Jacob is a seasoned communications strategist with more than 15 years of journalism, governmental, and political campaign experience at the local, state, and federal levels. He’s been at the forefront of some of the biggest news stories and has advised Fortune 500 companies, elected officials, political candidates, and advocacy groups through historic crises, congressional investigations, and reputational threats that garnered significant media attention.
At SKDK, he helped lead the team that ran the surrogate booking operation at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that secured more than 1,500 interviews in four days and the team that stood up the November 2023 March for Israel in just eight days, attracting more than 300,000 people to the National Mall and more than 600 credentialed reporters.
Jacob joined SKDK from Capitol Hill, where he served as Communications Director for U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres of New York, managing all communications efforts for one of the country’s most fast-paced, press-intensive congressional offices and executing an aggressive media strategy that resulted in significant coverage of key legislative priorities.
Previously, Jacob held senior communications roles in Missouri Democratic politics and government, including the 2022 Senate cycle, for the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, and for Lyda Krewson, the first woman ever elected Mayor of St. Louis, where he was the chief spokesman for 22 executive branch departments comprising of 6,500 municipal employees.
Jacob honed his skills as a gifted storyteller and communicator, working as a local television news reporter and anchor in markets large and small across the country. Having worked on both sides of the camera, he truly understands how to craft a compelling message that gets to the heart of an issue and resonates with authenticity and impact.
For his on-camera work and in-depth, investigative reporting, Jacob has been nominated for more than 10 regional Emmy awards, winning in 2015 and 2019.
A proud Midwesterner at heart who now calls Washington, D.C. home, Jacob is a native of the St. Louis metro and a graduate of Illinois State University, where he majored in broadcast journalism.
