Jared Smith Email & Phone Number

Government Affairs and Public Relations

United States

Political, IE, and Ballot Initiatives, Consulting Firm

Lexington, Kentucky Area

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.

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Louisville, Kentucky

Lexington/Louisville KY

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.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

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.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

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).

Frankfort

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.

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.

Frankfort

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.

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.

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.

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.

Masters, Diplomacy

Activities and Societies: Residency Concentration in Terrorism

Education record

Certificate, Filmmaking

B.A., History

Activities and Societies: Executive Committee Sigma Pi Social Fraternity Intramural player and coach Young Democrats

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Football, Track and Field, Baseball, Chess Club, Band,Newspaper