Careers

Posting Date: December 20, 2011
Closing Date: until filled

POSITION SUMMARY
The Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and the Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek a Director of Development. This position will plan, manage and implement fundraising strategy, calendar and work plan for these two sister organizations. The right candidate will lead a team working to raise an annual combined budget of $4 million (and growing) for both organizations’ national operations. The Development Director will play a key role in the leadership of the organizations and will report to the organizations’ co-directors and board. We are looking for an energetic and entrepreneurial candidate who wants to change the world. This position is located in our Washington, DC office.
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The Opportunity
Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek an Online Journalism Intern who is a well-organized, energetic team player with a commitment to and interest in progressive issues. We are looking for a talented and creative undergraduate or graduate student to help us push for an economy that works for working people. Interning with CAF/IAF is a great way to gain real world experience that could lead to a career in issue advocacy, public policy, public relations or many other public interest fields.
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The Opportunity
Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek a Policy Research Intern who is a well-organized team player with a commitment to and interest in progressive issues. We are looking for a bright, energetic undergraduate or graduate student to help us push for an economy that works for working people. The Policy Research Intern will work on reports, fact sheets, blog posts and bill analysis (to be published on OurFuture.org and TheMiddleClass.org) to equip progressive leaders, staffers and activists with message frames and talking points to make our case on critical economic issues. The Policy Research Intern position represents an exciting opportunity to participate in this year’s nationwide debate from the center of the progressive movement. Particular issues of interest are: financial reform, industrial policy/green jobs, job growth and social security in addition to other progressive “kitchen table” economic issues.
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The Opportunity
The Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and the Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek interns who are well-organized team players with a commitment to and interest in progressive issues. Interning with CAF/IAF is a great way to gain real world experience that could lead to a career in issue advocacy, public policy, public relations or many other public interest fields. Interns will work with one or more of the following teams:

Take Back the American Dream Conference
Communications / Media Relations
Fundraising / Events
Economic Reform
Labor / Jobs
Online / Web Communications
Progressive Message / Conservative Failure
Policy Research
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The Opportunity
Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek interns who are well-organized team players with a commitment to and interest in progressive issues. The Development Intern will gain hands-on experience with various aspects of development and events including grant writing and reporting, event planning, online fundraising, as well as research and fundraising from foundations, corporations and individual donors. Interning with CAF/IAF is a great way to gain real world experience that could lead to a career in issue advocacy, public policy, public relations or many other areas. In this economic climate, fundraising is more important than ever, and fundraising skills are in high demand.

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The Opportunity
The Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and the Institute for America’s Future (IAF) seek an Administrative Intern to provide key support to the organization. This internship will expose you to the excitement of progressive politics, policy, organizations and careers. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to learn, grow, develop professionally and position themselves to pursue a fulfilling career in the progressive movement. This Staff Assistant supports the Administration Department and reports to the Office Manager.
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The Opportunity:
The Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) and the Institute for America’s Future (IAF) are seeking a Manager of Technology & Online Marketing to lead development, deployment and management of all technologies for our Drupal-powered website (ourfuture.org), manage projects and initiatives in the online communications team, contribute expertise in online marketing, PPC advertising, and search engine optimization (SEO) and to oversee a full website redesign and functionality overhaul.

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