

Daily Kos is an exciting place to work! Our site is used by hundreds of thousands of people a day who care deeply about progressive politics and are working to affect real political change. We provide an extensive feature set that extends from blogging to activism and beyond, built on top of a modern tool chain that includes Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, SASS, JavaScript, React/Redux, Nginx, Varnish, and AWS/S3/Cloudfront. We have an energized team of amazing people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. If you’re interested in a position that offers more than just a technical challenge, we’d love for you to join our passionate and dedicated team.

We are seeking a Director of Engineering with direct and applicable engineering experience who will lead a smart and motivated team of developers in evolving the Daily Kos stack to a services-oriented architecture. The director of engineering will work closely with the Vice President of Engineering to realize the organization’s goals.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor Engineering Managers
• Partner with the Vice President of Engineering to implement strategic vision for the applications team
• Foster a spirit of collaboration and transparency
• Effectively communicate technical vision organizationally
• Collaborate with direct reports and individual contributors to scope, design, and deliver solutions for large, complex challenges in the Daily Kos platform
• Partner with team members to deliver high quality product releases in suitable time frames
• Actively participate in architectural planning and implementation
• Clearly communicate technical issues and tie work to company objectives
• Design for scale and reliability with the future in mind and do critical R&D
• Guide team members through persistently debugging the toughest issues through the entire stack regardless of environment, finding root cause or a viable workaround
• Drive foundational work benefiting their domain and engineering overall
• De-escalate conflicts and build consensus between team members about technical matters

Experience:

• At least 5 years of management experience preferably in a 100% remote company
• At least 5 years building and architecting ruby on rails or react projects
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Strong familiarity of MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Varnish, and Redis
• Solid understanding of Linux
• Experience with large and complex code bases, utilizing API design techniques to help keep code clean and maintainable

Qualifications:

• Strong and proven people leadership skills
• Deep understanding of modern web application best practices
• Thought leader highly skilled in making technical decisions, influencing architecture, and prioritization across multiple teams
• Ability to anticipate technical challenges, explore alternatives and trade-offs thoroughly
• In-depth understanding of full stack; can navigate and make legacy code maintainable
• Focused on defining patterns and operational guidelines for your domain
• Capable of successfully planning and delivering complex, multi-team, or system projects
• Identifies problems that need to be solved and advocates for their prioritization
• Able to reduce unneeded complexity
• Excellent communication skills, primarily in a virtual work environment
• Willingness to travel occasionally for events or retreats

Salary range: $175,000 - $200,000

Benefits:

Daily Kos is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation

• Remote-first work environment

• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits

• Access to a Health Advocate

• 401K with a 5% company match

• 9 Company-paid holidays

• 6 weeks vacation

• Paid Sick Time

• Traumatic Grief Leave

• Paid parental/family/medical leave

• Remote Worker Stipend

• Professional Development Stipend

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Flex Spending Account

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Company paid short & long term disability

• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position and reports to the Vice President of Engineering. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. In addition, our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long-term position.

At Daily Kos, we believe that diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures helps us be more effective activists. We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with backgrounds and talents energized by the news events and people united by a common cause. We love learning and support training for employees to continue career growth.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: No Soliciting. Daily Kos does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

LOCATION: Remote within the US
Sales Region: Washington DC & New York

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. We produce news you can do something about. Powered by millions of dedicated activists, we’re transforming media and organizing by empowering regular Americans to reshape politics.

Daily Kos is hiring a full-time Account Executive to help drive the advertising revenue business. In this role, you will be responsible for working with political organizations, nonprofits, and advocacy groups to meet their advertising and organizing objectives and effectively reach their target audiences. In addition, you will be responsible for strategically approaching the marketplace to generate revenue and meet sales targets.

The Account Executive will identify potential prospects and be responsible for pitching, presenting, and closing deals. This role requires focus, drive, and strong communication skills. In addition, the Account Executive will engage in advocacy and nonprofit sectors, news-focused and digitally savvy.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to have an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to operate independently. Our offices are in Oakland, CA, and Washington, D.C.; however, we are open to fully remote applicants.

