Zeke Smith Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

-Deliver tailored solutions to potential clients in the Public Affairs & Government Affairs space, bridging the technical gap and bringing product expertise to bear on their issues-Partner with sales team members to drive positive interactions with potential clients-Empower sales team members through comprehensive product knowledge and routine enablement trainings

-Managed $3.3million ARR of mid-market accounts throughout client lifecycle; responsible for the relationship between customer and company.-Gathered customer feedback, identified pain points, analyzed quantitative and qualitative data to share with product and operations teams to deliver value and prioritize initiatives based on the larger organization strategy.-Facilitated dynamic and accessible software training, workshops, and webinars for clients and the company.

Capitol Canary, formerly known as Phone2Action, is the leading government affairs technology, providing leading nonprofits, associations and corporations with a revolutionary suite of advocacy tools, the most comprehensive intelligence on every level of government, and the most accurate, up-to-date contact information for officials and staffers. Our clients (which include 25% of the Fortune 100) rely on Capitol Canary for legislative tracking and alerting, donor insights, grassroots advocacy, GOTV, strategic communications and stakeholder engagement to gain the edge they need to win their policy battles.

-Turned 35% deficit into 13% surplus by end of first year through improved fundraising.Grew donor base 30% and managed more than 250 stakeholders.-Achieved 150% of target fundraising goal in the final year so the organization could hire 3 new staff.Recruited, built and managed an Area Sponsoring Committee of parents and alumni that functioned as the Board for FOCUS Boston to oversee and drive strategic efforts.-Created and executed strategic plan for growth of the area and fundraising objectives.-Proactively initiated and cultivated ongoing relationships with hundreds of donors, volunteers, and students.-Served on two national FOCUS committees: Head of Curriculum Committee, and member of Executive Strategy Committee, which developed a 5-year plan for FOCUS.-Responsible for all communication to parents, students, alumni, donors and other supporters, including weekly emails, social media posts, newsletters and promotional videos.

Manchester, United Kingdom

-Organized meetings and outreach events for independent and boarding schools throughout the North West of England and handled communication/marketing strategy for recruiting efforts to 50+ schools.-Grew Glod’s online presence significantly through email marketing campaigns, promotional videos, new website and social media; student summer camp sign-ups rose by approximately 15% during my 1 year on staff.

Manchester, United Kingdom

-Managed donor database of 11,000+ alumni and supporters through Raiser’s Edge.-Formulated strategy and created written and visual content for 500th anniversary capital campaign, hitting fundraising goals 6 months ahead of schedule (my work is still being used by school’s development office in current fundraising efforts).-Designed creation of international alumni network on Graduway, on-boarding 100-200 alumni per month.-Filmed and produced 20+ high-quality corporate-style videos and photographed hundreds of school club events and functions.

Chapel Hill, Nc & Manchester, United Kingdom

-Created sports blog from scratch that grew to 90k unique visitors per month; highlighted in the New York Times in 2011; acquired by national blog network SB Nation in 2012.-Multimedia journalist specializing in sports, lifestyle and entertainment. Published in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Chapel Hill Magazine, Durham Magazine, Rivals.com and other outlets.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

-Chose stories and edited content for 30,000+ circulation magazine, managing staff of 2 full-time writers and 15+ freelancers, as well as helping train interns for a career in journalism.-Designed and launched new websites and social media profiles for both Chapel Hill Magazine and co-owned publication Durham Magazine; increased overall web traffic by 300x during my tenure and drew international interest on some stories.-Senior writer on subjects including sports, arts & entertainment, local business and food and leisure.Editorial oversight of all articles, copy editing as they came in and doing final proofreading before magazines went to print. Also worked with writers at a variety of experience levels on columns and feature articles.