FAIRFAX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
2815 HARTLAND ROAD, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22043
MAIN 703.573.6811 FAX 703.560.7004
WWW.FAIRFAXDEMOCRATS. ORG
Chair
Treasurer
Scott A. Surovell
Bruce H. Nielson
chair@fairfaxdemocrats.org
treasurer@fairfaxdemocrats.org
Intern Positions for Fall 2008
The Fairfax County Democratic Committee, one of the largest Democratic organizations
in the country, is seeking qualified interns to help run the FCDC headquarters this
summer and fall. Working for FCDC will be a great opportunity to gain experience in a
fast paced political environment, and learn the skills needed to operate in a political
organization. This year FCDC will be working with the Obama, Warner, and local
Congressional campaigns to win in November. Interns will be given a great deal of
responsibility and can expect to work in most of the following fields from time to time. If
interested, please send resumes or direct any questions toward FCDC Chair Scott Surovell
– chair@fairfaxdemocrats.org.
- Internet Outreach:
o Wikipedia
• Research, write, and post Wikipedia entries up for all Democratic Candidates
• Research, write, and post Wikipedia revisions/entries for all Republican
candidates
o FCDC Facebook page
• Fix Up Page
• Monitor page
o Work on email campaigns
o Maintain FCDC Email Lists
• De-dupe existing addresses
• Confirm add donor addresses
• Add campaign addresses
• Update media list
o FCDC Website Development
• Fix up FCDC Website
• Get up pictures and bios for all FCDC officers and magisterial district chairs
• Get up information regarding Democratic elected officials
-Data Entry / Donor Research
• Research from other public information sources – Northern Virginia church
websites, death notices, home sales, and other information sources
• Research potential donors from a variety of sources
• Assist with data entry for fundraising
• Assist with data entry for canvassing
• Assist with data entry from robodialing and operating robodialer
• Enter volunteer signups from campaign events
• Clean up FCDC email lists
By the authority of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, Bruce Nielsen, Treasurer (Reg. No. VA-93-061)
-Political organizing
• Print out voter lists for FCDC members and volunteers
• Designing lit drop turfs, walk lists, maps, and walk packets
• Register college students at GMU, NVCC
• Assist with absentee ballot requests for disabled and out of area voters
-Opposition Research
• Draft Letters to the Editor
• Prepare articles for FCDC Blogs regarding state legislative Republicans
- Volunteer Organizing
• Assist with follow up from robopolling responses
- Enter data into appropriate databases – fundraising, email list, etc.
• Contact volunteer prospects
• Organize volunteers to run events like tabling, canvassing or phone banking
and follow up afterwards
- Outreach
• Organize community events – Voter Registration Drives, Concerts, Fairs
• Recruit volunteers from various groups (GMU, High schools, community
groups, etc.).
• Assist at Obama, Warner and other campaign events with crowd control,
assisting the press and volunteer signup
• Assist with follow up from mass communications
- Organizing countywide target lists for FCDC of:
• Apartment complexes
• Condo complexes
• Retirement homes
- Fundraising Assistance
• Prepare fundraising response letters
• Prepare daily fundraising call sheets, monitor volunteers, assure compliance
with fundraising checklists
• Assist with direct mailing
• Design mail lists
• Assemble and format mailings
• Assist with email campaigns
- Office Tasks
• Answer the phones
• Clean up/organize the office
- Print Shop
• Help organize FCDC print shop
• Assist with print jobs
• Assist with graphic design for mailing/invitations
• Run direct mail programs
By the authority of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, Bruce Nielsen, Treasurer (Reg. No.
VA-93-061)