Asian Pacific Environmental Network is an environmental justice organization with deep roots in California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities. Since 1993, we’ve built a membership base of Laotian refugees in Richmond and Chinese immigrants in Oakland, and more recently, Asian immigrants and refugees in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. Together, we’ve fought and won campaigns to make our communities healthier, just places where people can thrive.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Digital Organizer position has three primary responsibilities: 

1. Create compelling digital content that builds APEN’s supporter and volunteer base and moves people to action around APEN member priorities
2. Maintain and update APEN’s digital infrastructure, assets and platforms
3. Train and assist organizers in accessing digital tools and implementing digital organizing best practices

This position is supervised by the Digital Director and is part of the Communications team. Job may require some evening and weekend activities and travel.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Digital communications (40%)

• Create compelling digital content including emails, texts, social media and SMS that moves APEN’s supporter base to action around member priorities
• Implement digital organizing strategies to advance campaigns identified as a communications priority. Includes focused work on specific campaigns selected in collaboration with the rest of the Communications team.
• According to APEN’s rapid response protocol, respond to rapid response opportunities and movement moments by creating digital content and strategies that advance APEN’s organizing goals
• Use digital platforms to share important org-wide announcements including job announcements, staffing changes and electoral endorsements
• Support organizers in creating digital content that builds a member and supporter base for APEN’s sister organization, APEN Action

Digital infrastructure (30%)

• Maintain and improve APEN’s website, including basic content and functionality updates
• Maintain, update, and organize APEN’s digital communications assets, including photo storage, Canva accounts and digital storage of style guides and logos
• In collaboration with the Digital Director, support administration of APEN’s organizing databases and contact tools (Action Builder and Action Network)
• Work with Development staff and Digital Director on integrating data and messaging between donor and supporter audiences
• Work with the Operations team to support strong digital security practices throughout the organization
• Maintain and improve digital infrastructure for APEN’s C4 sister organization, APEN Action
• Maintain best practices for legal compliance in data- and cost-sharing between APEN and APEN Action with respect to the use of email/SMS lists and member/supporter data

Organizer support (20%)

• Provide support and training for organizers on digital organizing best practices including data management, social media and email/SMS.

• Vet digital content and assist organizers with more technical/advanced aspects of forms, emails, texts, and imports/exports

Organizational development and support (10%)

• Strategy and Planning: Contribute to overall organizational coordination and planning processes, including strategic planning, yearly workplan and budgeting, annual board + staff meeting, bi-weekly staff meetings and component meetings
• Organizational Culture: Contribute to the APEN culture of team-building, emotional intelligence, feminisms, and leadership development
• Fund Development: Engage in grassroots and/or foundation fundraising as needed
• Communications: Act as a spokesperson and engage with communications narrative framework as needed
• Cross Component Support: Support various areas of organizational work, events, or campaigns as identified and participate in organizational committees and teams as needed
• Supervision: Manage volunteers, fellows, and interns as needed