Max Steinman

Max Steinman (he/him) is a strategist, facilitator and film impact producer. As a trained Public Narrative coach, he is excited to support the pro-democracy movement in using storytelling to strengthen its work.

He currently services as the Vice President of DoSomething Strategic where he advises clients such as the Red Cross and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars on their youth engagement and social impact strategies. Max began his career as part of the truth campaign's Youth Speakers Bureau where he shared the truth about Big Tobacco's deceptive marketing practices at youth convenings across the country and inspired them to be changemakers in their own communities. He then spent over a decade in the advertising world, launching campaigns for nonprofits, fondations and mission-aligned brands. This included supporting mail-back of the 2010 U.S. Census with hard-to-count populations and launching BreatheLife, a campaign of the World Health Organization to combat the health and climate impacts of air pollution. Max also served as the Director of Campaigns with Exposure Labs where he led the development of impact campaigns on issues of environmental justice and youth mental health for their slate of Emmy award-winning films Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral and The Social Dilemma.