Abigail Campbell
I love the mixture of individual work and collaboration. I have a supportive team lead and wonderful co-workers.
Ballotpedia:Careers/teams
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Our Teams
Ballotpedia has five core departments that work collaboratively to achieve Ballotpedia’s mission. Click through to read more about your team of choice and why our staff love working at Ballotpedia.
Communications
Our Communications team is organized around key channels and Ballotpedia's growth pillars, focusing on paid, earned, shared, and owned (PESO) media. Each team member specializes in one of these channels, becoming an expert in determining the best ways to deliver our content and products to our external readers and customers. By leveraging their expertise, our team ensures effective communication that aligns with and propels our mission and growth strategies.
Content
Our Content department is Ballotpedia’s largest department, comprised primarily of Staff Writers and Researchers, led by Managing Editors and Team Leads, who focus on researching, developing, writing, and publishing important content about U.S. elections and politics on Ballotpedia.org. The Editorial Content department also curates the content for our many subscriber newsletters, contributes to Ballotpedia’s legislation tracker products, manages our volunteer and fellowship programs, and produces our podcast, On the Ballot. There are seven core teams within the department:
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Ballot Measures Team
Ballot Measures team Staff Writers research, analyze, and write about current statewide ballot measures, certain local ballot measures, historical ballot measures, and the laws governing ballot measures, Ballotpedia’s first content area. -
Elections Team
The Elections Team researches, curates, and presents the basic facts and data about tens of thousands of races and candidates in every two-year election cycle, with primaries and local elections happening somewhere every month of every year. This includes conducting extensive research, direct outreach to external sources, data entry, data analysis, writing, and content creation. -
Events Team
The Events Team researches and provides information on elections and the candidates running in them, which helps readers understand individual political stakes and their place in a broader national context. This coverage extends into policy areas, including redistricting, the federal government, and key votes in Congress. This team is also responsible for producing the Brew, Ballotpedia's daily newsletter. -
Law Team
The Law Team is responsible for becoming experts in the policies, stories, and conflicts that matter most to voters, constituents, and the public at large, including election administration. We are responsible for neutrally presenting the most important facts and news updates about these stories. We focus on the stories that matter most to the administration of elections in the U.S., and therefore may have a great effect on the balance of power and political outcomes in the country. We cover stories and policies at all levels of government, from federal to local. -
Local Expansion Team
Comprised of Election Data Researchers, the Local Expansion team focuses on expanding our coverage of local elections in pursuit of Ballotpedia’s mission to cover every contested election in America. -
News Team
Our News Team Researchers research, monitor, and process relevant political and election news events, making real-time updates to our database and articles across Ballotpedia.org to ensure our content remains up-to-date, accurate, and timely for our readers and core audiences. -
Policy Team
Ballotpedia’s Policy Team researches, curates, and neutrally presents the basic facts, key terms, and core arguments surrounding many important public policy debates in America. This team helps Ballotpedia focus on becoming a complete Encyclopedia of American Politics. As we seek to expand our coverage of various public policy verticals and close the political information gap, we strive to understand and help our readers understand the true nature of complex policy debates.
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Samantha Post
There are so many things I could list, but overall, I love the people I work with. I am treated with respect, feel trusted by my superiors, and feel supported by everyone. I feel free to speak my mind under any circumstances, and I feel very appreciated for who I am and for the work I do.
External Relations
Ballotpedia’s External Relations team manages and grows the organization’s donor and non-donor revenue, strategic partnerships, and outreach programs. They build relationships with individuals and organizations that can further Ballotpedia’s mission and match donors and other potential partners with the best projects and opportunities to advance our shared goals. Ballotpedia’s External Relations department leads development, data sales, and strategic partner functions on behalf of the organization with individuals and organizations nationwide. They serve as passionate and enthusiastic representatives of Ballotpedia to various audiences.
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Caroline Presnell
I enjoy working at Ballotpedia because I get to be a part of a team that truly values serving others. We aren't solely working to meet our needs and wants (though that is certainly a factor!). We're working because we see the importance of what we provide. We value knowledge and work diligently to provide such to our readers. I also love BP because I have truly felt since joining the team that BP loves me back - that one is harder to explain with words, but I really feel it, and all attempts at explaining that would fall short, so I'll leave it there.
Operations
The Operations Department is a close-knit team of administrative, financial, and people operations professionals who support the needs of Ballotpedia’s staff and ensure they have the resources they need to do their best work to support our mission. The department oversees all aspects of human resources, recruiting, onboarding, benefits administration, training, professional development, meeting planning, executive support, board relations, budget development, and financial operations, and ensuring that Ballotpedia has a deliberate and intentional culture strategy.
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Amanda Herbert
I love BP Flex and the overall BP culture. People are really driven to get the job done and enjoy their work. I wake up every day excited to do my job.
Tech
Ballotpedia’s Tech team supports the rest of the staff in making high-quality political data and unbiased encyclopedic content available to the American public by maintaining and improving many aspects of Ballotpedia’s web presence, and the behind-the-scenes tools used by staff, including our database, mapping tools, data extraction tools, and our Sample Ballot Lookup Tool. The team is comprised of web developers, software engineers, data engineers, and GIS analysts who work together to help the organization gather, analyze, and publish the data that supports its comprehensive elections coverage in new and innovative ways.
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Ryan Burch
Why do I love working at Ballotpedia? Great co-workers, inspiring mission, flexible work, ability to communicate new ideas and be heard, opportunities for career growth, just to name a few.
