Zack Campbell

About Zack Campbell

I’m a left-wing strategist, labor leader, and institutional builder focused on one core problem: how movements translate values into durable governing power.Over the last decade, I’ve worked across nearly every layer of progressive infrastructure—organizing, communications, fundraising, governance, labor relations, and political operations. That range is not incidental. I believe power is built when strategy, narrative, systems, and people are aligned, and I’ve built my career working across org charts to make that alignment real.I currently serve as Director of Institutional Giving at the national Working Families Party and Working Families Power, where I lead organization-wide institutional fundraising strategy, funder narrative development, and grant systems across 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC, party, and independent expenditure structures. My work has helped raise tens of millions of dollars and resource hundreds of electoral, legislative, and issue-based campaigns at every level of government.My practice sits at the intersection of: Complex, multi-entity development strategy Political messaging and narrative coherence Compliance, governance, and operational design Campaign leadership and cross-functional team building Research, political education, and strategic analysis Staff mentorship and leadership pipelines Labor-management relations grounded in shared valuesAlongside my staff leadership, I am a union organizer and negotiator. I helped unionize the Working Families Party, served as Chief Steward of Workers United Local and led multiple contract campaigns—winning a first-in-the-nation pension for political party staff, sabbaticals, best-in-class healthcare, and equitable pay structures. I continue to support organizing, bargaining, and labor relations across the progressive sector.Whether I’m shaping a major institutional proposal, designing political strategy, or bargaining a fair contract, my orientation is the same: build capacity, build power, and make it resilient enough to last.

Experience

1. Director of Institutional Giving

   Working Families Party

   Mar 2025 — Present · US

   The Director of Institutional Giving of the Working Families Party (the party) and Working Families Power (the organization) manages the quality and alignment of organization- and party-wide institutional funder relationships. This includes: 1) Assuring the quality and alignment of written fundraising proposals, reports, papers, and other materials across the party, organization, and 501(c)(3) funds; 2) Leading writing and creative for priority original narrative and plans; and 3) Managing a portfolio of priority fundraising projects and high-capacity institutional funders and prospects. The Director of Institutional Giving manages writing and design contractor relationships for institutional fundraising.This role requires exceptional party- and organization-wide content knowledge, complex and collaborative project management skills, a coaching and leadership development approach, and exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills. The Director of Institutional Giving regularly interacts with external grantmaking partners and engages internally with staff at all levels who hold fundraising, proposal development, and reporting responsibilities.

Education

• Pensacola State College

  Dual Enrollment, College Courses for High School Credit

  2009 — 2011

• University of West Florida

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Political Science and Government

  2014 — 2015

• Pace High School

  Honors

  2007 — 2011

• University of West Florida

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Typing
• Research
• Social Media Outreach
• Qualitative Research
• Market Research
• Political Polling
• Political Science
• Marketing Strategy
• Event Planning
• Social Media
• Social Networking Strategy
• Political Campaigns
• Writing
• Community Organizing
• Statistical Modeling
• Phone Banking
• Community Outreach
• Canvassing
• Hand Drawing
• Communication
• Data Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Microsoft Office
• Recruitment Training
• Project Management
• Sociology
• Advertising
• Recruiting
• Powerpoint
• Votebuilder
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy