Director of Video Strategy & Advocacy (Contractor)

Responsibilities

• Own Chamber of Progress' video strategy across YouTube, Instagram, X, podcasts, and emerging platforms.
• Develop and execute a long-term strategy to make Chamber of Progress the leading tech trade association in public policy video content.
• Grow subscribers, watch time, engagement, and reach across all video channels.
• Translate policy reports, economic analyses, legislative campaigns, polling, and breaking news into compelling visual stories that are understandable, memorable, and highly shareable.
• Create persuasive advocacy videos that influence policymakers, journalists, opinion leaders, and the broader public.
• Build recurring video franchises and original series that establish Chamber of Progress as a leading voice on technology policy.
• Write scripts, develop story concepts, and rapidly produce timely videos responding to legislative developments and news events.
• Produce and edit podcast episodes and create engaging clips from podcasts, television interviews, speeches, testimony, conferences, and organizational events.
• Coach the organization’s policy experts to become engaging on-camera communicators and storytellers.
• Design graphics, animations, charts, captions, and other visual elements that make complex policy issues easy to understand.
• Package content appropriately for each platform, including YouTube, Instagram Reels, X, LinkedIn, and other emerging formats.
• Track analytics and continually refine content strategy based on audience behavior, engagement, and platform trends.
• Cook up with outside vendors or freelancers when specialized production or animation is needed.
• Work closely with the Senior Creative Director and Senior Director of Communications to ensure video content advances Chamber of Progress' communications and advocacy goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of post-college experience in digital media, advocacy, political communications, journalism, campaigns, public affairs, content strategy, or a related field.
• Experience creating video content for political campaigns, advocacy organizations, think tanks, nonprofits, public affairs firms, news organizations, or mission-driven organizations where the goal was to persuade audiences or shape public debate – not simply produce polished videos.
• Demonstrated success building audiences and engagement through video content.
• Exceptional storytelling instincts and the ability to turn complex policy issues into compelling visual narratives.
• Strong scriptwriting skills for short-form and long-form video.
• Experience creating persuasive, issue-oriented, advocacy, political, nonprofit, or mission-driven video content.
• Strong understanding of YouTube, Instagram, X, and other social platforms, including how content is packaged, distributed, and optimized for each.
• Excellent video editing skills and fluency with modern production tools.
• Experience creating graphics, motion graphics, and visual explainers that strengthen storytelling.
• Comfortable coaching subject matter experts to become more effective on-camera communicators.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to move quickly in response to breaking events.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Bias toward action, creativity, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with tools such as Premiere, After Effects, Descript, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar platforms is preferred.
• Washington, DC. location is preferred.

Schedule

• Part-time contractor (20 hours/week).
• Must attend the Chamber of Progress staff meeting at 10:00 a.m. ET Monday through Thursday.
• Must be available to work a minimum of four hours daily Monday through Thursday and three hours on Friday.

Compensation

• Part-time contractor role (20 hours/week).
• Monthly contract rate of $3,700–$5,800, commensurate with experience.
• Remote within the continental United States.
• This is a contractor position and does not include employee benefits.