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Drive Medium adoption with progressive thought leaders, Members of Congress, and advocacy organizations

Medium has emerged as the new op-ed page, where people who have ideas of consequence publish, interact meaningfully with an engaged, thoughtful audience, and drive conversation forward around the most important issues of our day. It’s where the White House publishes about the Iran deal and senators weigh in with their support or opposition. Or where presidential candidates and leaders articulate their solutions to problems like addiction and higher ed costs, through personal narrative.

We are building a new kind of media product — one centered around conversation and reaction, where audience engagement is not an afterthought but something inherent to the Medium experience. A place for thoughtful and authentic voices to connect, collide, and converse — through words and images — to build upon, or challenge, our understandings, making us all smarter as a result. Medium is a network for the exchange of ideas.

What will this role do?

The ideal candidate is based in Washington, D.C., deeply immersed in the city’s culture, and recognized as an expert in the progressive politics and story telling. He or she will leverage their relationships and editorial skills to recruit progressive politicians, advocacy organizations and activists, and thought leaders to publish and drive conversation forward on Medium.

He or she will have an instinct for news and intuitively know the right person to contact about writing at the right time. He or she will work hand-in-hand with these users and their teams to onboard them to Medium, come up with the right ideas, and trouble-shoot. And he or she will follow up to make sure they’ve had the best experience on the platform possible — and think of Medium first when they have something they want to say.

They may have a background in digital media, working in Congress, journalism, political campaigns, or something else all together. They will have a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, excellent presentation and writing skills, boundless creativity, passion for politics, and a good sense of humor, as illustrated by this fake ram on our wall.

This role specifically entails:

• Developing an outreach strategy and tactics to help Medium meet its goals and objectives;
• Identifying and pitching high profile individuals and organizations;
• Facilitating set-up of Medium accounts;
• Documenting and evangelizing best practices for progressive thinkers and leaders;
• Surfacing opportunities for engagement and participation in conversations of consequence;
• Determining features for this group of users and working with Medium’s product teams to implement them.