Ian Rivera Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

• Lead DLCC's political engagement in several states. Highlighted results include flipping the Virginia House to Democratic control (2023), protecting Democratic majorities in the Nevada Senate (2022) and Virginia Senate.
• Build relationships with key national and in-state partners to position the DLCC as the premier leader of state legislative activity by outside groups.
• Work with Democratic legislative leaders and staff to develop Caucus operations that maximize opportunities for the growth of Democratic power at the state legislative level.

Austin, Texas Area

New Generation Campaigns provides political, communications, and operations consulting to progressive candidates, campaigns, and political organizations. NGC brings a fresh approach to conveying your story and winning elections by focusing on what matters to voters: a message that connects to their lives delivered by a compelling messenger. Our specialty.

Austin, Texas

• Led Texas Democratic Party’s 2018 general election candidate and campaign engagement effort: supported campaigns with specific strategic guidance as needed.
• Worked with allies, candidates, and staff to review GOTV planning and execution as well as campaign plan adjustments as early vote data was reported.
• Co-Managed day-to-day operations for the Regional Political Director program, overseeing six staffers dispersed throughout Texas that worked to execute TDP’s electoral programming in support of candidates and County.
• Developed a first-of-its-kind “candidate memo” outlining product and staff support available to all candidates from TDP.
• In conjunction with Analytics, Political, and Training Department leads, developed and led TDP’s post-cycle after-action-review, which included de-briefings with several dozens of candidates, campaign staff, county.

Austin, Texas Area

• Developed a campaign plan for a Democratic challenger to a thirty-two-year Republican incumbent that created a viable path to victory in an R+12 district. After out-raising the incumbent two-consecutive quarters, he.
• Successfully led campaign through Democratic Primary process to secure a spot in the Democratic Runoff and transitioned a 1-point second Primary place finish to a 16-point Runoff win, defying press and establishment.
• Managed day-to-day and long-term operations including managing $1.4 million Primary and Runoff budget, allocating staff resources, and coordinating candidate schedule.
• Assembled and managed consultant team; coordinated between paid media, digital, national fundraising, polling, and research firms and staff to develop and execute campaign strategy, messaging, and outreach plans.
• Led national political and fundraising outreach efforts, developing relationships with the stakeholders such as the DCCC, NewPolitics, and 314 Action, leading to endorsements from Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Congressman.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated between paid media, opinion research, and communications departments in HQ, the consulting team, and senior state leadership teams in four battleground states to plan and implement paid media plans across.
• Led weekly strategy meetings with senior leadership teams in the states to integrate paid media strategy into state campaign plans and to identify key themes and emerging issues to integrate into opinion research.
• Coordinated between opinion research staff, consulting, and state leadership teams to identify state-specific strategic needs to integrate into polls and focus groups and led deep-dive strategy session to review.
• Integrated into Battleground States Department Pod structure as Paid Media Desk to ensure strategic imperatives from all departments were integrated into the campaign’s paid media strategy.

