Public Affairs Strategist

The Elevator Pitch

At Evolv,we'rehelping redefine how public spaces approach safety. Trusted by schools, hospitals, entertainment venues, sports stadiums, and other organizations across the country, our technology is helping communities create safer environments while preserving the welcoming experiences people expect.

As a Public Affairs Strategist,you'lllead Evolv's work to advance state-level policy thatestablishesadvanced weapons screening as a recognized standard for keeping students and staffsafe in K-12 schools.

You'llbuild the state-by-state game plan — mapping the legislative and regulatory landscape,identifying and engaging the policymakers and community organizations who shape school-safety decisions, and organizing the coalitions that turn a shared goal into enacted policy.

You'llbegin withtoppriority states and carry them forward over time, expanding to new states as the program grows, andyou'llhelpidentify, direct, and manage outside lobbying partners where they can accelerate progress.

This role is ideal for a public affairs professional who has moved policy through statehouses before, thrives in complex multi-stakeholder environments, communicates with credibility and diplomacy across the political spectrum,helps identify the funding for new policy mandates and is energized by work that creates meaningful impact for students and communities.

Within the first
30 days, you will:

• Develop a deep understanding of Evolv's mission, products, customers, and the school-safety policy landscape across priority states.
• Build familiarity with the environment in a few, high priority states— existing legislation, recent legislative and regulatory activity, and the associations, research organizations, public-sector entities, and community leaders who influence school-safety decisions.
• Establish working relationships with internal partners across Growth, Marketing, Sales, Product, Legal, and Customer Success.
• Begin sharpening the prioritization view of where policy progress is most achievable,andput in place a game plan to help drive it forward.

Within
90 days, you will:

• Deliver and begin executinga clear, actionable plan for each of the first three priority states — covering the legislative and regulatory landscape, the key policymakers and the path to engaging them, the coalition of supporters to organize, the most viable policy vehicle and funding pathway, and a clear-eyed read of likely opposition.
• Begin building relationships with key external stakeholders in those states, including legislators and committee staff, school-safety associations, and education and parent organizations.
• Help develop evidence-based, locally relevant messaging and supporting materials that communicate Evolv's impact to diverse audiences.
• Recommend where outside lobbying or government-relations partnerswouldaccelerateprogress andbegin scoping and managing those engagements.

Within your first year, you will:

• Move the first states forward toward introduced legislation or regulatory action, andstand up the next wave of priority states.
• Establish Evolv as a trusted, credible, and engaged participant in school-safety policy conversations.
• Build andmaintainmeaningful relationships with priority associations, research institutions, public-sector organizations, and community influencers.
• Develop a repeatable state playbook that allows the program to scale efficiently across many states.
• Identify, direct, and manage outside lobbyists and partners across multiple states, ensuring their work aligns with Evolv's strategy and compliance standards.
• Support the development of evidence-based proof points and independent research that strengthen customer confidence and the broader case for advanced screening.

State Policy Strategy & Campaign Development

• Build and own the state-by-state plan to advance advanced weapons screening as a school-safety standard — beginning with priority states and expanding over time.

• For each state, map the legislative and regulatory landscape,identify the mostviablepolicy vehicle (legislation, regulation, code, or funding mechanism), and define a…