Work for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is seeking to fill the positions listed below. We do anticipate other openings in the future and encourage you to check our site often. Please note that only those individuals whose qualifications match the current needs of the organization will be considered applicants and will receive responses from the Center for American Progress. Thank you for your interest in the Center for American Progress.
Current Job Openings
Assistant to U.S. Editor, Middle East Bulletin and Assistant to Advisors/Senior Fellows
Middle East Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress.
Middle East Progress helps develop and highlight practical approaches toward a comprehensive U.S. approach in the Middle East, with a primary focus on resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict. We believe such action will improve U.S., Israeli, and regional security, and America’s global standing, and reflects the will and aspirations of a vast majority of Israelis and Arabs living the conflict every day.
Middle East Progress focuses its efforts in three areas:
(1) Publishing the Middle East Bulletin—produced three times a week, The Bulletin includes a news digest from journalists covering the region, analyses from Middle East experts and organizations, reports from events in the region and in the United States, and original commentary
(2) Promoting public-private partnerships—Middle East Progress leads the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) task force to create a political risk insurance fund intended to help remove obstacles to investment and trade in the Palestinian territories and participates actively in the Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII), an independent effort to create financial instruments such as a $160 million loan guarantee facility that has increased Palestinian business’ access to financing, technical assistance, and market information needed to grow, create jobs, and improve and create production capacity
(3) Encouraging new ideas and strategies—MEP brings together from around the world and across the country those who can most effectively shape the policy dynamic on security and economic issues by hosting meetings, panels, and conferences to discuss ideas, create new approaches, and strategize on how best to implement them within and across borders.
Associate Director of Press Relations, Global Warming
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening in our Communications Department for an Associate Director of Press Relations for Global Warming. The Associate Director will be responsible for working with global warming policy staff to develop and implement a communications plan and press roll-out plans for Center initiatives, serving as a spokesperson for the Center, and working with editorial boards to place op-eds.
Associate Director, Foundation Relations
The Center for American Progress seeks a self-starter with strong written and verbal communications skills and an ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment for the new position of Associate Director, Foundation Relations. Created to help the Center pursue and capitalize on emerging opportunities for foundation funding and to help produce written communications for the organization, the Associate Director will be an integral member of the development team, helping to build a robust foundation fundraising program designed to increase the amount of support from this constituency over the next several years.
Communications and Outreach Manager, Campus Progress
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Communications and Outreach Manager for Campus Progress. Campus Progress is the Center’s fast-growing, dynamic effort to help young people make their voices heard and to empower new generations of progressive leaders. This staff member will be responsible for promoting Campus Progress’s work and strengthening our audience and community. Duties will include: promoting Campus Progress’s web magazine, events, issue campaigns, and other programs to organizations, prominent individuals, and the public; working with the Center for American Progress media team to attract press coverage; overseeing special multimedia projects; and supervising Campus Progress’s Network Coordinator.
Designer/Production Artist
The Center for American Progress is seeking a Designer/Production Artist. The Designer/Production Artist will work as part of a small team producing innovative visual solutions to communications challenges in print, Web sites, and marketing materials. He or she will be responsible for the layout and production of print publications, development of graphics for both print and web, and working with outside printers.
Desktop Support Technician
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Desktop Support Technician. The Desktop Support Technician will be the front-line support person who will field technical requests from the Center user community and handle routine support and maintenance tasks.
Director of Development
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Director of Development. The Director of Development will be responsible for planning, developing, and administering fundraising and associated activities including donor prospecting, generating proposals to foundations and corporations, and coordinating annual and special events associated with the Center for American Progress. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, the Director will also be responsible for the daily management of the development team and supervision of its staff. The successful candidate will network, build and maintain successful relationships with board members, donors, prospective donors, foundations, and volunteers.
ENOUGH Associate Director of Press Relations
ENOUGH is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. ENOUGH’s long-term goal is to help create and support a permanent grassroots movement pressing for an end to mass violence against innocent civilians. The project’s current focus is on the crises in Chad, Sudan, eastern Congo, northern Uganda, the Ogaden, and Somalia.
The ENOUGH Project has an immediate opening in for Associate Director of Media Relations. The Associate Director will be responsible for working with the Communications Director and staff to develop and implement press roll-out plans for project initiatives and campaigns, and working with editorial boards to place op-eds. A proven PR pro who likes and respects the press and knows how to interest journalists in a story, with a solid track record for generating ideas, developing contacts, pitching traditional press, and seeing your work yield placements and coverage. We seek an accomplished, self-motivated, aggressive but polished candidate.
ENOUGH Director of Online Communications
ENOUGH is currently seeking a Director of Online Communications who will oversee our multi-channel Communications team. As part as part of the communications management team this new position will develop and implement overall ENOUGH strategy, providing overall leadership to ENOUGH’s online national communications. The goal of this program is to use new media to expand ENOUGH’s communications reach beyond traditional audiences of policy makers and activists by proactively broadcasting our campaigns, activities, initiatives, and ideas.
ENOUGH Web Master/Web Producer
ENOUGH is looking for dynamic, self-motivated individuals with experience and skills in web content management, writing and editing for the web, graphic design, and technical site management.
The Web Master/Web Producer(s) will be responsible for developing all aspects of the organization’s online presence. In addition to writing, editing, and proofreading site content, this person will also work closely with the technical team to maintain site standards with regard to new development. The position will also be responsible for crafting site promotions, email newsletters, and online outreach campaigns. The ideal candidate will also have experience with online marketing and outreach campaigns. Tasks require a strong attention to detail and the ability to work under tight deadlines
Economist/Senior Economist
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for an Economist or Senior Economist. We are looking for somebody who is widely experienced in a range of fields, and who has in depth expertise in at least one the following fields: macroeconomics, innovation and growth, labor economics, economic mobility, and/or public finance. This person would conduct their own research, help in conducting the necessary quality control for work of colleagues at the Center, consult on commissioned work and serve as a spokesperson on broader economic issues.
