Government Affairs and Public Relations

Political, IE, and Ballot Initiatives, Consulting Firm

Started a Consulting firm to perform General and Fundraising Consulting for political campaigns. Smith Strategies was successful in winning the only open State House seat won by Democrats in Kentucky in 2016 and flipping a House seat that had never before been won by a Democrat in 2018. Served as CEO of a 501(c)4, the New Kentucky Project. Led four judicial campaigns to victory in 2018 as well as city council races in Lexington and Louisville, and served as campaign manager for Lexington Mayor… Show more Started a Consulting firm to perform General and Fundraising Consulting for political campaigns. Smith Strategies was successful in winning the only open State House seat won by Democrats in Kentucky in 2016 and flipping a House seat that had never before been won by a Democrat in 2018. Served as CEO of a 501(c)4, the New Kentucky Project. Led four judicial campaigns to victory in 2018 as well as city council races in Lexington and Louisville, and served as campaign manager for Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton’s 2018 race. Duties include speech writing, press releases, media communications, debate prep, fundraising training, writing fundraising letters, solving a wide variety of issues that arise in various campaigns, writing tv/radio ads, producing TV ads, and coordinating media buys. Show less

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Created and implemented campaign strategy and tactics. Coordinated all campaign efforts with communications and finance teams. Responsible for hiring and overseeing the Finance Director and four finance staff. Handled out-of-state fundraisers from coast to coast. Edited TV advertisement scripts, produced the campaign rollout video, negotiated vendor contracts, and prepared campaign finance reports. Coordinated speeches, event planning, and strategy directly with Adam Edelen and Gill Holland, as… Show more Created and implemented campaign strategy and tactics. Coordinated all campaign efforts with communications and finance teams. Responsible for hiring and overseeing the Finance Director and four finance staff. Handled out-of-state fundraisers from coast to coast. Edited TV advertisement scripts, produced the campaign rollout video, negotiated vendor contracts, and prepared campaign finance reports. Coordinated speeches, event planning, and strategy directly with Adam Edelen and Gill Holland, as well as with key supporters across the state and country. Show less

Handled logistics and seating for all foreign and domestic dignitaries including heads of state and Middle Eastern Royalty of the Muhammad Ali funeral. Ran the Federal SuperPAC for Jim Gray for U.S. Senate. Responsible for PAC fundraising, social media initiatives, media buying, media releases, statewide TV advertisement writing and production, and poll coordination. Ran a successful ballot initiative to raise school taxes for a medium-sized school district. Performed client management duties… Show more Handled logistics and seating for all foreign and domestic dignitaries including heads of state and Middle Eastern Royalty of the Muhammad Ali funeral. Ran the Federal SuperPAC for Jim Gray for U.S. Senate. Responsible for PAC fundraising, social media initiatives, media buying, media releases, statewide TV advertisement writing and production, and poll coordination. Ran a successful ballot initiative to raise school taxes for a medium-sized school district. Performed client management duties with clients that I brought to Boxcar. Show less

Handled day-to-day activities of the statewide campaign. Hired directors and support staff, led communications with the campaign treasurer and the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. Coordinated with hired consultants in Washington D.C.. Oversaw, designed, and implemented key campaign strategies of messaging, fundraising (statewide and national), research, polling, and political outreach. Shattered previous fundraising record for an Attorney General race in Kentucky. For the first year… Show more Handled day-to-day activities of the statewide campaign. Hired directors and support staff, led communications with the campaign treasurer and the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. Coordinated with hired consultants in Washington D.C.. Oversaw, designed, and implemented key campaign strategies of messaging, fundraising (statewide and national), research, polling, and political outreach. Shattered previous fundraising record for an Attorney General race in Kentucky. For the first year, filled the roles of Campaign Manager, Communications Director, Finance Director, and Political Director. Show less

Led fundraising efforts for the Kentucky Democratic Party. Trained incumbents and candidates in fundraising and messaging statewide. Organized, planned, and produced the State Convention. Coordinated and implemented the Kentucky delegation’s trip to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, and the Democratic Governors Association and Southern Governors Association policy conferences in Louisville.

Assisted supporters in designing fundraisers. Conducted donor call time with Governor Steve Beshear and Mayor Jerry Abramson. Specialized in dealing with and motivating many different personalities from large law firm managing partners, bank presidents, business owners and other interesting successful people. Responsible for all fundraising activities in Eastern Ky, Northern Ky, and Lexington for the campaign.

Assisted supporters in designing fundraisers. Conducted donor call time with Lt. Gov. Dr. Daniel Mongiardo. Staffed Dr. Mongiardo away from the campaign office when he would work from his hometown in Hazard two days a week during the campaign. Responsible for all fundraising activities in Eastern Ky, Northern Ky, and Louisville for the campaign.

Responsible for 27 counties, 2 offices and 8 full time field organizers. During the fall 2008 campaign worked out of two offices in Pikeville and in Ashland. Responsible for overseeing and reporting the daily and weekly activities of the 27 county region including coordinating with the local county parties, women's clubs, speaking at events and making sure all of the organizers continued to recruit and train volunteers, worked with or developed democratic clubs, and helping in any shape or… Show more Responsible for 27 counties, 2 offices and 8 full time field organizers. During the fall 2008 campaign worked out of two offices in Pikeville and in Ashland. Responsible for overseeing and reporting the daily and weekly activities of the 27 county region including coordinating with the local county parties, women's clubs, speaking at events and making sure all of the organizers continued to recruit and train volunteers, worked with or developed democratic clubs, and helping in any shape or form to all Democratic candidates in the 2008 campaign in the region. Won more counties in the Senate race than any other region. Show less

Founded a production company with Brandon Waite in Los Angeles. Produced 2 short films and 1 feature length film. Pitched TV shows to Katalyst, ABC, and other various networks and agencies. Learned how to accomplish any feat no matter what the odds. Financed, pre-produced, produced, post produced, marketed and released a feature length film titled "This Modern Love". More credits available at IMDB.com under Jared Smith (I).

Started as a production assistant on the shows Punk'D, Meet the Barkers 2 and Next. Assisted the production in all aspects of the shoot including acting in the bits with the marks and accomplices. This shows an ability to work well in pressure situations. This shows an ability to work well in pressure situations. Promoted to Assistant to the Executive Producer on the show "Why Can't I Be You?" Worked as assistant to the Showrunner for 20 episodes. Assisted the E.P. all… Show more Started as a production assistant on the shows Punk'D, Meet the Barkers 2 and Next. Assisted the production in all aspects of the shoot including acting in the bits with the marks and accomplices. This shows an ability to work well in pressure situations. This shows an ability to work well in pressure situations. Promoted to Assistant to the Executive Producer on the show "Why Can't I Be You?" Worked as assistant to the Showrunner for 20 episodes. Assisted the E.P. all day, on set in the morning, story meetings in the afternoon and post production in the evening. Expected to contribute creatively as Story Producers as well as maintain the E.P.'s schedule with crew, post and network. Promoted to Associate Producer on "Last Picks". Along with the Producer, helped develop and produced segments for the show from concept through production and post. Worked on deadline and always under budget. Based out of New York, shot in Texas with first time vendors and location Show less

In between shows at MTV, worked in production management for Disney, PJM, PZS Productions and for Mark Burnet Productions ( Rockstar:INXS, The Apprentice). Worked with the Executive Producer in setting a variety of shoots for the Disney Channel. Including concert DVDs, and Disney Channel specials. Responsible for hiring crew, coordinating with the vendors and the network and also responsible for production budget.