Democratic Governors Association (DGA)

General

• Assist in the drafting of research memos on Republican candidates and governors to hold them accountable for their policies and actions;
• Assist in the drafting of state specific issue memos for use in campaigns or with stakeholders;
• Assist in media monitoring and the compilation of news articles pertaining to the political landscape of governors and gubernatorial candidates;
• Assist with transcriptions of media appearances of Republican governors and candidates for use in campaign communications;
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by the Research Associates, Analysts, or other members of the Research Team.

Research Internship

• Assist the Political Assistant along with other members of the Political team with day-to-day tasks which can include spreadsheet management, writing memos, and creating presentations.
• Assist with pulling media statistics and data, creating traffic reports, sending out new ads as they are released, building finance reports, and tracking candidates and other race information.
• Assist in organizing deployment of DGA staff as the election approaches.
• Assist with resume outreach and maintaining Google Drive folders for campaigns.
• Attending briefings or information sessions about related work in the democratic field and writing memos for the Political team.
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by DGA Communications, Research, Finance, Digital, and Administrative staff.

Political Internship

• Assist in the research of current and prospective donors of the DGA to draft memos for DGA staff and Democratic Governors;
• Assist in the management of important databases such as contributions and political contacts;
• Assist in the production of fundraising events on behalf of Democratic Governors and gubernatorial candidates;
• Assist in the production of meeting materials for DGA staff and Governors;
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by DGA Fundraising, Events, and Administrative staff.

Fundraising Intern

• Assist in the research of digital content i.e., videos and photos of Democratic governors for use in social media and fundraising content
• Assist in tracking and monitoring the announcement of candidates running for Governor across all states
• Assist in the maintenance and production of important tracking and analytic documents
• Assist in drafting and producing social media and fundraising content for publication
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by DGA Communications, Research, Political, Digital, and Administrative staff
• Help compile and write newsletters and analytic reports
• Help maintain the DGA's social and fundraising calendars, updating with key anniversaries and upcoming events
• Stay up to date on social media and digital fundraising trends and best practices, flagging trending topics, memes, etc.
• Attend multiple Digital team meetings as discussed with supervisors
• Evening availability as necessary to post social content and contribute to rapid response moments for Digital team

Digital Intern

• Assist in market research to ensure that the research department is up to date on new research tools.
• Assist in developing scrapers and other basic programming to improve the functionality of the research department.
• Scrape and use large datasets to recognize fundraising patterns, etc.
• Assist in media monitoring and the compilation of news articles pertaining to the political landscape of governors and gubernatorial candidates;
• Assist with transcriptions of media appearances of Republican governors and candidates for use in campaign communications;
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by the Research Associates, Analysts, or other members of the Research Team.

Data and Coding Internship

Communications

• Assist in the research of policy initiatives/outcomes of the Democratic governors and their opponents for use in campaign communications;
• Assist in media monitoring and the compilation of news articles pertaining to the political landscape of governors and gubernatorial candidates;
• Assist in the management of important databases such as press contacts and political contacts;
• Assist in the production of meeting materials and news clips summaries for DGA staff and governors;
• Assist in drafting social media content for publication;
• Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by DGA Communications, Research, Political, Digital, and Administrative staff.

Research Internship

Political Internship

Fundraising Intern

Digital Intern

Data and Coding Internship

Communications Internship