Events Manager
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for an Events Manager, working for the Center’s Campus Progress division. The Events Manager will lead and coordinate all aspects of speaking programs—most to be held on college and university campuses or in Washington, D.C. —sponsored or cosponsored by Campus Progress. The Events Manager will supervise two Associate Managers and work to develop substantive speaking programs, recruit and maintain relationships with speakers, and work with campus and community groups, faculty, and student organizers to arrange speaking programs, including speaker travel and accommodations, logistics, and publicity.
Since our launch in February 2005, Campus Progress has held over 500 campus and national events. Speakers have included Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Russ Feingold, John Lewis, Keith Ellison, Tammy Baldwin, Al Sharpton, Majora Carter, Paul Begala, Cornel West, Helen Thomas, E.J. Dionne, Samantha Power, Seymour Hersh, Naomi Klein, Asra Nomani, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, Ted Leo, and many more, including up-and-coming young leaders. We’ve held debates and discussions on issues from the Iraq war to hip-hop culture, economic mobility to global warming. With partners like HBO, PBS, National Black Programming Consortium, and leading film studios and directors, we have presented films on a wide range of issues. And we’ve held an annual national conference for 1000 young people from across America. The Events Manager will direct this work.
Facilities Coordinator
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Facilities Coordinator.
Major Gifts and National Events Manager
Working with Senior VP for Development and Director of Development, develops strategy and manages the annual giving program to help raise $20 million in general support from existing and new individual donors throughout the country. Helps plan and implement all stages of major donor outreach plan including prospect research, cultivation, solicitation, follow-up, and donor stewardship. Manages Senior VP for Development’s donor and prospect outreach via mail, telephone and one-on-one meetings. Working with Senior VP for Development, Director of Development and donors, organizes and manages prospect events in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Austin/Houston, Atlanta, and Seattle. Manages and staffs donor and prospect meetings with CAP experts. With Senior VP for Development, identifies new prospects, and makes recommendations for program, annual dinner and/or increased giving.
Network Associate, Campus Progress
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Network Associate working for Campus Progress, the Center’s comprehensive effort to help young people make their voices heard and to empower new generations of progressive leaders. The Network Associate is responsible for recruiting and selecting participants for and providing support to Campus Progress’s network of students on more than 150 campuses (and growing) across the country; planning and implementing programming and training for students within the network; and acting as a liaison between Campus Progress network students and our issues and events staff. The Network Associate will strengthen Campus Progress's outreach to students, student groups, campus faculty and staff, other young people, national and regional organizations, and others in order to foster connections and involvement in Campus Progress’s work
Outreach Systems Coordinator
American Progress is seeking an Outreach Systems Coordinator, who will serve as the primary liaison for users of the current CRM and email outreach systems, resolving both technical and functional issues. S/he will be responsible for ongoing development of tailored, targeted uses for the CRM and outreach systems, and guiding users across the organization through those systems.
The ideal candidate will have a track record in supporting and training users of CRM and email marketing systems. The position is part of the External Affairs Department, which handles outreach to elected officials, national, state, and local advocates, other policy organizations and think tanks, and others.
Under the direction of the Associate Director for CRM and Outreach Systems, this position will work closely with the other departments who are or who will be using the outreach systems deployed at the Center.
Policy Analyst/Associate Director for Procurement Policy
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a policy analyst/associate director for Procurement Policy. The policy analyst/associate director will lead a project to ensure federal government procurement and contracting produce quality jobs. The associate director will work with the economics team and senior management to conduct and oversee research as well as lead advocacy efforts, including coalition building, education, and publicity.
Tasks will include analysis of existing research, oversight of research by outside scholars, organizing meetings and events, developing contacts, identifying research and outreach opportunities, working with and expanding coalition partners, and producing policy outreach materials.
Project Director
The purpose of the Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities Project is to use the credibility of business people to challenge misplaced budget priorities and offer a progressive alternative to military spending driven by outdated force structures and foreign policy priorities. This project enlists business people as credible messengers in this important policy debate.
Business Leaders began as a national organization created by Ben Cohen (co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s) 10 years ago with 700 members, including the current or former heads of Phillips Van Heusen, CNN, Hasbro, Goldman Sachs, Black Entertainment Television, and others. As a project of American Progress, it will continue as the Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities to build out the voice of business on budget priorities.
Research Assistant
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Research Assistant who will work with the team that produces Mic Check radio, the Center’s daily radio prep service, and other rapid-response research products.
Research Assistant/Associate
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for an Economic Research Assistant or Associate. The position is open to those with expertise or interest in economic policy, especially in the areas of labor market policies, retirement, and labor unions.
The position requires strong analytic and writing abilities, as well as an ability to effectively work with others in the economic team (and throughout the Center) to provide assistance in the production of original research papers, the coordination of outreach efforts, and the analysis of current and proposed policy.
Research Associate for National Security
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for someone to work with the National Security and International Policy team. The Research Associate will support the Senior Fellow on NSIP focusing specifically on Iraq, military strategy, and defense issues.
Senior Web Developer
The Senior Developer is the Center’s senior software application developer, and is responsible for designing and developing primarily server-side web applications in a small- team environment. The position calls for a talented programmer with a working knowledge of user interface principles, experience working with other developers, and strong organizational and communication skills.
Special Assistant for National Security
The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant for National Security. The National Security Special Assistant will be largely responsible for organizing meetings and events, managing schedules, researching national security policy issues, proofreading, and editing documents. The Assistant will also assist other members of the National Security department under the direction of the Senior Vice President.