Daniel Whitely

• Managed and led multiple teams of field organizers and canvassers in multiple states in voter registration, mobilization, and issue advocacy, ensuring internal and external campaign goals were met.
• Hired first as an Organizer running day-to-day operations before assuming role of Regional Director, wherein I managed long-term goals and projects.
• Collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative field data, providing client teams with actionable insights to inform campaign strategy across the US.
• Maintained efficient team operations by overseeing staff onboarding, scheduling, and performance tracking.
• Managed a staff of over 60 individuals per regional office
• Oversaw and lead a regional office that produced one of the nation's most successful targeted voter registration campaigns.

• Served as a consultant to nonprofits and corporations as a temporary consultant on diverse tasks that required experience in political solutions.
• Developed communication, outreach, and public affairs strategies for private-sector clients.
• Assisted on an assortment of projects simultaneously often with tight deadlines and quick turnarounds.
• Responsible for editing, copywriting, and serving as an asset to communications departments that required outside consultancy and freelancing writing and editing.
• Created research strategies and served as an expert resource for political risk, political systems, and nuanced research applications.

• Reported to and worked closely with the Director of Publishing and Content to publish the thought leadership, research, and collateral materials developed by the executives leading the Institute's multiple centers and departments.
• Responsible for implementing the rollout of all written material and partnership relationships for yearly Asia Summit.
• Coordinated with dozens of executives across the Institute and on subjects spanning health, finance, economics, and philanthropy to manage the entire publications process.
• Responsible for planning and editing publications, working with a pool of freelance editors to manage operations and workflow, and coordinating with colleagues in the Marketing and Communications Department for design, media relations, website, and social media.

• Responsible for managing the edit and production processes of direct mail political advertisements for political campaigns across the U.S.
• Assisted in quality control with printers and mail houses across the U.S.
• Coordinated with graphic designers, writers, campaigns, and account executives on complex, short- and long-term projects.
• Monitored workflow for print-ready approvals and ensured the timely delivery of finished creative products resulting in 10-day turnarounds on projects from concept to delivery.

• Created and managed an upstart Congressional campaign from scratch, in a remote environment with a first-time candidate for office.
• Spearheaded outreach efforts to voters, community organizations, party members, media agencies, and universities.
• Oversaw, managed, hired and a diverse group of interns, staff, and senior staff across geographies, in-person and remote, and time zones, totaling 50 individuals.
• Crafted and wrote policy platforms for issues such as: Environment and climate change, criminal justice reform, housing affordability, and campaign financing.
• Created and implemented field, recruitment, and outreach strategies for staff.
• Lead the campaign's endorsement efforts to local and national nonprofits, PACs, local elected officials, businesses, and pillars of the Brooklyn community.
• Implemented state-of-the-art intern program, mixing digital and traditional elements to capitalize on the COVID remote environment, social media engagement, and Millennial and Gen Z engagement.

• Wrote on a myriad of current political topics and underreported topics, relating to criminal justice, humanitarian crises, and foreign policy issues.
• Coordinated with the editorial department on topics to write about on the online website and across social media channels.
• Facilitated pitch meetings across the opinion department.
• Led to an increase in website traffic, social media engagement, and subscription to the outlet's membership.

• Recruited, coordinated, and managed a diverse set of 25 volunteers and delegates to network and promote the campaign on college campuses and other sites across Northeast Ohio.
• Strengthened leadership and communication skills by conversing with a wide range of audiences and maintaining clear communications with interest groups.
• Managed several dynamic projects at once with varying responsibilities and objectives, demonstrating a strong ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Solved fast-emerging problems in the field by efficiently implementing dynamic strategies that included all team members.

Dual Minors in International Relations; Law