Jared Smith

Jared Smith is a seasoned campaign, communications and research expert with more than twenty years of experience diving into, and winning, some of the toughest corporate, political and advocacy fights.

At Precision, Jared works with our corporate and advocacy clients to build strategic campaigns that drive effective messaging to their target audiences, advance legislative priorities and defend against threats. His clients have spanned a wide range of issue areas including financial services, health care, energy, tech and entertainment.

An expert in issue advocacy, Jared helps lead Precision’s non-profit work, handling everything from conceptualizing advocacy campaigns to building and executing them. He has also worked on several high-stakes crisis communications projects where approaches every challenge with a cool head to guide our clients through treacherous seas.

Jared’s experience developing and executing integrated campaigns through highly customized messaging, research and paid media strategies in swing Congressional races greatly informs his approach to building winning strategies for Precision’s corporate and non-profit clients.

Prior to joining Precision, Jared worked on some of the toughest political races in the country as well as steering messaging at the highest levels of Democratic House leadership. During this time, he worked with former Rep. Cheri Bustos, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Senator Gary Peters as well as at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Jared has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Allegheny College and is a diehard Buffalo Bills fan.