Responsibilities:

• Work through the sales cycle from beginning to end: prospecting and education, presenting, pitching, objection handling, negotiating, closing, and upselling/renewing to grow new business in the non-profit, political, and advocacy markets
• Create informative sales presentations to demonstrate the value of Daily Kos and how its products can help clients to connect with their target audiences
• Utilize internal tools and CRMs to track opportunities, meetings, revenue, and sales activity
• Schedule meetings with potential and current clients to keep them up to date on the latest offerings at Daily Kos and to build and maintain strong relationships
• Be a subject matter expert on Daily Kos and represent our brand in the marketplace
• Communicate clearly and effectively with clients to ensure their goals are being met
• Demonstrate strong presentation skills and the ability to pivot and handle objections
• Be a strategic thinker. Regularly brainstorm new and innovative solutions for clients
• Meet and exceed quarterly revenue goals
• Work collaboratively with other internal departments towards common goals

Experience:

• 3-5 years of sales experience with a successful track record of meeting and exceeding sales goals
• Sales experience working with political, nonprofit, and advocacy clients and a deep set of relationships that you can bring to Daily Kos
• Knowledge and understanding of the current news landscape and experience within the progressive political/nonprofit technology space

Qualifications:

• Highly driven and passionate about servicing non-profit, political, and advocacy clients
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Established relationships within the political, nonprofit, and advocacy sectors
• Deep knowledge of the digital advertising landscape
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Solutions-oriented as well as goal-oriented
• Ability to work independently

Salary Range: $105,000 - $125,000 base+ commissions

Benefits:

Daily Kos is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• Access to a Health Advocate
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position and reports to the Sr. Vice President of Sales and Client Services. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. In addition, our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long-term position.

At Daily Kos, we believe that diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures helps us be more effective activists. We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with backgrounds and talents energized by the news events and people united by a common cause. We love learning and support training for employees to continue career growth.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: Principals Only. Daily Kos does not accept agency calls or resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.

Location: Remote within the US
Sales Region: Washington DC & New York

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. We produce news you can do something about. Powered by millions of dedicated activists, we’re transforming media and organizing by empowering regular Americans to reshape politics.

Daily Kos is hiring a full-time Account Manager to work collaboratively with an Account Executive on the sales team to support and drive the revenue business. In this role, you will be responsible for working with political organizations, nonprofits, and advocacy groups to meet their advertising and organizing objectives and effectively reach their target audiences. In addition, you will be responsible for working in tandem with an Account Executive in order to manage and own the client relationship post-sale.

Working closely with an Account Executive partner, the Account Manager will fulfill sold advertising and lead generation deals by executing paid campaigns, growing lists, ad trafficking, and collecting creative materials for campaigns. The AM will be the central point of contact for all customer service management including answering client questions and engaging on active paid campaigns. This role will focus on managing paid digital campaigns, and also upselling products or add-on services that make sense based on the client’s objectives. This role requires strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and excellent written and oral communication skills. In addition, the AM should be motivated to meet sales quotas and larger organizational revenue goals, while keeping clients happy and well tended to.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to have a professional business mindset and the ability to operate in a fast-paced yet collaborative and team-oriented environment. Our offices are in Oakland, CA, and Washington, D.C.; however, we are open to fully remote applicants.

Responsibilities:

• Seamlessly take over and manage sold paid advertising and lead generation campaigns as they are passed over from the Account Executive.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with active clients who are running paid campaigns. Provide timely responses, ensure their campaigns are running as booked, and regularly provide updates and optimization ideas for success.
• Ensure all required materials and assets are properly collected from clients to ensure campaigns can launch on time.
• Utilize internal tools and CRMs to track client communications, updates and any relevant sales activity.
• Brainstorm and propose new ideas and additional products or services that could help active clients to achieve their goals. Renewing, upselling and targeted prospecting is an important part of this role.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting to clients so they can regularly understand that their goals are being met as promised.
• Be a positive representative of the Daily Kos brand in the marketplace.
• Demonstrate strong problem solving skills by handling challenging situations and overcoming roadblocks.
• Meet and exceed quarterly revenue goals.
• Work collaboratively with your Account Executive as well as other internal departments towards common goals.

Experience:

• 2-5 years of experience in a digital communications or advertising sales support and/or customer service role.
• Knowledge and understanding of the current news landscape.
• Some experience working within the political, nonprofit, or advocacy space.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• A bias towards client satisfaction.
• Solutions and goal-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work collaboratively.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $86,000 + commissions

Benefits:
Daily Kos is proud to deliver a strong total rewards program to our employees.

The position offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• Access to a Health Advocate
• 401K with a 5% company match
• 9 Company-paid holidays
• 6 weeks vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Traumatic Grief Leave
• Paid parental/family/medical leave
• Remote Worker Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid short & long term disability
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness benefit

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position and reports to the Sr. Vice President of Sales and Client Services. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. In addition, our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long-term position.

At Daily Kos, we believe that diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures helps us be more effective activists. We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with backgrounds and talents energized by the news events and people united by a common cause. We love learning and support training for employees to continue career growth.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Note: Principals Only. Daily Kos does not accept agency calls or resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.