Ernest Britt

About Ernest Britt

Now: Defining the winning progressive narrative and better-world-building @ We Make The Future Then- Campaign Director @ Color Of Change (organized for a multiracial democracy, racial justice, decarceration, and investments in Black lives); Global Messaging Programme Fellow (2022); Speaker @ DCN Global (2021); Harvard Ash Center Fellow (20••••21)- Deputy Director, Email Organizing @ Warren for President (used email to mobilize volunteers and empower supporters to take real action)- Digital Manager @ Stacey Abrams for Governor (built digital fundraising infrastructure, developed campaign\'s online voice, managed email program + social media)- freelance Comms Specialist and Digital Strategist; Press/Comms @ Tom Perriello for Virginia; Junior Associate @ MVAR Media.Always: Organizing, fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with progressives in the South, rooting for everybody Black. When I\'m not live-tweeting political events, doodling logos, or pushing the limits of my curiosity, I\'m a serial campaigner and Duke alumnus who works at the crossroads of politics, digital organizing, branding, and new media. My specialties include: Thinking creatively; writing persuasively; analyzing and synthesizing strategy; consulting on digital and social media; experimenting with new ideas and taking them to the next level.Things that make my heart beat faster: Racial justice & civil rights, political participation, succinct and effective messaging, satire, chasing duende, and new challenges.

Experience

1. National Narrative Officer

   We Make The Future

   Nov 2022 — Present

   Assess and coordinate with national narrative and research institutions to gain an understanding of how they are approaching building narrative power, messaging research, and creating change• Develop and facilitate trainings for a growing cohort of narrative coordinators in key states• Build alignment amongst key narrative stakeholders on narrative strategy• Supervise digital and social media program for the organization• Craft and advance culturally competent, research-informed messaging that aids partners in communicating to target audiences via traditional and digital media• Offering strategic comms guidance, technical assistance and input, and editing to strategic comms guidance, technical assistance and input, and editing to state partners’ news releases, op-eds, and other communication materials

Education

• Spruce Creek High School

  International Baccalaureate

  2008 — 2012

• Universidad San Pablo-CEU

  Spanish Language, Literature, and Film

  2013 — 2013

• Harvard Kennedy School

  Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow

  2020 — 2021

• Duke University

  Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Political Science and English

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Project Management
• Video Editing
• Politics
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Drawing
• Spanish-Speaking
• Dance
• Public Speaking
• Blogging
• Activism
• Research
• Microsoft Word
• Final Cut Pro
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Writing
• Visual Arts
• Social Media
• Spanish
• Event Planning
• Social Media Consulting
• Microsoft Office
• Multimedia