Political Surrogates Manager
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
PR / Communications, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications
Political Surrogates Manager
Talarico for Texas is building a people-powered campaign rooted in grassroots support, integrity, and the belief that politics should work for everyday Texans. James Talarico's campaign for the U.S. Senate will focus heavily on coordinating closely with local leaders and community organizations across the state who are most connected to the issues that matter to Texans.
To support this work, we are seeking a full-time Political Surrogates Manager to lead the campaign's statewide ambassador and surrogate program. This role will serve as the bridge between the Political, Communications, and Creative teams, ensuring that trusted messengers—including elected officials, community leaders, faith leaders, labor leaders, advocates, and other validators—are equipped with the messaging, resources, and opportunities they need to effectively amplify the campaign.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the campaign's statewide surrogate and ambassador program
- Build and maintain strong relationships with elected officials, endorsers, validators, and community leaders serving as campaign surrogates
- Serve as the primary liaison between the Political, Communications, and Creative teams to ensure surrogate messaging is timely, accurate, and strategically aligned
- Develop and distribute regular newsletters, talking points, message guidance, digital toolkits, and campaign updates for surrogates and validators
- Coordinate rapid-response communications to surrogates during major campaign moments, policy announcements, debates, earned media opportunities, and breaking news
- Identify opportunities for surrogates to amplify campaign messaging through earned media, social media, public events, letters, op-eds, videos, and community engagement
- Work with the Press team to identify and prepare surrogate media opportunities and interviews
- Partner with the Creative team to amplify social media assets and other content tailored for surrogate distribution
- Maintain comprehensive databases of surrogates, endorsers, validators, and ambassadors, tracking engagement and communication history
- Coordinate surrogate briefings, virtual meetings, trainings, and appreciation events
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