Friends of Vandana Slatter: State Senate Campaign Manager

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Employment Opportunity: Campaign Manager - Friends of Vandana Slatter

Location: Bellevue, Washington (48th legislative district)

Compensation: Depending on experience, $4,000 - $5,000

Hours: Full time

Duration: Through November 2024

Interested candidates may apply by emailing a resume and brief statement of interest to hana@senatedemocrats.org 

Job Description:  

We seek highly motivated, committed, and teamwork-oriented campaign managers for State Senate campaigns. This year will be highly contested and one of the top priorities for the legislature statewide.

The Campaign Manager will be responsible for executing a winning campaign and all day-to-day operations of the campaign across the designated legislative district. 

You will thrive in this position if: you are self-motivated, an active communicator willing to lead, a creative thinker, skilled at mastering new technology, and comfortable engaging strangers.

Responsibilities: 

• Execute winning campaign plan, including schedule management, coordinating political outreach

and relationships with stakeholders, working with WSDC and team of consultants to implement

paid voter contact plans, drafting strong written statements on behalf of the campaign, and

creating social media content.

• Manage robust field program that includes traditional forms of direct voter job contact such as

canvassing (doorbelling), phone-banking, text-banking, and volunteer recruitment and retention.

Campaign Manager will manage a team of field staff, interns, and volunteers in addition to

participating in direct voter contact efforts.

• Oversee fundraising efforts by assisting fundraising consultants and campaign team to

implement fundraising programs that include staffing candidate call time and generating and

managing fundraising events. Campaign Manager will oversee spending and track the budget.

• Community outreach and attending events as a campaign surrogate.

Qualifications: 

• Previous campaign experience is useful but not required. Familiarity with state legislative campaigns and districts is a bonus.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• Comfortable participating in traditional forms of voter contact, including canvassing and phone-banking.

• Ability to work in a high-stress environment, under tight campaign deadlines.

• Capacity to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

• Proficiency with computer technology and social media, ability to learn new software 

quickly, and preferably, familiarity with Votebuilder, NGP, miniVan, and Google Drive/MS Office programs. 

• A valid driver’s license and reliable access to a vehicle.