Assistant Account Executive, Analytics Political Cycle 2026
Columbia, IN - USA
Job Summary
What matters to you Do you want a job that lets you fight for those things
Good jobs let you apply your skills. Great jobs feed your sense of purpose.
The thing that defines GMMB isnt what we doits our why. We want to make a difference in the world. And were pretty good at doing good.
Come join the sharp passionate people at GMMB who bring deep expertise on the issues we care about from education health and climate to democracy economic mobility and social justice. We work with candidates and organizations committed to what matters because change doesnt just happen on election day. It happens every day.
- GMMB has a hybrid work schedule with at least three days in office presence; additional in office days as needed.
- This position is based in Washington DC.
- Salary range - $50000 - $60000
- This is a full-time salaried and benefits eligible position to run through mid-November 2026.
This is an entry-level position on GMMBs award-winning political team and is a great opportunity to play a key supporting role on some of the biggest races and issues in the 2026 midterm election cycle.
As an Assistant Account Executive Analytics on the Political Team you would
- Build maintain troubleshoot and improve GMMBs industry-leading competitive tracking dashboards in Google Sheets using advanced formulas and multi-sheet workflows to monitor spending and creative across paid media channels in races across the country.
- Conduct quality assurance and data validation across competitive tracking tools and reports ensuring the accuracy consistency and usability of campaign metrics and client-facing outputs.
- Design and improve spreadsheet-based systems that automate recurring tasks reduce manual work and increase team efficiency.
- Draft client-ready summaries of new spending creative and competitive trends for races across the country.
- Develop and maintain client and project documents including timelines/calendars budget trackers meeting notes and conference call reports.
- Research analyze and summarize the political landscape and trends for prospective and current clients.
- Draft quick-turn memos and briefs on emerging issues in the political and media landscape.
- Schedule and coordinate client internal and vendor meetings and video calls.
- Become well-versed in assigned clients their priorities and issue areas including the political landscape the state of competitive races and key news developments that may affect their work.
You have
- A bachelors degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience.
- Passion for Democratic politics and advocacy.
- Proficiency in Google Sheets and/or Excel including pivot tables VLOOKUP SUMIFS FILTER QUERY IMPORTRANGE ARRAYFORMULA INDIRECT conditional formatting and data validation.
- Experience conducting quality assurance validating data accuracy and identifying and resolving spreadsheet errors and inconsistencies.
- A strong work ethic attention to detail and willingness to work long hours under tight deadlines in high-pressure situations.
- A positive attitude and are a team player!
Preferably but not required you have
- Internship or professional experience in political campaigns issue advocacy advertising communications public relations or related field.
- Experience with statistics data visualization or building and optimizing complex multi-sheet workflows or data models.
- Familiarity with AI tools and sound judgment about how and when to use them to improve efficiency support research and troubleshoot or build formulas.
- Experience with data tools such as Civis Analytics Tableau Looker or Power BI.
GMMB is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: GMMB is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at GMMB are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race age sex national origin ethnicity mental or physical disability religion color sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression or military status or other categories defined by applicable local state and federal statutes in the locations where we operate. GMMB encourages applicants of all ages. GMMB will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
GMMBvalues the importance of inclusion and impact. Our success depends on fostering a truly inclusive culture where everyone is welcomed and where their talents and ideas are channeled into our providing this information is strictly voluntary we encourage all applicants to provide demographic information. This information as stated in our EEO statement will not be used to make employment related decisions. This information will only be shared with qualified and limited personnel who build policies and programs that help make GMMB an inclusive firm.
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About Company
GMMB is a talented group of political and communications specialists dedicated to creating real and lasting change in the world.