Julie Blitzer developed her passion for voter outreach and grassroots politics when she volunteered with Rock the Vote and Music for America at concerts around New York City in high school. Soon after, in 2004, Julie began working in New York politics. She has experience in local, state and congressional offices, including the Manhattan district office of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08). Julie worked on the technology team for Mark Green for Attorney General in 2006, where she managed one of the first campaign video blogs, MG-TV, coordinated e-mail messaging and updated the campaign’s website.

Julie joined Advomatic in June 2008. She specializes in user experience design, online communications strategy and social media. As part of the Advoteam, Julie helps clients translate their ideas into complex web applications and communities designed to achieve strategic goals, whether they be winning elections, passing a key bill or promoting a non-profit's success.

Julie has a B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna College, where she wrote her thesis on the relationship between technology and political campaigns. She studied graphic design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Julie was a Spring 2009 Fellow of the New York chapter of the New Leaders Council and is currently the Institute Co-Chair. She is also the Social Media Strategist for the YDA 2009 Local Chapter of the Year Manhattan Young Democrats. At MYD, she managed online outreach and social media for New Yorkers for Marriage Equality.

Julie has been quoted by Mashable, The Huffington Post, DailyKos, Care2's FrogLoop, Future Majority and appeared on CNN.com's Blogger Bunch. Past speaking appearances include IPDI's Politics Online, YDA's Biannual Convention and Organizing 2.0. She will be leading a Core Conversation on the use of new media in local and state politics at SXSW Interactive in March 2010.