Christopher Frost Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Produced persuasive copy and prospectuses in support of Democratic candidates, progressive institutions, and progressive policy issues at multiple levels of government: Federal, State, County, and Municipal.
• Constructed mail plans and budgets for account reconciliation and execution of a comprehensive direct mail program.
• Maintained a master schedule and interfaced with senior staff, to ensure piece prioritization and client deadlines.
• Liaised with clients to certify satisfaction and advised on direct mail best practices, with the assistance of senior staff.
• Retained accurate accounts receivable and accounts payable, as well as conducted general office tasks and scheduling.

New York, New York

• Attended funding and policy meetings with foundations, elected officials, and other stakeholders in the organization.
• Participated in internal department and division meetings about funding opportunities and budget preparation.
• Interfaced with members of other support departments, in addition to writing reports on existing funding.

Cambridge, MA

• Developed concept ideas and helped establish the office’s social media presence on a variety of platforms—Twitter, Wordpress, Facebook, and Instagram. Produced weekly blog posts pertaining to student life and office.
• Participated in the Student Organization Task Force and Student Organization Recognition Committee, which sought to improve the experience of student organization leaders and make recommendations on new organization.
• Assisted in general office tasks, annual student organization registration, and new student organization registration.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched open positions in the federal government, conducted outreach and resume support to qualified LGBT candidates for appointment, and maintained a resume bank as part of Victory’s Presidential Appointments.
• Coordinated logistics for the selection of the Fall 2013 class of Victory Congressional Interns, which included reading applications, scheduling and conducting interviews. Assisted in planning Victory’s Annual Capitol.
• Investigated strategic partnerships for improving Native American representation and outreach for Victory Institute programming, particularly the Victory Congressional Internship.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Authored blog posts for Think Progress and columns for American Progress related to Immigration, Sequestration, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, HIV policy and HIV criminalization.
• Maintained the online presence of LGBT Progress and Fighting Injustice to Reach Equality Initiative and their core messaging initiatives through a targeted social media campaign utilizing Facebook and Twitter.
• Contributed research to larger works on comprehensive immigration reform, state and municipal initiatives to end workplace discrimination, the school to prison pipeline, and HIV criminalization.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Trained in leadership skills such as coalition building, managing online campaigns, fundraising, and marketing as 1 of 4 LGBT student leaders selected from across the country through the Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute.
• Researched policies and drafted memorandums related to affordable housing, progressive tax reform, Affordable Care Act implementation and sugar subsidies on behalf of the Congressman and his staff.
• Aggregated and disseminated press clips to the staff that dealt with local news relevant to the 5th district of Minnesota, national news, media mentions about the Congressman, international news, financial news, and.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Cambridge, MA