James P. Rigdon has over 10 years of experience managing campaigns and coordinating field operations, communications, and fundraising. He has held leadership roles such as Coordinated Campaign Director, Field Director, and Outreach Director on over a dozen campaigns across the US. His experience includes hiring staff, managing budgets, coordinating field plans and voter outreach activities, and representing campaigns to the media.

1. JAMES P. RIGDON
417-389-1157
jamesprigdon@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Management:
 Interviewed, hired, and supervised campaign staff, interns, and volunteers
 Wrote and coordinated budgets and campaign plans
 Planned and executed extensive fundraising
 Established connections and endorsements and coordination with downticket campaigns
 Represented candidates and campaigns before press/media
Communications:
 Managed voter contact activities and press conferences
 Managed press relations, speechwriting, and information distribution
 Wrote, edited, and revised candidate speeches, blast emails, press releases, and internal and external communications
 Managed press contact
 Wrote and edited extensive advertising and voter outreach
 Managed social media and web presence
 Coordinated outreach with external groups
Field:
 Established field plan in coordination with state party efforts, municipal and county campaigns
 Sectioned and prioritized geographic targets
 Set up regional offices, recruited, trained and oversaw staff
 Represented campaign and field plan to press and media
 Directed staff, interns, and volunteers in voter outreach activities
 Trained, mobilized and managed staff, volunteers, and interns in key organizing skills and Get Out The Vote techniques
 Organized early voting/vote-by-mail efforts in multiple campaigns
COORDINATED CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, HARRIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HOUSTON, TX
July-November 2016
VOTER REGISTRATION DIRECTOR, FIELDWORKS, LAS VEGAS, NV
March-June 2016
NATIONAL OUTREACH, DATA, AND SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR, DRAFT BIDEN, CHICAGO, IL
June-November 2015
PRINCIPAL FIELD CONSULTANT, NEBRASKA ROOTS, BROKEN BOW, NE
November 2014-June 2015
CANVASS DIRECTOR, GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS, ROCHESTER, NY
August-November 2014
FIELD DIRECTOR, STANLEY CHANG FOR CONGRESS, HONOLULU
April-August 2014
SOUTHERN COLORADO DIRECTOR, GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS
August-November 2012
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, REBUILD JOPLIN
May 2011-June 2012
FIELD DIRECTOR/COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 19
June-November 2010
DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER/FIELD DIRECTOR, JOHN BURZICHELLI AND CELESTE RILEY FOR NEW
JERSEY STATE ASSEMBLY
July-November 2009

2. FIELD ORGANIZER, CREIGH DEEDS FOR VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
March-July 2009
CAMPAIGN MANAGER, KENDALL MOORE FOR FLORIDA STATE SENATE
July-November 2008
STATE OUTREACH COORDINATOR, CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK/PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND
June-July 2008
FIELD DIRECTOR, DATA ENTRY, COORDINATION, COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, JACK NELSON-
PALLMEYER FOR U.S. SENATE
April-June 2008
FIELD DIRECTOR, 1st
& 7th
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, MIKE CIRESI FOR U.S. SENATE
November 2007-March 2008
FIELD DIRECTOR, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA DFL COORDINATED CAMPAIGN
August-November 2006
FIELD DIRECTOR, MISSOURI 135th
DISTRICT
January-August 2006
CO-FOUNDER, BOARD MEMBER, STUDENTS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
January 2006-Present