Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Campaign Strategist, Clean Energy

at Industrious Labs

🏢 About Industrious Labs

Industrious Labs stands out by focusing specifically on transforming heavy industry for climate impact through data-driven advocacy and community-focused campaigns, rather than broader environmental work. Their unique approach combines technical policy analysis with grassroots organizing to decarbonize industrial sectors like aluminum manufacturing. Someone might want to work here to apply campaign strategy to tangible industrial transformation with measurable climate outcomes.

About This Role

This Senior Campaign Strategist role involves building relationships with industrial manufacturers and clean energy partners in key states (Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Michigan) to advance clean energy policies. The position supports the Sustainable Aluminum Network's decarbonization efforts through meeting facilitation and integrates organizational strengths with policy analysis to develop effective campaign strategies. This role is impactful because it directly targets industrial emissions through strategic advocacy in manufacturing-heavy regions.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve virtual meetings with aluminum industry representatives in Michigan to discuss decarbonization pathways, while simultaneously tracking clean energy policy developments in Kentucky legislative sessions. You'd likely be coordinating with organizational partners to align campaign strategies, analyzing power dynamics in target industrial states, and preparing facilitation materials for Sustainable Aluminum Network meetings to advance collective advocacy efforts.

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🎯 Who Industrious Labs Is Looking For

  • Has 5-8 years of experience specifically in coalition-building campaigns with industrial or manufacturing stakeholders, not just general environmental advocacy
  • Possesses background knowledge of US power sector dynamics and corporate engagement strategies relevant to heavy industry
  • Demonstrates proven ability to manage professional relationship development with external partners in virtual work environments
  • Shows experience tracking policy opportunities in industrial states and quickly learning complex industrial decarbonization concepts

📝 Tips for Applying to Industrious Labs

1

Quantify your coalition-building achievements with industrial or manufacturing stakeholders (e.g., 'Built coalition of 15 manufacturing partners in Midwest states')

2

Highlight specific experience with virtual relationship management tools and strategies for remote partnership development

3

Demonstrate knowledge of clean energy policies in at least one of the target states (Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Michigan)

4

Show how you've integrated policy analysis with campaign strategy in past roles, not just executed predetermined plans

5

Reference the Sustainable Aluminum Network specifically and show understanding of aluminum industry decarbonization challenges

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience building relationships with industrial/manufacturing stakeholders and how it applies to this role', 'Examples of tracking and surfacing policy opportunities in state-level contexts, particularly in industrial regions', "How you've successfully worked in virtual environments to manage external partnerships and coalition development", 'Your understanding of the intersection between clean energy policy, industrial transformation, and community-focused campaigns']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Industrious Labs' specific campaigns and their approach to data-driven advocacy in industrial sectors
  • → The Sustainable Aluminum Network's current initiatives and key partners in domestic primary aluminum production
  • → Clean energy policy landscapes in the target states (Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Michigan), particularly regarding industrial energy use
  • → Recent developments in industrial decarbonization, especially for energy-intensive manufacturing sectors
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Describe a campaign where you built relationships with industrial or manufacturing stakeholders and the specific challenges you faced
2 How would you identify and surface clean energy policy opportunities for manufacturers in Indiana or Kentucky?
3 What strategies have you used to facilitate productive meetings between diverse stakeholders in virtual environments?
4 How do you integrate power analysis with campaign strategy development for industrial decarbonization?
5 What experience do you have with the US power sector and how it intersects with industrial energy use?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Generic environmental advocacy experience without specific industrial or manufacturing stakeholder engagement
  • Focusing only on federal policy experience without demonstrating state-level policy tracking capabilities
  • Failing to show how virtual work experience translates to relationship-building and coalition management in remote settings

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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