Julia Watts

Julia Watts is a campaign strategist with over fifteen years of experience at the intersection of policy, politics, and corporate social responsibility.

At Precision, Julia co-leads the campaign management and mobilization practice. She provides strategic guidance to organizations and companies looking to engage the public to drive social change. Clients in tech, health care, entertainment, and the nonprofit sector have leveraged her advice to run and win state legislative fights, ballot initiatives, and community engagement campaigns. 

With a background in program evaluation, Julia has helped Fortune 500 companies and philanthropic heavyweights design and launch new initiatives and coach existing teams to refine their strategy for greater impact and visibility. Julia works on both the strategy and mobilization sides of grassroots campaigns and has developed award winning acquisition and measurement programs for Galvanize USA and nationally recognized advocacy campaigns for clients like AIDS United.

Before joining Precision, Julia led business organizing efforts and directed workplace policy campaigns championing state and local paid leave and paid sick time laws for the American Sustainable Business Network. She also served as the advocacy and mobilization manager for the nation’s largest network of human services providers, where she managed campaigns related to child welfare and tax policy.

Julia is an AmeriCorps alumna. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.