JACOB TREVIZO MONTAG

Campaign Management and Political Communications Professional

Mid-Career Campaign Management and Political Communications Professional: Proven track record of delivering high-quality work products under tight deadlines.

Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Committed to working successfully with diverse communities of volunteers, clients, and colleagues. Patient, respectful, curious, and engaged. Lived experience in a multicultural family with Mexican American and Jewish roots.

Strong Writing and Social Media Communication Skills: Experience writing community newsletters, campaign press releases, communications memos, and documents for volunteer training.

Tech-Savvy: Results-orient producer of hard-hitting emails using SendGrid, competent print media designer using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Canva, and video editor using Adobe Premiere. Quick learner of new technologies and programs.

Work Experience

Breakthrough Blue 

Associate Consultant

December 2022 – Present, Hybrid/Los Angeles, CA

Breakthrough Blue LLC is a Political and Communications Consulting Firm that works with campaigns, social justice non-profits, and community-centered businesses.  

  • Created target voter universes for digital communications, direct mail and field outreach.

  • Drafted and designed Campaign and Community Mailers to residents and voters across California.

  • Drafted communication strategy memos with message priorities and communications budgets.

  • Drafted and designed campaign email newsletter, MMS, and press release copy.

  • Created and edited video and digital display advertisements for various campaigns and initiatives.

  • Developed research packets for high-net-worth individuals identifying possible political opportunities. Research included in-depth analysis of Southern California municipal elections for the 2024 cycle in selected cities through SWOT review of incumbent councilmembers, election rules and dates, major campaign contributors, independent expenditures, and demographical and political analysis.

  • Researched commercial property law and procedures while executing community communications programs in support of a DEIR process.


Jan Perry for Congress 

Field Director 

August 2022 - November 2022, Hybrid/Los Angeles, CA

Jan Perry represented Los Angeles City Council’s 9th District from 2001 to 2013 who ran for Congress in California’s 37th Congressional District in the 2022 Midterm Election.

  • Managed the campaign’s field program; organized a team of volunteers for virtual and in person phone banking.

  • Recruited, trained, and managed a team of nine interns by contacting local schools.

  • Coordinated endorsement outreach for the candidate by contacting clubs, unions, and PACs that endorse congressional candidates.

  • Designed graphics for handouts, mailers, and emails with Canva.

  • Sent campaign emails to thousands of voters in the district with Mailchimp.

  • Assisted in maintaining the campaign’s website by maintaining the list of endorsements.

  • Organized voter data for the campaign’s outreach strategy.

Contest Every Race 

County Chair Organizer

November 2021 - December 2021, Remote/Los Angeles, CA

Contest Every Race is part of Movement Labs, a progressive non-governmental organization that uses text-bank technology to help Democratic candidates. Contest Every Race focuses on recruiting local candidates at the county level across a dozen states.

  • Maintained and fostered relationships with Democratic Party County Chairs.

  • Identified potential candidates for local county roles/seats.

  • Scheduled meetings for Chairs to meet with potential candidates.

  • Input data and helped maintain tracking system of progress on local races.  

Audrey Denney for Congress – 2020 Campaign

Digital Organizer

July - November 2020, Remote/San Marino, CA

Audrey Denney (Democratic Party) is an agricultural educator, and human rights activist who ran on a progressive platform in California’s 1st Congressional District, a district devastated by wildfires, corporate farming, and lack of healthcare.

  • Trained dozens of interns and volunteers committed to working on Denney’s election.

  • Hosted and ran phone banks with interns and volunteers using auto-dialing software programs to talk to voters in CA District 1.

  • Aggregated and organized voter data to be input and used in outreach strategy.

  • Made non-political health and safety phone check-ins for residents affected by wildfires that had impacted the district.

  • Create policy lists that compared candidate positions

  • Created talking points comparing Denney’s positions with opponent positions.

Claire McCaskill for Senate – 2018 Campaign

Campaign Intern 

August 2018 – November 2018

St. Louis/Jefferson County, Missouri 

Claire McCaskill (Democratic Party) was a member of the U.S. Senate from Missouri from 2007 – 2019. She served as Missouri's first elected female senator.

  • Canvassed thousands of voters across Jefferson County, Missouri; engaged in discussions with voters about the candidate.

  • Recruited new volunteers to work on phone and canvassing efforts.

  • Trained volunteers on ‘Get Out the Vote’ (GOTV) outreach.

  • Worked with media team to edit subtitles on digital ads, created text bank scripts and drafted personalized responses for text inquiries related to the campaign.

  • Managed a range of campaign administrative tasks, e.g., data entry, event planning and coordinating, etc.

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