We are political problem solvers.
Cor Strategies is a full-service Midwest-based political solutions company, using our expertise and relationships to make a difference by doing work that matters.
Join our team to drive improvement by helping people, organizations, and causes progress commonsense center-right principles and promote the public good.
Current Openings
Government Affairs Associate
Government Affairs Associate — 2023
Cor Strategies helps school districts, community colleges, municipalities, and associations throughout Illinois achieve success, and we are looking to grow our department by adding a Government Affairs Associate who can assist in coordinating with administrations and boards, helping manage community engagement and grassroots government affairs projects, conducting public meetings and giving community presentations, and reporting progress to clients.
We focus on influencing the public process at the community level six specific offerings: public engagement, issue advocacy, civic mobilization, community involvement, referendum development, and influencer persuasion. The individual in this role will assist in leading projects within each of these offerings from conception to completion.
Being skilled in recruiting and mobilizing supporters for causes, engaging key influencers and stakeholders, engaging the public, and finding common ground is a benefit. This individual will also interact directly with clients and stakeholders through private meetings and public presentations. Finally, they will assist local school districts, community colleges, municipalities and units of government with developing and passing community-driven referendums that fully and directly involve the public.
Individuals in this role must have expertise in local issues, demographics, and politics. They must excel at facilitating activity, coordinating stakeholders, and delivering successful outcomes. They must have excellent attention to detail. They must be personable, friendly, and able to interact with clients, team members, influencers, and the public professionally and constructively. They must be experts at multitasking, embrace challenges, and have the ability to set ambitious goals and deliver results. They must be able to work effectively both individually and in a team environment. Candidates must be comfortable working in a center-right political environment and be located in (or able/willing to travel to) Chicagoland.
Community Affairs Specialist
Community Affairs Specialist — 2023
As EOSullivan Consulting has expanded in helping school districts, community colleges, municipalities, business organizations and associations, and other units of government throughout Illinois achieve success, we are looking to grow our department by adding a Community Affairs Specialist who assists with grassroots government affairs, community engagement projects and referendums, communicating with administrations and boards, and leading efforts with outside groups to benefit the government affairs client.
The individual in this role will assist in implementing government affairs and community outreach efforts from conception to completion. These projects will include public engagement, issue advocacy, civic mobilization, community involvement, referendum development, and influencer persuasion.
Being skilled in recruiting and mobilizing supporters for causes, engaging key influencers and stakeholders, influencing the public, and navigating contested waters is a benefit. This individual will also interact directly with clients and stakeholders through private meetings. They will assist local school districts, community colleges, municipalities, and units of government with developing and executing projects that require involvement and support from outside groups.
Individuals in this role must have expertise in local issues, demographics, and politics. They must excel at facilitating activity, coordinating stakeholders, and delivering successful outcomes. They must have excellent attention to detail. They must be personable, friendly, and able to interact with clients, team members, influencers, and volunteers professionally and constructively. They must be experts at multi-tasking, embrace challenges, and have the ability to set ambitious goals and deliver results. They must be able to work effectively both individually and in a team environment. They must be located in (or able/willing to travel to) the Chicagoland area.
Creative Producer
Community Affairs Specialist — 2023
Since our founding in 2009, one of our biggest strengths has been our ability to develop highly effective content for our clients and communicate those messages in a compelling manner on relevant platforms. We will now be doing this for our own brand and the Creative Producer will lead these efforts. Cor will be developing and distributing regular compelling content to help give center-right candidates, operatives, and organizations advice and information, from strategies to tactics to messaging. We will also be developing creative and interesting content that is more entertaining, including but not limited to interviews, podcasts, and interactive content within the political, public policy, and civic space.
We are hiring a Creative Producer to lead the production and creation of this content, working with our experienced political team members to generate content that is effective and compelling. This individual will be responsible for video, audio, and text production management through the entire lifecycle of a project, which includes following timelines and creating and producing content that will be used across Cor’s various distribution platforms. They will be encouraged to be creative, coming up with new ideas and projects to try to further these efforts, including capitalizing on current trends. They will drive the editing process from kick-off to completion, including but not limited to script & concept editing, video editing and clipping, and audio correction. Once content is produced, they will facilitate creative feedback with the team.
The individual in this role must have content creation and production experience, including the ability to use DSLR cameras, microphones, and video and audio editing software. The Creative Producer must excel at bringing life and excitement to content that will grab and retain our target audience’s attention. They must be a self-starter and have excellence attention to detail and guidance. They must be experts at multi-tasking, embrace challenges, and have the ability to set ambitious goals and deliver results. Candidates must be comfortable working in a center-right political environment and be located in (or able/willing to travel to) Chicagoland.
Redshirt (Internship)
Internship Opportunities
Cor Strategies is seeking Social Media, Data & Tech, Government Affairs, and Event Planning Redshirts (interns) to join various local and statewide political campaigns and assist our internal team. As a Cor Redshirt, you’ll become equipped with the knowledge and skills to contribute to high stakes political campaigns.
Opportunities to work with candidates and campaigns that have the ability to win are extremely rare. Cor Strategies is selective in our clients, only working with candidates and causes we believe in and can be proud of.
The goal of our internship program is to equip you with key skills to contribute to a campaign and prepare you to join a political campaign in 2022 or potentially become a long-term member of the Cor Strategies team.
