Jose Aristimuño (born April 30, 1988) is a communications and marketing strategist, American television personality, and President and Founder of NOW Strategies LLC (DBA VIP MEDIA SOLUTIONS). Aristimuño is the former Deputy National Press Secretary [1] for The Democratic Party. Previously, he worked at the Department of Health and Human Services where he was the Director of Specialty Media. [2] During the 2016 election cycle, Aristimuño was the Deputy National Press Secretary and Director of Hispanic Media for the former Governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley. [3] [4] He is of Venezuelan descent. [5] Aristimuño is a frequent media commentator for US & international media outlets and has been a keynote speaker at marketing & entrepreneurship conferences across the US & Latin America. He has also been included on Huffington Post's "40 Under 40: Latinos in American Politics" [6] Aristimuño lives in Boca Raton, Florida. He is married to Mariana Umaña. [7]