The Political Director owns the campaign’s relationships with the progressive movement. This
person builds and executes a comprehensive endorsement strategy across Members of
Congress, labor unions, PACs, and national and state-based progressive organizations; recruits
and deploys surrogates; and turns each relationship into measurable value for the campaign,
whether a public endorsement, a union door-knock, or a surrogate appearance on a livestream.
Responsibilities
• Develop and execute the campaign’s endorsement strategy across Members of
Congress, state and local electeds, labor unions, PACs, and national and state-based
progressive organizations, with quarterly endorsement targets and a weekly pipeline
review
• Lead Member outreach: build a target list of progressive Members of Congress, staff the
candidate for calls and meetings, secure public endorsements, co-hosted fundraisers,
and surrogate appearances
• Manage PAC outreach across ideologically aligned progressive PACs and issue-based
organizations, running a tracked engagement pipeline from introduction through
questionnaire, interview, and endorsement
• Own labor outreach: secure endorsements from international unions and their state and
local affiliates, build the campaign’s relationship with the South Florida central labor
councils, and coordinate rally appearances and member-to-member programs
• Build and manage the surrogate program: recruit validators across elected officials, labor
leaders, movement organizations, cultural figures, and local leaders, and deploy them for
events, video content, call time, digital amplification, and field
• Build and maintain the campaign’s political CRM: log every meeting, ask, and
commitment; surface weekly follow-up lists; produce monthly endorsement reports for
the candidate and senior staff
• Coordinate endorsement rollouts with the Communications Director for press
maximization and digital amplification
• Partner with the Finance Director on joint fundraising, PAC check requests, and
co-hosted donor events tied to endorsements
• Partner with the Field Director on surrogate-driven canvasses, rallies, and volunteer
kickoffs
• Prepare the candidate for endorsement interviews, questionnaires, and meetings with
elected officials, union leaders, and organizational principals
• Manage political interns and volunteers
The Right Person
• Has at least one cycle on a campaign, labor union, C4, or progressive organization;
experience on a political, coalitions, or endorsements team is ideal but not required
• Has existing relationships with progressive Members of Congress, labor unions, and
national progressive organizations, or has demonstrated the ability to build them quickly
• Understands the progressive movement ecosystem and the dynamics of a primary
challenge against an incumbent
• Is organized and detail-oriented with strong pipeline management instincts, able to track
hundreds of relationships without dropping a follow-up
• Is a strong, fast writer who can turn around endorsement pitches, candidate briefings,
and coalition memos on tight deadlines
• Thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and can work long hours and meet
tight deadlines