President Obama is Hiring! Twitterer-in-Chief Sought

If you're unemployed and spend all your time on Twitter, boy do we have the job for you! The president is looking for a Twitterer. Yes, you read that right. Obama is looking to hire someone to post tweets and messages to other social networking sites. While the work hours will be long, you may even get to meet President Obama. How's that? You will be relocated to Washington!

According to the Wall Street Journal, Mia Cambronero, who currently holds the job, “will be stepping down from my infamous role as ‘Barack Obama’s twitterer,’” she said in an email message. “We’re looking for someone who is available to start immediately.”

Here's the ad:

Organizing for America, the successor organization to Obama for America, is building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering communities across the country to organize around the issues they care most about. The Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America is hiring a Social Networks Manager

The Social Networks Manager is responsible for maintaining the Democratic Party and Organizing for America accounts on all social networks (such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts, etc.) The Social Networks Manager works closely with the rest of the New Media department to execute grassroots campaigns to advance the President’s agenda for change.

Qualifications:

* Excellent writing and editing skills with strong attention to detail; your writing is strong, sharp, and personable
* Strong organizing and campaigning instincts; you can craft messages that move people to act, and you know what actions will achieve the right impact at the right time
* Strong familiarity with social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.
* Ready to work hard; this isn’t a 9-5 sort of job
* Ability to work under deadline pressure
* Ability to manage multiple complex projects
* Passionate about engaging millions of Americans in advancing President Obama's agenda and changing the country
* Candidates must be willing to relocate to Washington, DC

Preference given for experience with:
* Online organizing experience with an electoral campaign, advocacy organization or non-profit
* Complex project management
* Experience using social media for organizing