Earned Media & Storytelling Associate

A major Chicago mayoral campaign is hiring an Earned Media & Storytelling Associate to help driveour daily communications operation. We are looking for someone who is hungry, fast, technically capable, visually creative, andcomfortable working like a reporter and producer. This is a full-time, in-person position in Chicago. You will help identify stories, research issues, develop facts, create compelling visual and writtenmaterial, monitor the news, and conduct the outreach necessary to get stories in front of reporters, producers, editors, neighborhood outlets, podcasts, radio, television, and digital media. This position reports directly to the campaign’s Communications Director, a veteran broadcaster withmore than 25 years of on-camera experience, including serving as lead anchor at a major CBSaffiliate.

Experience with journalism, student media, video production, photography, graphic design, publicrecords, research databases, social media research, data visualization, AI tools, digital publishing, orcontent production can all be relevant. The Kind of Person Who Will Succeed HereYou see something happening and immediately want to understand the story behind it. You want to know what happened, what the evidence shows, who is affected, what the visual is, andwhat will make someone pay attention. Sometimes the answer will be a television story. Sometimes it will be a newspaper article, radiosegment, podcast, short video, chart, photograph, neighborhood event, or visual that makes acomplicated issue easy to understand. You are also willing to pick up the phone. This job is about finding stories, developing them, packaging them, and doing the outreach necessaryto get them seen. Why This Role Is Different You will work directly inside a fast-moving communications operation and closely with an experiencedtelevision journalist and communications professional. You will learn how stories are discovered, researched, framed, visually developed, pitched, produced, and ultimately covered. You will also be given real responsibility early. For someone at the beginning of their career who wants to become exceptional at research, storytelling, media, and communications, this is an opportunity to learn quickly while doingsubstantive work every day. Compensation$4,500–$5,500 per month, depending on experience. This position is full-time and requires working in person in Chicago.