Joshua Doss

Joshua Doss, a pollster and political strategist, spearheads HIT’s Black voter and Economic Narrative research as the Senior Manager and Director of HIT’s People and Culture Team. In this role, Joshua oversees the production of opinion research, political strategy, message development, and emerging consumer trends analyses. Joshua also drives HIT’s brand communication strategies with TV and newspaper media engagements, alongside panel conversations and public research briefings.

Before stepping into his role as a Senior Research Manager, Joshua served as a National Communications Director for one of the largest political funders in the country. During this time Joshua directed a multi-million-dollar economic narrative project that delivered high-level messaging recommendations for hundreds of political TV ads, online digital ads, mail pieces, candidate speeches, and more. During his time in the grantor space, Joshua made critical decisions that resulted in electoral and legislative/lobbying wins across 14 states.

Though Joshua began his career pounding the pavement as a grassroots organizer in his hometown of Chicago, Joshua’s understanding of economic trends and Black voters has allowed him to conduct quantitative and qualitative research for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NAACP, Black Economic Alliance, Winning Jobs Narrative, Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative, the DCCC, Senate Majority PAC, Wand more.

Joshua has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg News, Politico, ABC, NBC, Newsweek Magazine, News Nation Live and more.