Dave Pilmenstein is an Award-winning visual storyteller with a passion for communicating value in a noisy world. By leveraging experience in digital-first creative direction, paid persuasion media, social advertising, and political strategy – plus a healthy dose of empathy – he has reached and converted audiences using rich content for the last decade. 

Dave graduated cum laude from Rutgers Business School–New Brunswick with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing. He started his career doing agency-side marketing work for clients such as National Geographic, Welch’s, and Syfy. In 2018 he served as Digital Director on Tom Malinowski’s Congressional campaign, helping flip his home district for the first time in decades, and went on to build a diverse portfolio of clients in the tri-state area, ranging anywhere from cannabis advocacy to warehouse software and political clients at the city, state, and federal levels. Dave has been recognized in InsiderNJ’s Insider 100 Millennial Power List and is the winner of two Stanley F. Reed Awards from Campaigns & Elections (2023 and 2021), as well as two Telly Awards, for his political advertising work. He is also an avid drone pilot, licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Outside of his professional life, Dave is a classically trained pianist of 15 years, relentless runner, wedding officiant, and trained mixologist. He lives in suburban New Jersey with his wife, Mariel.