About Campaign Staff Organization

This document gives a general overview of the campaign organization to help editors and monitors classify campaign staffers by department.

Wikipedia has a good overview of campaign organizations.

Oversees campaign. In local campaigns, often the lead strategist. In larger campaigns, hires strategists/consultants.

Field: on-the-ground organizing, personal contact, local events; is split between state and local offices
- State Field Director
  - Deputy Field Director
    - Regional Field Directors
      - Local Field Directors
        Organizers
        Volunteer Coordinators (in office managing volunteers)
        General Field Staff
        
        GOTV (Get Out the Vote) Coordinator
Communications: deals with campaign's messaging, rapid-response, ads
- Communications Director
  - Deputy Communications Director
    - Communications Team
    - State Communications Directors
Press Team
- Press Secretary: voice for the campaign
  - Regional Press Secretaries: work with press at regional and state level
Finance: oversees campaign's fundraising
- Finance Director
  - Deputy Finance Director
    - Finance Team
Internet: manages campaign internet operations, including fundraising, design, communications, etc.
- Internet Director
  - Deputy Internet Director
    - Organizers
    - Fundraisers
    - Communications
Political: maintains and builds relations with elected officials, etc.
- Political Director
  - Deputy Political Director
    - Constituency Desks: Women, Youth, African Americans, Latinos, etc.
Research: manages organization's opposition research and research for policy
- Research Director
  - Deputy Research Director
    - Research Team
Policy
- Policy Director
  - Domestic Policy Lead/Director
  - Foreign Policy Lead/Director
    - Policy Team