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Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. is currently interviewing candidates nationwide for Canvass Director and Assistant Director positions.

Assistant Directors will join the directing team in one of our 30 offices, recruiting, training and managing a paid staff of 10-40 canvassers, as well as administrative work that goes along with running a campaign office. Directors work on the front lines of these campaigns, canvassing and fund raising for some of the most important and effective progressive organizations in America. For complete details, please download the ongoing canvass director job description.

To apply, fill out our online application.

Grassroots Campaigns is also accepting applications for an In-House Legal Counsel to provide legal advice and action related to the management of our 30 campaign field offices across the country. For details and application instructions, please download our in-house counsel job opening.

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Staff Profile: Christine Nannicelli
Northwestern University '06
Started: Field Manager and Assistant Director, Chicago, DNC
Current Position: Lead Roving Recruiter (Midwest)

As a student-athlete at Northwestern University, Christine developed a political passion which, along with her competitive edge, led her to Grassroots Campaigns. Starting as a Field Manager canvassing for the Democratic National Committee, she soon was promoted to Assistant Director of the Chicago campaign office. Since joining GCI Christine has had the chance to work in almost all areas of GCI: canvass directing, field organizing and recruitment, while tackling her three top issues: climate change, health care and LGBT rights.

In her first year as an Assistant Director in Chicago, Christine ran a campaign with Environmental Action in an effort to place the polar bear on the endangered species list and force the Environmental Protection Agency to address carbon emissions. Then, on behalf of the Democratic National Committee, Christine led her office in identifying new small donors and volunteers for the party in preparation for the 2008 Presidential Election. In both campaigns, Christine became one of the top fundraising directors in the nation.

She joined the MoveOn.org organizing team leading up to the 2008 election, overseeing volunteer operations in NC, WV, IN, TN, KY and WI. Along with nine other organizers, she ran a field program that turned out over 90,000 MoveOn volunteers in swing states around the country. On election night Christine watched all three of her swing states go blue, helping to secure her Senator, Barack Obama, as the next President of the United States.

While the 2008 Presidential Election was a tremendous victory, the passing of Proposition 8 in California was a huge blow to the progressive movement. Following the election, Christine headed out to California as an Event Director where she ran canvass events on behalf of Equality California to overturn the ballot measure. Taking her to every major city in California, she coordinated with each CA office at seven different events. The project recruited over 800 volunteers and raised over $125,000 for EQCA to bring marriage equality back to California.

Christine now joins the Recruitment team as Lead Roving Recruiter in the Midwest where she has the opportunity to recruit the next leaders of the progressive movement. 

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Nancy McMurray, Canvass Director, and Mikhail Radionchenko, Assistant Director watch the first debate between Obama and McCain at a local MoveOn member’s house with their staff.

Directors Ayeshia Johnson and Nayeli Maxson show that they can take on Washoe County!