Brent Edwards Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Hired 45 part time and managerial staff for a state-wide Field program in support of Senator Sherrod Brown, resulting in 96,000 contact attempts.Managed a successful paid canvassing program of 15 organizers to secure wins in both the August and November 2023 elections. Represented the organization to the Ohio America Votes, and Ohio Progressive Collaborative tables.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Raised over one-hundred thousand dollars in a widely contested, 35 candidate race.• Acted as project manager and administered direct mail, texting and digital marketing plans. • Developed call-time lists, wrote numerous successful email solicitations and managed in person fundraisers.

Cincinnati Area, Ky

• Lead all campaign planning, staffing and budgeting for a Congressional campaign spanning eight counties in Ohio. • Selected vendors for fundraising, television, digital advertising and P2P texting. Evaluated proposals and negotiated contracts. • Planned and raised a quarter-million dollars from donors in 47 states. • Secured endorsements from United States Senator Sherrod Brown, Our Revolution Ohio, and countless Labor organizations and democratic clubs. • Built an email list with over 15,000 active subscribers, drafted and edited over 75 unique email campaigns focused on fundraising.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Managed all digital spending for judge-elect Ginger Bock.

Mason, Oh

Managed $25,000 paid digital media budget across Display, Video, Social, and Pay Per Click channels.Composed copy for paid and organic social media posts. Managed social media calendar. Composed weekly reports on campaign spend as well as markers of effectiveness such as reach, impressions, and clicks.

Blue Ash, Ohio

• Managed a successful race for the Ohio Statehouse, unseated a two-term incumbent republican Statehouse member. • Recruited and trained volunteers on best practices for voter contact. Led canvasses and phonebanks. • Met and exceeded weekly voter contact goals set by the House Democratic Caucus. • Raised over $150,000 in contributions from donors, PACS and national interest groups.

Blue Ash, Ohio

Composed copy for paid and organic social media posts. Utilized Facebook Ads Manager to build out multiple campaigns. Targeted prospective users based on demographics, operating system, and other parameters. Coded and scheduled emails using Adobe marketing cloud. Presented reports of campaigns to senior leadership. Managed and optimized Google PPC campaigns. Oversaw the redevelopment process for JudgmentMarketplace.com

Cincinnati Area, Ky

• Managed and approved digital production of display advertisements, email campaigns, and social media posts. • Tracked budgets for ad campaigns, and targeted resources using demographics and other market research data. • Purchased display, youtube and PPC advertisements on various platforms including Google AdWords and Facebook Ads Manager.

Cincinnati, Oh

Coordinated membership organizing activities for the eastern region of Cincinnati and its suburbs.Organized and participated in candidate watch parties, activist training seminars, and outreach days and represented AARP in an official capacity at numerous high profile political events. Motivated and empowered members in advocacy training programs.Ran nightly reports documenting outreach progress for calls and other campaign goals.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Assisted in various in-store promotional campaigns. Worked with retailers to drive sales in various c-store divisions.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Maintained numerous client social media profiles, composed and scheduled copy for posts and client websites, and produced detailed analytics reports for digital activity. Paced out advertising campaigns to properly hit client spend and effectiveness goals. Collaborated with clients to create digital ad campaigns for store openings, seasonal promotions, and product releases.Developed systems for client management, including new client on boarding and relationship maintenance.

Executive Office Of The President Of The United States

•Assisted in composing inter-governmental communications, including providing research for staffers.•Edited the contents of a monthly newsletter that is sent to seventeen thousand stakeholders. •Maintained databases to assist in event preparation and execution. Confirmed details for guests from Government agencies, non-profits and subject matter experts. •Conducted research pertaining to drug control priorities including drugged driving prevention, youth outreach, and prescription drug abuse.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Planned and lead overall strategy for voter identification, persuasion, and election day turnout. Writing and executing direct voter contact plan to achieve said goals. Preparing canvass sheets for volunteers. Led trainings on campaign best practices for volunteers and staff. Established phone banking sessions to identify and persuade likely democratic voters in district. Composed talking scripts for different groups targeted.Assisted candidate at various speeches, rallies, parades.Assisted in securing endorsements from various local and national groups.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edited and entered a summary of legislative activities into the record. This included all votes taken, bill sponsored or co-sponsored, amendments offered, and dear colleague letters written or signed onto.Conducted research for Legislative Assistants, topic areas include LGBT rights in developing nations, The Trans-Pacific-Partnership, TSA Pre-check program, California Water Policies, Energy Development, and Al-Qaeda in Egypt. Attended briefings sponsored by Congressional Research Service, think tanks and universities. Composed memos detailing the information most pertinent to office's legislative goals. Topics included, national debt, income mobility, reproductive rights across the states, the future of energy development.General office work including processing incoming mail, faxes and emails. Logged all constituent inquiries, comments and requests into Internet Quorum (IQ) system.Composed a commendation detailing the accomplishments of California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins. Acted as the first point of contact for the majority of phone calls, directed inquiries to the appropriate staffer as necessary. Researched groups seeking appointments with the Congressman.

