White House aide shifts to Biden campaign as part of paid media team

A longtime aide to President Biden has left the administration and joined the president’s re-election campaign as a senior member of his paid media team.

Jin Koo previously served as chief of staff to senior Biden adviser Mike Donilon and chief of staff in the White House speechwriting office. In her new role, first reported by The Hill, Qu will help the Biden campaign ramp up its paid media efforts ahead of the November election.

“Jin is an extraordinary talent. She is a first-rate writer and strategic thinker. She is creative and a tenacious worker who sees every project through to completion. But most of all, she is a great personality, He is a man of integrity and generosity of spirit,” Donilon, who recently joined the campaign as chief strategist, said in a statement to The Hill.

In his role at the White House, Qu worked on policy polling and messaging strategy for the president, including major speeches such as the State of the Union, Biden officials said.

She wrote comments for President Biden at the first Chinese New Year celebration at the White House and at President Biden’s gala. paid tribute to the victims A scene from the Monterey Park shooting incident during a visit to Monterey Park in March 2023. Qu was promoted to special assistant to the president in August last year.

“Jinn is a rare gem, a brilliant and invaluable person. Equal parts analytical and creative, she brings her experience in politics, technology and consumer media to impact the lives of Americans as a whole. She is a great leader and colleague, and will do a great job on the campaign trail,” Vinay Reddy, Biden’s director of speechwriting, said in a statement.

She previously worked on the paid media team during Biden’s 2020 campaign and was part of the organization’s $58 million voter mobilization program.

The campaign announced early Tuesday that it had raised more than $42 million in January, giving it about $130 million in cash on hand with about nine months to go until Election Day.

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The campaign has already launched a major ad campaign targeting minority voters in key battleground states, highlighting Biden’s accomplishments in his first term and efforts to cut costs for families, while also highlighting former President Trump’s They are running advertisements warning that they pose a serious threat to the doctrine.

The Biden campaign is steadily increasing its personnel in preparation for a rematch with President Trump in November.

Mr. Donilon joined the campaign in January, along with Jen O’Malley Dillon, a senior White House aide who led Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign. When Biden announces his candidacy in 2024, O’Malley Dillon will serve as campaign chairman, while Julie Chavez Rodriguez will remain as campaign director. Mitch Landrieu, the former White House infrastructure czar, joined the campaign as national co-chair.