Consumer Reports has spent the last 80 years advancing the rights of citizens, consumers, and families. We’ve passed key legislation, enacted regulations, and held corporations accountable. Through our top-10 magazine, large digital presence, comprehensive product testing, extensive policy expertise, and 10M+ community members, we fight for a safe, fair, and equitable market for everyone.
We are at an exciting moment in the history of Consumer Reports. We are building our capacity to achieve significant, measurable, and meaningful changes for American consumers through comprehensive federal, state, and corporate campaigns. Consumer Reports is unique in its role as a non-profit advocacy group, media company, and large, national community.
Working with campaign managers, policy experts, journalists, research scientists, lobbyists, communications staff, and product developers, you’ll organize on issues including food safety, affordable healthcare, debt and credit reform, privacy and data tracking, corporate executive accountability, and more.
You will be responsible for rallying our base to action, shaping them into a large-scale, grassroots political force ready, connected, and empowered to win big victories through coordinated efforts.
You’ll play to win. But most importantly, you’ll honor and continue an 80-year history of improving the health, safety, and well-being of American families.
- Coordinate closely with teams across the organization to develop short and long term organizing strategies to meet a campaign or issue’s objectives.
- Build meaningful relationships with activists and members. Work closely with the Community Management team to develop activists into leaders in your issue area.
- Expand our relationships and connections with coalition groups – while strengthening existing ones.
- Work closely with campaign manager on campaign proposal process and strategy development, including the development of goals, targets, and tactics.
- Play a key role in helping to shape our policy positions in specific priority issues.
- Identify and implement new organizing tactics and opportunities (including digital platforms and channels) to help drive activist engagement.
- Evaluate and measure success of organizing activities with manager to ensure progress towards our goals. Help determine changes to strategies needed to reach goals.
- Help craft effective messaging on email actions and other content.
- Lobby decision makers across our campaigns and issues when needed.
- Travel to organize and coordinate training events, media events, strategy sessions, or other large events and conferences.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Bachelor’s degree plus minimum of 5 years of campaign organizing experience. Experience with online and offline organizing, social media and working in a team environment. Experience working with activists or volunteers, particularly shifting them from online to offline activities. Ability to prioritize, multitask, meet deadlines, and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Must have strong writing, research, and public speaking skills. Good political instincts. Must have exceptional planning and organizational skills. Willingness to travel.
