Democratic Governors Association (DGA)

Compliance

• Assist with “Best Efforts Mailings” in reaching out to donors for compliance requirements
• Assist with standardizing spreadsheets of grassroots donor information
• Assist with database and physical filing system maintenance
• Assist with online donor information research for disclosure reporting
• Participate in the department’s strategic planning meetings and all staff meetings

Compliance Internship

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.