Michael Lucas

Masters in Applied American Politics and Policy Graduating Summer 2013 from Florida State University m@lucasma.com www.lucasma.com

Experience
Presidential Inaugural Committee
Washington, D.C. Digital Developer Dec 2012 Present Assisted in the creative and design process for the website, www.2013pic.org and other digital assets Helped develop and maintain the website using a combination of BSD Tools and Expression Engine Built the online forms in BSD, along with assisting with developing the content and styles of the forms

Obama for America Wisconsin

Madison, WI Deputy Digital Director Sep 2012 Nov 2012 Developed and deployed various webpages for www.barackobama.com/wi as well as signup and volunteering forms Managed Dashboard, the campaigns online eld ofce, for OFA-WI Managed OFA-WIs Mailchimp program, involving blast email sends to hundreds of thousands of people Assisted with managing the social media networks as well as building content, including both writing and graphics Acted as the campaigns media contact and photographer for principal and surrogate events across the state

Obama for America

Chicago, Il Digital Development Intern May 2012 Sep 2012 Developed and deployed online fundraising & signup forms Helped develop code and website elements for www.barackobama.com Researched and scheduled all early voting, absentee voting, registration, and vote by mail deadlines for GottaVote Assisted the special & constituency projects development group with various projects, meetings, and research

Florida Supreme Court Merit Retention Campaign !

! ! Database Manager Maintained and organized donor records Audited records for compliance with both state and federal laws and regulations Learning Systems Institute

Tallahassee, Fl March 2012 May 2012

Tallahassee, Fl Web Developer & Research Assistant May 2010 May 2012 Utilized Electronic Development Portal tools for creating online courses Provided research assistance, including APA compliant editing, formatting, and Section 508 compliance Used a variety of tools including Microsoft Visual Studio, Project, Access, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Photoshop

Organizing for America Florida

Deputy Field Organizer/Summer Organizer Reached out to local communities to raise awareness on issues and events Managed voter les Coordinated with campaigns Staffed media and surrogate events Assisted and managed community based volunteer networks and leaders

North Florida Region Jan 2010 Aug 2010

Education & Student Organizations

Florida State University
Masters, Applied American Politics and Policy B.S. Information Technology, B.S. Political Science Organizations and Activities: National Society of Collegiate Scholars Seminole Flying Club Tallahassee, Fl Aug 2006 Present

Sigma Alpha Lambda Honors Society Association of Information Technology Professionals PIRG @ FSU

Florida College Democrats & FSU College Democrats! !

! ! Tallahassee, Fl Director of Communications, Webmaster, Digital Media Manager Dec 2010 Present Developed a statewide communications strategy for FCD, focused on effective communication between all chapters and a social media task force for rapid response Use of Drupal, Wordpress, PostgresSQL, for developing and deploying online content