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DAGA 2026 Spring Internship Opportunities

8 days ago

Washington

Job Description AS OF 11/10/2025, WE ARE ONLY SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR VIDEO PRODUCTION AND DESIGN TEAM The Democratic Attorneys General Association provides political and policy support to Democratic State Attorneys General in their mission to protect citizens, promote progress, and support civil rights. DAGA is seeking energetic and hard-working students to join our internship program. This internship opportunity with DAGA is a one-of-a-kind Washington, DC experience that helps students learn more about the American political process. The term will begin in mid-January and end in May (start and end dates are flexible depending on student availability). This is a non-employment internship opportunity. Internships are part-time and unpaid, though DAGA can sign off on credit/service hours. Interns are offered flexible work schedules and hours are capped at 20 hours a week. Interns can only exceed the capped amount of 20 hours a week if it is a school requirement or if they are part of an internship program. Interns will receive a $250/week stipend to offset transportation and living costs. This will be an in-person internship. Placement Areas DAGA offers internships in seven departments: ● Communications/Digital ● Data ● Development (Fundraising) ● Policy ● Political ● Research ● Video Production and Design (potential for remote work) Qualifications ● Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, but graduate students may be considered depending on the department's needs ● This is a fast-paced and fast-changing work environment that requires the ability to organize and handle multiple projects, set priorities and meet deadlines ● Strong communication skills ● Able to interact with individuals at many levels and handle confidential matters ● Excellent attention to detail ● Strong research and computer skills (MS Office, etc.), database (NGP) skills a plus ● Humor, initiative, and openness to evolving responsibilities DAGA’s office is open 9 AM – 6 PM Eastern. Interns set a weekly schedule based on their availability, school schedule, and department needs. DAGA offices are in downtown DC. DAGA values a truly diverse workforce and is committed to a culture of inclusivity, respect, and integrity. We strongly encourage people with disabilities, people of color, transgender and non-binary people, and people from diverse backgrounds to apply. DAGA is an equal opportunity employer, and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote, and administer all personnel actions based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex: age; marital status; personal appearance; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; family responsibilities; disability; genetic information; credit Information; status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. DAGA will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Responsibilities by Department Comms/Digital • Monitor media coverage and compiling daily press clips of Democratic Attorneys General, candidates, events, and other key topics, • Draft social media posts for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other social platforms, • Track digital trends within political space and other related industries, • Update key press lists and manage databases, • Assist with drafting press materials, including advisories, releases, and statements, • Contribute to discussions on earned media strategies and organic social campaigns, • Analyze data from social and digital content and participate in brainstorming sessions around future content, • Assist video producer and video intern by captioning news clips for social media, • Support Communications team with other day-to-day tasks as needed, • Interest or experience in graphic design and Canva tools is a plus but not necessary Development • Work alongside development team to develop and steward relationships with corporations, labor unions, foundations, and individual donors, • Support planning and execution of events with Attorneys General, candidates, DAGA partners, and prospective donors including but not limited to attendee tracking, pre-event outreach, post-event follow-up, and data management, • Research and build prospects lists at the direction of development managers and associates, • Conduct and track outreach to donor prospects, • Compile daily development clips, • Assist with call preparation and follow-up for Attorneys General and senior staff, • Assist the fundraising team in day-to-day administrative and operational activities, including donor prospecting, • Strengthen communication and organizational skills for cultivating relationships with donors and donor prospects Data • Assist the Data Team in tracking polling, ads and campaign finance updates for current races, • Compile summaries of issue polling for fast-moving current events important to the national political environment, • Assist the Data Team in compiling spreadsheets of county-level and media market-level election results for analysis, • Assist in creating maps to analyze county-level and media market-level election results, • Assist in creating charts and other graphics as necessary of polling data, • Assist the Data Team in day-to-day operational activities Policy • Track actions taken by Democratic Attorneys General, including coalition lawsuits, important court opinions, amicus briefs, and closely monitor legislation at the state and federal level & maintain AG actions database, • Track actions taken by all state attorneys general across a multitude of issue areas, • Create and maintain Policy Team manual, • Track internal requests to AGs, • Edit and review written materials for content accuracy, • Assist with internal and external policy meetings, • Contribute to discussions on policy programs, briefings, and meetings, • Assist in policy conference planning and other special projects, • Draft memorandum and other written work products, • Research legal and policy issues for the Policy department, • Support other Policy department day-to-day tasks as needed, • Maintain and update the Policy team email distribution list Political • Assist the Political team in day-to-day operational activities, including coordinating necessary follow-up with candidates or campaign managers, • Track candidates, events, and other key topics, • Facilitate communications internally in accordance with the campaign requests, • Work with the team to ensure effective post-meeting/event follow-up to support the cultivation of ongoing relationships, • Conduct research on candidates at the direction of the Political Director and the Deputy Director, • Track all traveling for candidates attending fundraisers and DAGA events, • Help with events in the Washington D.C. area as needed Political Coding Research • Conduct research about oppositional candidates in key races., • Assist in market research to ensure that the research department is up to date on new research tools., • Assist in developing scrapers and other basic programming to improve the functionality of the research department., • Scrape and use large datasets to recognize fundraising patterns, etc., • Assist in media monitoring and the compilation of news articles pertaining to the political landscape of AGs and candidates;, • Assist with transcriptions of media appearances of Republican AGs and candidates for use in campaign communications;, • Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by the Research Team. Video Production/Design Video and Design Production Additional Required Qualifications ● Basic experience/understanding of Sony cameras (A7S, FS5, FX9) ● Intermediate video editing skills (Premiere Pro) ● Basic After Effects skills ● Basic experience/understanding of audio mixing and color correction ● Experience with Photoshop a plus ● Strong sense of storytelling ● Strong visual and design sense ● Strong organizational skills ● Ability to meet deadlines Responsibilities ● Assist with video shoots, including setting up lights, operating camera, and audio monitoring ● Upload, sort, tag, and edit raw video footage, including color correction and sound mixing ● Create short video packages utilizing footage and basic animation ● Transcribe interviews and caption videos ● Write scripts ● Create basic graphics for use in video packages

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