David Leavitt Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• As a data-driven marketing consultant, I help organizations transform their campaigns and activations from gut decisions into strategic choices backed by evidence. I partner with marketing teams to:
• Build measurement frameworks that capture true policy and business impact
• Identify which channels and campaigns drive meaningful results
• Make confident decisions about where to increase investment

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Designed and implemented the largest public affairs campaigns in the U.S. and Europe, managing nine-figure-budget initiatives to protect Meta Platform’s reputation among policy elites, parents, and other key.
• Leveraged storytelling narratives to help policy elites understand the tangible benefits of Meta’s innovation initiatives and the value they deliver to society, exceeding corporate brand reputation goals while boosting.
• Directed rapid response media campaigns in 10+ markets to address emerging regulatory risks around the world, driving favorable regulatory outcomes for Meta and ensuring the company’s license to operate.
• Partnered with multiple external media agencies across regions and collaborated with internal partners from the Marketing, Brand Strategy, Decision Science, Creative, Social, Communications, and Policy teams to drive.
• Streamlined end-to-end governance and approvals process for campaigns, which led to a reduction in staff time of 15% with 60% quicker go-to-market launch timelines.

New York, NY, US

• Led the agency's Integrated Media offering across 22 offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• Developed content and platform strategies for major brands, nonprofits, and industry groups including Microsoft, Ericsson, Bank of America, Bayer Crop Science, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Luminate Group, TIAA and the.
• Led integrated advertising and communications campaigns that resulted in client wins that include a 10-point increase in sales leads for a B2B initiative, a 7-point lift in support for an advocacy group’s policy.
• Developed deep subject-matter expertise across tech, financial services, energy, and hospitality sectors, which improved quality of agency deliverables by 5% as measured through client survey.

New York, NY, US

• Co-led agency’s 34-person digital team within 120-person office, growing team’s annual revenue to over $8 million while managing staff across diverse media disciplines, including UX, paid media, platform strategy.
• Led crisis communications for a $40 million public affairs campaign for a trade association, which achieved its goal of winning support for policy priorities among presidential candidates from both major parties.