Earthjustice dropped two digital communications positions within five hours of each other last Friday. The nation’s largest environmental law organization isn’t backfilling. It’s building out a digital engagement apparatus that stretches from entry-level social content all the way up to multi-channel advocacy campaign management.
That tracks with a broader pattern visible across today’s featured media job listings. Organizations with strong missions are investing in the same digital infrastructure that commercial brands have spent the last decade perfecting. They want the same skills, platform fluency, and data-driven thinking. The difference is that the work product drives petition signatures and public comment campaigns, not product sales.
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Beyond the environmental sector, today’s standout roles reveal some interesting hiring energy in niche corners of media: Broadway group sales marketing and independent academic publishing. These aren’t the flashy postings that dominate LinkedIn feeds, and that’s precisely why they deserve a closer look.
Today’s Hot Jobs
Digital Advocacy Manager at Earthjustice
Why this role matters: This is a campaign architect position. The Digital Advocacy Manager oversees multi-channel campaigns across email, mobile, paid media, social, and web with the explicit goal of driving supporter action. It’s remote-friendly, reports to the Associate Director of Digital Advocacy, and sits within a communications department that partners with every other team in the organization. For anyone who’s been running digital campaigns at a commercial brand and wants to redirect those skills, this is a serious opportunity.
The requirements worth noting:
- Experience developing and executing multi-channel digital advocacy campaigns
- Proficiency across email, mobile, paid media, social, and web platforms
- Ability to collaborate across communications, legal, and lobbying teams
- Commitment to justice, inclusion, and environmental mission alignment
Apply for the Digital Advocacy Manager role at Earthjustice
Social Media Associate at Earthjustice
A strong entry point: If the manager role above represents the destination, this associate position is the launchpad. Embedded within a 12-person marketing team inside a larger communications department, the Social Media Associate handles social listening, audience engagement, content development, and insights. The hybrid arrangement spans five major U.S. cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC. For anyone looking to build a personal brand through social media expertise, starting inside a high-profile advocacy organization gives you both the portfolio and the purpose.
What they want to see:
- Strong background in social media, digital communications, and content strategy
- Interest in issue advocacy and mission-driven storytelling
- Experience with social listening tools and audience engagement metrics
- Ability to work hybrid from San Francisco, LA, New York, Chicago, or DC
Apply for the Social Media Associate position at Earthjustice
Digital Marketing and Partnership Manager at John Gore Organization
Broadway’s quieter hiring boom: The John Gore Organization operates Broadway.com’s Group Sales Box Office, and this role combines partnership management, event coordination, social media content creation, and digital marketing into one position. You’d report to the VP of Marketing, Partnerships, and Insights while working alongside the full GSBO team covering sales, insights, operations, and fulfillment. If you’ve ever wanted to learn what a digital marketing manager actually does in a live entertainment context, this is the real-world version of that education.
Key qualifications:
- Experience as a marketing generalist across digital, social, print, and partnerships
- Event coordination skills including VIP client management
- Proficiency in CMS management, content creation, and paid social campaigns
- Copywriting ability and strong organizational systems thinking
Apply for the Digital Marketing and Partnership Manager role
Institutional Sales and Subscriptions Manager at Berghahn Books
A rare find in scholarly publishing: Berghahn Books is an independent academic publisher that has brought journal subscription management in-house, and now they need someone to own the renewal cycle, customer relationships, and growth strategy for institutional subscribers. This role sits at the intersection of data analysis, library relations, and publishing business development. The Brooklyn-based position (Dumbo, specifically) offers a window into how independent publishers are rethinking the subscription model at a time when open access is reshaping the entire academic landscape.
What the role requires:
- Experience managing journal subscription renewal cycles across direct and agent customers
- Proficiency with subscription management platforms (they use SubsFlow)
- Ability to analyze subscription trends and customer data to inform strategy
- Collaborative working style across journals and marketing teams
Apply for the Institutional Sales and Subscriptions Manager position at Berghahn Books
Professional Takeaways
If your resume currently reads like a list of commercial brand campaigns, consider translating it. The nonprofit and mission-driven sector hires for the same digital skills, but hiring managers speak a slightly different language. Swap “drove conversions” for “drove supporter actions.” Replace “customer acquisition” with “audience engagement and community building.” The technical skills are identical. The framing is everything. Organizations like Earthjustice are competing for the same talent pool that agencies and tech companies recruit from, and candidates who can demonstrate both platform expertise and genuine mission alignment will stand out immediately.
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