DIGITAL LEAD

Sunrise Movement Education Fund; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

The Sunrise Movement Education Fund seeks a Digital Lead to produce effective digital communications, including graphic design for social media, web, merch, and protest art. You will write copy, edit simple videos, and support narrative strategy with the Communications Team.

You will also coach movement members on creative skills and help mobilize supporters for climate justice campaigns. You will work remotely with the Communications Team, coordinating across hubs and programs to tell

Qualifications

• 2 years of digital and communications experience in movement spaces.
• Proficiency with Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma.
• Experience producing social media content to support campaigns.
• Political fluency with current events from a movement perspective.
• Understanding of climate, economic, and racial justice intersections (Green New Deal familiarity).
• Commitment to movement-building and political education with progressive narratives.

Responsibilities

• Lead graphic design for communications that mobilize people and fundraise.
• Create social media copy and edit simple videos for campaigns.
• Develop and manage digital content for paid advertising campaigns.
• Collaborate with the Communications Team to shape narrative strategy.
• Coordinate with staff, volunteers, and partners to inform digital messaging.
• Track goals and metrics for digital work across campaigns.
• Coach hub volunteers to create storytelling strategies for local campaigns.
• Design trainings and resources to build digital skills across programs.

Skills

Digital communications

Graphic design

Movement building

Tools

Canva

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Job description

Deadline to apply: Applications will be accepted internally for this position until November4, 2026 and externally on a rolling basis.Classification + Hours: Exempt employee, full timeLocation: RemoteStart date: December 2026Manager: Digital DirectorTravel: On average every 2-3 monthsUnion Eligibility: This position is eligible to participate in Sunrise’s CWA Labor Union.Teams: Communications TeamCompensation: $59,256-$66,750 annually depending on years of experience. In addition, Sunrise provides a special city allowance of $4,176 or $6,999.98 if the hire resides in a metro/micro area. This role also receives yearly salary increases.Benefits: Sunrise offers a benefits package with 100% paid premiums for health care, dental, and vision. Along with unlimited paid vacation time, and other paid time off opportunities. Option to contribute to 401k and voluntary life insurance.

Top 3 Skills

• Digital communication and design: You are an excellent graphic designer and can create compelling content for social media.
• Digital strategy and coordination: You effectively coordinate with teams of stakeholders to communicate complex political strategy and policy goals in a way that is engaging and accessible for a wide audience
• Coaching, Training, and Movement Building: You effectively develop and lead hub volunteers to create storytelling strategies for their local campaigns

Top 2 Skills re: Multiracial Cross Class Movement Building

• Building distributed leadership and organizing capacity: You empower staff and volunteers from multi racial cross class backgrounds by creating accessible trainings, coaching structures, and resources.
• Narrative building: You develop communications that resonate across race and class and elevate stories that help build a climate justice movement

About The Role

The Digital Lead produces effective digital communication to reach new audiences, raise grassroots donations, and tell the story of our organizing. This includes graphic design for social media, web, merch, protest art, and other applications, as well as writing copy for social media and editing simple videos. They work with the rest of the Communications Team to support narrative strategy, respond to current events, and coach movement members on creative skills.

You Would Be a Good Fit

You are a good fit for this role if you enjoy fast paced environments, are highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities while building strong relationships across teams. You love to learn new skills and build the skills of those around you. You’re excited to contribute a multiracial, cross-class movement by creating digital communications that resonate across race and class to build a strong climate justice movement.

Core Responsibilities

• Digital Communications:Lead graphic design for communications that mobilize people for Sunrise’s mission and fundraise
• Lead other digital communication (e.g. copy for Tweets or Instagram carousels) that educate the public on Sunrise’s political strategy, programs, and policy goals
• Occasionally edit simple videos for social media.
• Create and manage assigned digital content for paid advertising campaigns, ensuring messaging aligns with campaign strategy and organizational priorities.
• Work with the Sunrise Communications Team in moments of rapid response to quickly shape our message and create content
• Digital Strategy and Coordination:Coordinate with Sunrise staff, Sunrise volunteers, and partners to inform communication that educates the public on Sunrise’s political strategy, programs, and policy goals
• Work with the Communications Team to shape narrative strategy around our campaigns.
• Track goals and metrics for our digital work.
• Work with Sunrise program staff to support digital strategies for our various organizing programs and tell the story of local campaigns.
• Coaching, Training, and Movement BuildingDevelop and lead hub volunteers to create storytelling strategies for their local campaigns
• Design and facilitate trainings, resources, and coaching that build digital communications skills across hubs and national programs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of coaching and training programs and recommend improvements to increase movement digital capacity.

Requirements Must Haves

• 2 years of experience in digital and communications in movement spaces
• Excellent graphic designer for social media, web, and merch. Proficiency with design software like Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
• Experience producing social media content to support campaigns
• Political fluency, with the ability to analyze and respond to current events from a strategic, movement-aligned perspective
• Grounded in the connections between climate, economic, and racial justice and able to speak fluently to the intersections of these issues, familiarity with the Green New Deal
• Commitment to movement-building and political education, with an understanding of progressive narratives and organizing strategies

Nice To Haves

• Strong illustrator
• Experiencing producing art for protests
• Fluency with video editing software like CapCut and Premiere Pro
• Experience with platforms like EveryAction, ActionNetwork, ActBlue, and Mobilize
• Experience creating video content, particularly for TikTok and Instagram
• Strong on-camera presence and the ability to communicate complex ideas in an engaging, accessible, and persuasive manner