Jobs
Free Press is working to create a world where people have the information and opportunities they need to tell their own stories, hold leaders accountable, and participate in our democracy. We fight to save Net Neutrality, achieve affordable internet access for all, uplift the voices of people of color in the media, challenge old and new media gatekeepers to serve the public interest, end unwarranted surveillance, defend press freedom and reimagine local journalism.
Our team is a mix of committed organizers, campaigners, policy experts, digital communicators, administrators and fundraisers. We're committed to recruiting and retaining creative, ethical, smart and innovative people with a sense of humor. We center racial justice in our work and seek new team members who share our values and approaches.
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including medical, vision and dental insurance; retirement benefits; health reimbursement, dependent care and commuter-expense accounts; and up-to-date IT systems that allow for flexible work locations. We think that employees do better work if they have time to enjoy life with friends and families, so we offer a total of nine weeks of paid time off each year.
People of color, women, people with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, gender-nonconforming and formerly incarcerated individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Open positions:
Policy Counsel
We're looking for a policy counsel to work on cutting-edge, high-profile and significant legal cases and rulemakings in proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission, Congress and the courts, as well as other federal and state agencies. The policy counsel works as part of a cross-disciplinary team to maximize available resources and build our capacity to challenge well-financed opposition. The policy counsel conducts meetings with congressional and agency staff, analyzes legislation, writes briefs and advisory memos, conducts legal research, contributes to position papers and files comments in regulatory proceedings.
The policy counsel also closely collaborates with allied organizations, represents Free Press in coalition meetings, presents at conferences, speaks to press on the record regarding issues in their portfolio, and writes blog posts and articles for a range of outlets and audiences.
The policy counsel reports to the vice president of policy and general counsel.
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Media 2070 Campaign Manager
We’re looking for a campaign manager to work with our Media 2070 program, which highlights the media’s role as a lever for racial justice and subsequently, the repair and reconciliation necessary to build strong, free and just communities.
The Media 2070 campaign manager will support the development, design and successful implementation of our campaign for media reparations. This includes implementing organizing, power-building and advocacy efforts. The campaign manager’s duties will include liaising with coalition partners, fostering external relationships, supporting newsroom training and developing curriculum and necessary collateral materials. They will work closely with the Media 2070 director on strategy development, program coordination and launching new projects.
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Campaign Manager
We're looking for a campaign manager to focus primarily on corporate-accountability campaigns, putting pressure on media and tech companies to stop the spread of hate and disinformation, advance racial equity and serve the public interest.
In collaboration with our campaign, digital, field, policy, cultural organizing and communications staff, the campaign director will develop strategic, winning campaigns that achieve real differences in peoples’ lives. A successful candidate will have strategy chops, rapid-response skills, expertise in coalition engagement and management, and online and offline organizing and mobilizing experience. They also should have a record of winning national public-interest campaigns.
Learn more and apply here.