Campaign Assistant
Assist with campaign organization, including scheduling events, managing volunteers, coordinating campaign materials, and more. Maintain email and phone correspondence with candidate and interested parties. Attend team meetings (in person and online). Facilitate fundraising events, including scheduling, run of show, volunteer management, and more. Assist in strategic campaign decisions with the candidate and other campaign management team members. Attend local meetings with candidate and in the candidate’s absence. Organize and oversee distribution of yard and window signs. Work sign-in table at campaign events. Contribute to recruiting volunteers at events.
About the campaign: A local, insurgent, anti-establishment campaign to take back Austin City Council from big-money interests. Former UT Urban Studies professor, Rich Heyman, is running for Austin City Council, District 9 (central Austin, including UT and West Campus), to fight for the working people of Austin against the status quo at City Hall that continues to give tax breaks to billion-dollar companies while the majority of Austinites struggle to afford their daily needs of food, shelter, healthcare, education, and transportation. We have a plan to win this seat; with your help, we can make it happen!
Qualifications:
o Experience volunteering or working on campaigns, community-based projects, or other community engagement.
o Interest in Austin city operations and civic engagement.
o Understanding of, or willingness to learn about, Austin political sphere from historic and strategic angles.
o Team-oriented, self-motivated, willing to learn.
o Strong written and verbal communication skills.
o Interest in Austin City Council District 9 and the broader well-being of Austin.
o Available in ‘off hours’ for city meetings and campaign events (weekday evenings and occasional weekend mornings/afternoons).
Send email to rich@richforaustin.org with cover letter and cv/resumé.
Position is unpaid but eligible for conversation to paid position, depending on job performance and campaign needs and resources.
Successful interns will receive
o Experience that sets them apart in politics, organizing, and leadership.
o Letters of recommendation from the candidate.
o Support for academic credit or scholarships.
o Mentoring and training with the candidate and senior staff.