Fellowships · Early Careers
Political media isn't taught in a lecture hall. It's learned on a live campaign, at speed, with something real depending on the work.
Our fellowship is for people early in their careers who want to build inside a working political media agency, not fetch coffee next to one.
The Fellowship
Fellows sit inside client work. You'll be in the strategy conversations, drafting content that actually ships, researching creators, and watching what happens when a post lands, or doesn't.
We pair every fellow with someone senior who is accountable for their development, not just their output. You'll get direct feedback, and you'll be expected to have opinions.
The goal is that you leave with a portfolio, a network, and a clear-eyed sense of whether this industry is for you.
Fellowship Tracks
Tell us which pulls at you most. Fellows often touch more than one, but we'll anchor you somewhere.
Content calendars, platform strategy, and the daily judgment calls that keep a candidate's feed consistent and on-message.
Sourcing, vetting, and briefing creators. Learning what makes an influencer the right or catastrophically wrong fit for a race.
Graphics, short-form video, photography direction, and editorial work that makes political communication look intentional.
The bridge from online attention to offline action: volunteer funnels, list growth, and turnout mechanics.
Audience research, performance reporting, and learning to tell the difference between a vanity metric and a real signal.
Writing that survives a news cycle: captions, scripts, rapid response, and messaging architecture.
Who Should Apply
You do not need a political science degree, campaign experience, or a connection at a consulting firm. Several of the best people in this field started with none of that.
You understand why something went viral before anyone explains it to you. That instinct is hard to teach and we hire for it.
Campaign work is demanding and often thankless. It's much easier when you actually want the side you're working for to win.
Deadlines in politics are set by the calendar, not by us. Reliability counts more here than raw talent.
You'll get edited a lot, quickly and directly. The fellows who grow fastest are the ones who want that.
Different regions, languages, communities, and platforms. If you can reach voters we'd otherwise miss, say so in your application.
Fellowship Application
Tell us who you are and what you want to get good at. We read every application.
Thank you for applying. We read every application and will be in touch about next steps for your term.
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