• John Del Cecato •

John Del Cecato is a Senior Advisor at ASGK Public Strategies and manages the firm’s advertising work. Del Cecato has worked at the highest levels of Democratic politics and public affairs for more than 15 years.

Del Cecato began working with David Axelrod in 2001. Since that time, Del Cecato has worked with candidates for federal, state and municipal office, providing expertise in message development, and television and radio ad production. He has also worked on a number of high profile issue and corporate campaigns.

His award-winning commercials reflect Axelrod’s patented ad-making style, with rich biographical storytelling, compelling interviews, memorable graphical treatments, unique sound editing, and pitch-perfect response and comparative messaging.

In 2004, Del Cecato advised Barack Obama during the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, traveling with the candidate throughout the state of Illinois.

In 2008, Del Cecato worked closely with Axelrod in the areas of communications strategy and message development for the Obama presidential campaign. Most notably, Del Cecato was responsible for writing, directing, and producing many of Obama’s nationally broadcast television ads - including several spots that internal research found to be the most effective of the presidential campaign.

Del Cecato graduated with honors from Northwestern University, majoring in communications and political science.

He has lectured on the political process at the University of Virginia, George Washington University, Columbia University, Hunter College and his alma mater NU. Del Cecato has appeared on FOX News, C-Span and CNN’s Inside Politics, and served as a weekly contributor to New York One’s consultants’ roundtable. Most recently, he co-hosted FOX 5 New York’s coverage of the 44th Presidential Inauguration, and was named to Politics Magazine’s list of “Rising Stars.”