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Job Title: Campaign Internship
Location: Cook County
Reports To: Campaign Manager
Pay: $15 an hour
Type: Part-Time, Temporary (10-15 hours per week, for 3 months or through November 18, 2025)

About the Campaign

Friends for Fritz is a people-powered campaign fighting for bold, progressive leadership. A lifelong Democrat, Fritz Kaegi came into the Assessor’s Office following his 2018 election, determined to bring change to a broken property tax system that was stacked against middle-class residents. During his time has expanded protections for seniors, veterans, and disabled residents and stopped a twenty-year trend of rising tax bills for residential properties in middle-class and struggling neighborhoods.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Petitioning: Assist the field team in collecting signatures for ballot access. This includes helping to manage materials, track progress, and ensure quality control
  • Events: Help with the planning and execution of campaign events, including community meetings, fundraisers, and voter outreach events
  • Fundraising: Support fundraising efforts by assisting with donor research, data entry, and event support
  • Research: Conduct research on various topics to support campaign strategy and communications
  • Administrative Tasks: Provide general administrative support to the campaign team as needed

Qualifications

  • A strong interest in progressive politics and community organizing
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Familiarity with Google Suite
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends
  • Access to a working mobile phone, laptop, and reliable transportation is preferred
  • A commitment to equity, inclusion, and ethical campaign practices
  • Must be able to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, as required by Illinois election law for petition circulators

Work Environment

This position typically operates in various settings where the climate may vary and noise can be moderate to heavy. Position requires routine use of standard office equipment such as phones, computers, printers, scanners and photocopiers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the required duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, walk, kneel, bend, use hands to type; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The position is subject to lifting objects over 50 pounds frequently.

To apply fill out this form: https://forms.gle/fg4yHixFR7pmRWFc7

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - COMMITTED TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE

Friends for Fritz is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, perceived pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, mental or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, denial of family and medical care leave, or any other protected status.