Michael Mermelstein

**** ******* ****** ! Oakland, CA 94612! Phone: (m) 714-***-**** ! E-Mail: acguun@r.postjobfree.com

E DUCATION

C laremont Graduate University Master of Arts, 2012

Masters in American Politics – Political Behavior Subfield

C alifornia State University Long Beach Bachelor of Arts, 2010

Double Major: Political Science and Comparative World Literature

W ORK EXPERIENCE

W hitehurst M osher Campaign Strategy and M edia Spring 2014

Field/Oppositional Researcher

Performed research on candidates and organizations running against the firm’s clients; including extensive

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investigation into financial fillings, news reports, social media presence, and voting records.

Tracked the events and actions of high value candidates and organizations running against the firm’s clients; while at

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the event I would be responsible for working with a photographer to get quality photo’s to use in political ads,

recording the words and actions of the target individuals, and reporting back to the partners at the firm.

Assisted with field efforts on a number of campaigns in San Francisco; I worked with members of the company to

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manage a staff of over 50 canvassers, enter data into NGP Van, plan events, contact politicians, contact Slate Mailing

companies, and follow up with clients to ensure their satisfaction.

Assisted with proof reading and editing campaign advertisements and other office material.

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C ongresswoman Jackie Speier’s Office, W ashington D.C. Spring 2014

Congressional Intern

Assisted the legislative staff with several research projects on issues ranging from ticket scalping bots to campus sexual

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assault.

Worked to process and organize 2000 pieces of constituent email a month and 100 additional pieces of standard

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mail a month using the Intranet Quorum Database.

Booked, managed, and lead constituent tours in the capital using excel and government tour tools.

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Wrote multiple constituent letters on issues ranging from for profit colleges to copyright protection.

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Performed administrative duties including answering incoming calls, alerting staff of their upcoming scheduled

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meetings and welcoming guests.

P ublic Justice Foundation Fall 2013

Development Intern

• Aided Development staff members in a large-scale database conversion process as the organization transferred

contacts from Donor Perfect to Sales Force.

• Updated Donor Perfect daily by entering new donors into the system and running weekly reports to understand

current trends among donors and sharing this information with management. Assisted the Development staff with

mailing campaigns by tracking donors and identifying best practices for contacting these donors.

• Assisted in crafting outreach letters to donors and prospective donors.

3 C are Therapeutics January – August 2013

Sales Associate

• Completed between 10 and 15 articles a week for the Omega News E-mail newsletters on a wide variety of cutting

edge health issues ranging from green coffee extract to the benefits of exercise.

• Utilized Sales Force to track trends across our Sales Team and doctor outreach program to keep President up to

date on the latest performance metrics.

Kept current and prospective clients abreast of new products and programs, including the Biosystems platform for

iPad.

Technology

• Stata, Indesign, Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, Garage Band, Audacity, Gephi, Google Data Visualization, Intranet

Quorum, NGP Van, Donor Perfect, and Salesforce databases

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