Campaign roles
Campaign roles: who does what
What each person on a field team does, from canvasser to campaign manager.
Field organizer
Recruits, schedules, and covers one area.
Field director
A field director runs a campaign's whole field program.
Regional field director
A regional field director, or RFD, leads the field organizers in one region.
Organizing director
An organizing director grows the team of people who help.
Precinct captain
A precinct captain is the local leader for one voting precinct.
Block captain
A block captain is a volunteer who covers a few blocks.
Canvasser
A canvasser knocks on doors to talk with voters.
Campaign manager
A campaign manager runs the campaign day to day.
Deputy campaign manager
A deputy campaign manager runs the campaign's daily work.
Volunteer coordinator
A volunteer coordinator signs people up, books them into shifts, and helps them.
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