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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Nevada, United States

Nevada State Director

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Directly creating and implementing the Never Back Down field program for the 2024 Nevada Presidential Caucus, as well as managing all operatives throughout the State of Nevada.Gaining extensive and essential firsthand knowledge about the potential role (and limitations of) Political Action Committees and how to utilize its function most effectively in the big picture of a campaign.Developing creative and novel ways for my team to persuade potential caucus-goers that have been successful in consistently increasing month-over-month engagement metrics throughout the state.Solely responsible for managing the data and back-end reporting metrics in Nevada for the national organization.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

I oversee full mail, digital, fundraising, and data operation for multiple multi-million-dollar clients, including driving electoral strategy in a variety of races, including Senate re-election campaigns. One of my key tasks is to streamline the company's Franking process for Members of Congress. I leverage polling and voter contact data to create long-term strategies for customers, including engaging directly with third-party vendors as well as generating cost-effective and measurable postal and digital budgets. Furthermore, I develop templates and processes to enable House members to legitimately utilize official text messages while adhering to Franking standards.My achievements are as follows:• Solely managed accounts of multiple clients worth $1M.• Generated millions of dollars in income for the company by implementing a new messaging service for clients.

Las Vegas, Nevada

As a part of this job role, I spearheaded the organization of major political events in Nevada to support principals such as the president and first family. I served as interim State Director while performing additional targeting, management, and communication duties, along with overseeing Republican National Committee's operation in Nevada. I also gained in-depth knowledge in numerous tasks, such as crowd-building, location scouting, event set-up, and coordination with security agencies. Moreover, I consistently used CRM tools and programs such as Microsoft Excel to track the organization's success while implementing modifications and reforms that increased efficiency.My accomplishments within this role are following:• Achieved various state records (both in quantity and quality) in voter contacts with minimum turnover in out field teams.• Directed a $4M field campaign for the state of Nevada, supervising 70 direct RNC staffers and 150 paid canvassers, resulting in an RNC record for the state of Nevada of nearly 10M attempted voter interactions.

Suffolk, Virginia

During my time over here, I led a team of five paid employees and multiple vendors, including coordinating and communicating across time zones and ensuring all facets of the campaign were on the correct schedule. Additionally, I gained extensive knowledge of the best methods for surveying minority and African-American voters in a district that turned +17 Democratic after redistricting.My notable outcomes for this role includes:• Managed a million-dollar-plus campaign, resulting in enhancing other skills such as TV advertising and budgeting.• Oversaw a $1.2M campaign, including campaign budgeting, digital advertising, paid media, social media, ground operations, mail plans, volunteer management, vendor management, legislative outreach, candidate scheduling, data analysis, and overall campaign strategy.

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Within this job role, I started by managing a three-month field operation for a special election in House District 109. It is worth mentioning that I promoted and started implementing broad data programs for campaigns and candidates, trained hundreds of volunteers and stakeholders in the latest canvassing tactics, and collaborated with dozens of campaigns on volunteer activation and deployment, along with resource-utilization best practices.Below listed are some of my achievements within this role:• Directed top-performing region in state with 0% employee turnover rate.• Activated 100+ volunteers and contacted 50K+ voters.

Clinton Township

Macomb County

A successful campaign, in one of the most tightly fought races in the county.

Billings, Montana

Veteran Non-profit Collaboration DirectorI chaired the eleven person comittee that created Dog Tag Buddies, a 501(c)3 pending organization dedicated to helping veterans with hidden injuries gain access to companion and service animals.

East Lansing

Focusing on customer relations and relations with referral companies, along with deliveries and food preparation.

Working with both the creative & managerial side of a concert production firm, I have been able to develop many new skills including social media utilization, a firm grasp of the corporate contract process & basic negotiation principles, and the ability to write quality Public Relations statements.

East Lansing, Michigan

I served in a restaurant and a bar setting, earning both TIPS & ServSafe accreditation.

I oversee the creative portion of the newspaper, specifically proofreading and idea generation. I also continue to write weekly featured articles.

East Lansing

Delivery of items, from food to stock. Also trained in customer service.

Worked on jobs at various locations, mainly physical labor. Also was trained in customer service at jobsites

Began as a cook, promoted to catering specialist in 2008. Promoted again to customer service in regards to the catering business in 2009Numerous raises and responsibility promotions, often times the only employee to receive them.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi EpsilonMy years at Michigan State were both integral to my development intellectually and socially.

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi EpsilonMy years at Michigan State were both integral to my development intellectually and socially.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics

Activities and Societies: Deakin University Study Abroad (DUSA), Deakin University Ultimate Frisbee ClubDUSA (Member) - The hub.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Football, Wrestling, Captain's Club, Be The Change