Joel Mendelson

Background

About Joel Mendelson

Strategic communications professional, with a wealth of experience working with nonprofit organizations, political campaigns, issue advocacy groups, and spent time working in the Georgia General Assembly- Work experience includes nearly fifteen years in strategic communications, politics, campaigning, and legislative work. Communication/media experience includes-Designed and executed communications (traditional and digital) strategies for nonprofit, political and issue campaigns. Media relations, including: pitching, interviews, editorial board meetings, drafting guest op-eds, and press conferences-Utilized a variety of strategic digital communications tools to build, grow, and maintain online audiences for nonprofits and campaigns. Drafted, edited, and published a wide variety of content, including blogs, emails (including action alerts, fundraising, and more), reports, and more-Advised issue and political campaigns on strategic and tactical communications-Hosted a talk radio show and authored nearly 100 op-eds published in multiple newspapers. Political experience includes-Campaign organizing/management/consulting in multiple southern states; field work (canvassing, volunteer coordination, voter registration drives); phone banking; strategy/tactics; social media development; multimedia; issue-based organizing; opposition research Legislative experience includes-Three years working as a legislative aide in the Georgia General Assembly; Research into policy and legislation; Constituent outreach; Legislative tracking; Organized lobbying efforts on behalf of Young Democrats of Georgia Specialties: Strategic communications, digital organizing, political organizing, political strategizing, legislative tracking, volunteer mobilization/management, campaign management, field operations, political communications, social media development, journalism, communications project management, digital fundraising. Additional Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Office suite, Content Management Systems (i.e, Wordpress; Drupal); CRMs (ActionNetwork); online fundraising platforms (ActBlue), Social Media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,); some proficiency with Adobe applications (Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator).