Raul Martinez

Managing Director


Raúl Martinez joined Strauss Media Strategies, Inc. in February 2005, was named Account Executive Coordinator in the Fall of 2006, Account Executive Supervisor in July 2008, Account Director in January 2015 and Managing Director in 2022. Raúl brings with him an enormous amount of enthusiasm and energy to the world of broadcast communications, and his work at the firm focuses on building exceptional client relationships, providing high-level media relations strategies, and building the best team in the industry.

Prior to joining the firm, Raúl worked for two years as the radio director for the Senate Caucus, helping book Senators on talk shows and capturing and creating soundbites for radio shows and news producers nationwide. He also provided technical support and audio production for message events, including press conferences, conference calls and summits.

Before moving to Washington, D.C., Raúl worked in Texas on a 2002 United States Senate campaign. He spearheaded the campaign’s radio outreach effort, researching, pitching and monitoring the airwaves of the state of Texas. Raúl has also worked on several other political campaigns throughout the country and discovered his interest in the communications field working endless hours implementing the various campaigns’ communications strategies.

As a native Spanish speaker with ties to El Salvador, Raúl has taken advantage of his intimate Spanish knowledge to seize Spanish language communication opportunities that had been previously overlooked. Raúl has experience with Spanish translation and has played leading roles in putting together Hispanic-based conferences and meetings.

Raúl has degrees in political science and philosophy from Bucknell University.
 

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