Cincinnati, Oh

Successfully elected candidate Kevin Flynn to a four year term in Cincinnati's City Council. Planned and wrote $200,000 budget to cover all campaign expenses. Engaged with consultants to develop message and media materials. Oversaw successful execution of direct mail, broadcast and billboard advertising. Developed website to spread awareness of candidate, utilized google analytics platform to track site engagements. Coordinated with interest groups to secure endorsements from: Charter Committee of Greater Cincinnati, Home Builders Association of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Board of Realtors, Ohio Valley Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Fraternal Order of Police #69, Cincinnati Firefighters Association Local 48, and the Hamilton County Green Party. Composed content for campaign website as well as blog posts, email-newsletters, and facebook and twitter posts. Developed a targeting system to focus on high-interest and likely voters. Organized walk sheets, precinct maps and scripts for door to door canvassing.Researched and created donor call sheets, and monitored call time. Contacted local high schools and colleges to create an internship program.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsible for maintaining the facebook and linkedin pages for the Political Science Club. Coordinating event times and logistics with the executive leadership of the club.Oversaw growth of club membership, through recruitment days and classroom visits. Contacted media outlets to promote awareness of the first ever "Cincinnati City Council Debates" held at Xavier University.

Greater San Diego Area

Mobilized enthusiasm for a Congressional Race that received attention from the New York Times, National Journal, Roll Call and Politico. Was ultimately successful in defeating six-term incumbent and electing Scott Peters to Congress.Assisted Candidate Scott Peters for a speech at the San Diego Society of Engineers, as well as a community service event at the 2012 San Diego Veteran's Stand Down. Managed phone banking sessions with over 40 callers utilizing "Stone's Phones" predictive auto-dialer as well as developing and editing situation-specific phone scripts for persuasion, fundraising, election day. Constructed walk packets and other materials for canvass staff. Updated voter profiles through VAN software suite. Assisted GOTV Director in recruiting and training volunteers, interns and paid canvass staff. Trained and participated in phone banking and canvass sessions.Assisted Finance Director in leading a small team in the research and creation of over 500 donor profiles. Profiles included biographies, histories and contact information for prospective donors. Utilized open-source as well as proprietary databases such as Lexis-Nexis to find new potential donors. Tracked donations and contact histories in NGP Software suite. Managed various databases including VAN, NGP, and Google Documents to achieve results, such as maintaining contact information for over 250 volunteers.

Assisted in a variety of tasks to maintain smooth operations of county office. Composed content that was shared on official facebook and twitter pages. Contacted volunteers to attend service events in San Diego with the county Democratic Party. Maintained voter and volunteer databases, and researched candidates for the 2012 San Diego Mayoral race.

Focused on communications for the Cincinnati branch of Organizing For America. Tasks included working phone banks, mobilizing grassroots forces in local neighborhoods, assembling daily news clips and working with votebuilder.com databases. Collaborated closely with the group, "We are Ohio", which brought together over 17,000 volunteers and raised over 26 million.Main focus of the internship was the repeal of SB5 an anti-collective bargaining law, which was successfully repealed.

Composed articles for the Arts and Entertainment section of the Xavier Newswire. Was responsible for the layout and production of this section. Managed a small core group of writers whose coverage included student plays, concerts, art exhibitions, and student bands

Oversaw guest safety and maintained pool rules and regulations at the Toby Well's and Mission Valley YMCA's.

Was responsible for assembling video news segments for the weekly broadcast. The stories covered included interviews with school administrators, local news, and special interest. Additionally was a lead news anchor whose responsibilities included coordinating filming times, story topics and addressing post-production issues.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Completed a course of study focusing on marketing. Coursework includes classes in international branding, marketing research.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Political Science., Minors International Studies, Gender And Diversity Studies

Activities and Societies: Xavier Political Science Club, Xavier University College Democrats, Xavier Newswire