Houston, Texas Area

• Developed a campaign plan for a progressive challenger to a twenty-three year Democratic incumbent that created a viable path to victory.
• Led the fight for appropriate representation by example by hiring, managing, and leading a large and diverse campaign staff that consisted of 100% people of color.
• Assembled consultant team; coordinated between paid media, polling, field, general consulting, and research firms and staff to develop and execute campaign strategy, messaging, and outreach plans.
• Managed day-to-day and long-term operations including managing $375,000 campaign budget, allocating staff resources, and coordinating candidate schedule.
• Led candidate to securing endorsements from local leading community leaders and Democratic clubs, training the candidate in a tailored approach for each audience to highlight his strengths as they related to each.
• Garnered the endorsement of Blue America, a national 501(c)4 organization that aims to make our Democratic representatives a more representative and progressive field in key Congressional Districts.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Created and executed a campaign strategy, in coordination with the County Chair, Executive Committee, elected officials, and candidate campaigns to support fourteen Democratic candidates countywide.
• Supported the double-digit re-election win of the incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney through an aggressive field, mail, and GOTV program, despite the candidate being a major Republican Party of Virginia target after.
• Managed day-to-day operations, including expanding and maintaining $65,000 campaign budget, creating multi-candidate voter universes with district overlays, volunteer recruitment and management, and planning and.
• Provided routine consultation to candidates and campaign managers, including trainings on best practices in all campaign departments, to ensure meeting of set goals and to increase probability of campaign victories.
• Developed and managed political relationships with elected officials, candidates, unions, PACs, and interest groups to coordinate and leverage resources countywide across all Democratic candidates and campaigns.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Hired, managed, and lead a team of 12 paid staff in communications, field, finance, and political departments across four offices, developing and executing long-term campaign strategy with senior staff for the May 2015.
• Assembled consultant team; coordinated between paid media, polling, and research firms and staff to develop campaign messaging and outreach strategy.
• Created and executed campaign strategy while monitoring the individual progress of campaign departments.
• Managed day-to-day operations including campaign budget of over $600,000, allocating staff resources, and candidate schedule.
• Developed and managed political relationships with elected officials, unions, PACs, and interest groups, successfully securing the endorsements of officials such as Reps. Xavier Becerra & Luis Gutierrez and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed production operations – coordinating between company partners, production and creative staff, and vendors to ensure production adhered to varying client priorities and strict deliverable deadlines.
• Developed and oversaw the quality control and shipping process, delivering over two hundred ads to sixty-six media markets in thirty-one states during the 2014 general election.
• Developed client estimates and internal budgets for the operation and production of thirty-four shoots and over two hundred television, web, and radio advertisements.
• Estimated, tracked, and processed all accounts receivable and accounts billable for a multi-million dollar small business.
• Researched candidate and campaign history and prepare briefing books for partners in advance of pitching potential clients.
• Coordinated cross-country travel for partners and production staff to commercial shoot locations.

Astoria, NY

• Developed and executed fundraising plan to support campaign for New York City Council.
• Advised candidate in developing political relationships with the county party, the labor community, and local triple-prime voters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted in producing materials highlighting opponent records for campaign advertisements.
• Prepared briefing books on candidate and campaign history for partners in advance of pitching potential clients.
• Coordinated cross-country travel for partners and production staff to commercial shoot locations.
• Generated and processed accounts payable and receivable for commercial shoots and production using Quickbooks 2012.
• Conducted front office administration by answering phones, ordering supplies, greeting guests, and routing incoming mail.
• Interviewed, hired, and managed office interns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated the Congressman’s schedule in Washington DC and official travel across the country.
• Coordinated and led tours of the U.S. Capitol and scheduled tours of other Federal landmarks for constituents.
• Conducted front office administration by answering phones, ordering supplies, greeting guests, and routing incoming mail.

Bronx, NY

• Liaised between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Homeland Security and constituents seeking resolution to immigration, tax, and.
• Advanced and staffed the Congressman at community events and attended civic organization meetings as the Congressman’s representative in his absence.

New York

• Coordinated campaign trips throughout New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, contacting over 120,000 voters on behalf of federal, state, and municipal candidates.
• Raised $6,000 from a base of students, political activists, and Democratic donors.
• Planned and executed a statewide convention attended by over 110 students from College Democrats chapters across New York.

New York, NY

• Recruited and coordinated Get Out the Vote campaign trips with as many as 200 people to Pennsylvania by local College Democrat chapters in conjunction with local field staff, knocking on as many as 24,000 doors in a.

Queens, NY

• Liaised between various city agencies and constituents seeking resolution to various municipal cases.
• Advanced and staffed the Councilman at community events and attended civic organization meetings as the Councilman’s representative in his absence.

Queens, NY

• Led campaign fundraising efforts by maintaining campaign donor database, organizing fundraising events, supervising candidate’s call-time to solicit donations, and handling all donor appreciation and follow-up.
• Hired, trained and managed team of five canvassing staff and twenty volunteers.
• Coordinated volunteers to support two citywide and three municipal campaigns in Queens County, NY in both the primary and general elections.

Queens, NY

• Door to door canvassing for City Council special election

Queens, NY

• Liaised between various city agencies and constituents seeking resolution to various municipal cases.

Monticello, NY

New York, NY

• Recruited and coordinated Get Out the Vote campaign trips with as many as 800 people to New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky by organizing volunteer activities in conjunction with local field staff, knocking on as.
• Recruited and trained volunteers to elicit attendance at fundraising events, participate in GOTV trips and rallies, and call voters in over twenty primary states.

Woodside, NY

Worked with teachers to prepare 7th grade students for the NYC Specialized High School Exam

M.A.

Ba