CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2013-Present
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Nouveau Inc.
2012
VICTORY DIRECTOR
Republican National Committee (RNC)
2012
FIELD MANAGER
Mary Bono-Mack for Congress (CA-36)
2011-2012
POLITICAL CONSULTANT
Meridian Pacific Inc.
2010
COUNTY PARTY ASSISTANT
Republican Party of San Luis Obispo
2006-2009
MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST
Baker Street Advertising
Jill Leist currently serves as the Communications Director at Nouveau. In this role, Jill oversees the Communications Department, managing all aspects of communications from Public Relations to Crisis Communications for all of Nouveau’s clients.
In this role, she has curated expertise in development and execution of full service public affairs campaigns involving media relations, as well as issue campaigns specializing in energy and transportation policy.
Prior to joining Nouveau, Jill worked on highly contested political campaigns across the country, executing grassroots and grasstops constituent mobilization campaigns and crisis communications.
She began her career in marketing, concentrating in quantitative and qualitative research for Fortune 500 companies.
Jill earned her B.A. from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) with a major in Journalism, and a concentration in Public Relations.
Jill is a native of California, but currently splits her time between Dallas, Texas, and Washington D.C. with her husband Erik.