Senior Communications Executive Resume
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Washington, DC
SUMMARY
- A roll - up your sleeves professional with superior analytical and critical thinking skills who can juggle multiple priorities with speed and accuracy, resolve complex policy issues, and staunchly promote, defend, and protect an organization’s profile and brand with the media.
- (legislative, regulatory, and issues management). Served as legislative director, press secretary, and chief of staff for Members of Congress. Wrote several initiatives and legislative language to resolve complex legislative and regulatory issues
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE
Confidential, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Craft key messaging and media collaterals on sensitive agency issues.
- Devise and execute internal and external media programs.
- Write, edit and transmit essential communications and strategies to agency personnel across the U.S. on policies and change management.
- Manage team, project management, and budget oversight.
- Serve as a valued team member on crisis communications.
- Maintain Public Trust Security Clearance.
HEAD, GLOBAL PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Spokesperson for the most valued global company that directly impacts global markets.
- Improved complicated company relations with the global media.
- Crafted the company’s narrative and thought leadership platform for key audiences.
- Wrote social media content, media plans, and press releases.
- Proactively reported on outcomes, tactics, and trends to executives and business units.
- Inspired greatness in staff by mentoring daily and close collaboration.
GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Confidential, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Built and scaled best-in-class communications teams, strategies, and thought leadership programs from the ground up for domestic and global companies.
- Client success growing awareness through PR, marketing, and earned media strategies.
- Alignment of media programs with colleagues in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- Secured top-tier broadcast interviews with CNN, FOX, CNBC, BBC, CCTV, and top-tier print.
- Management of PNL, annual budgeting, staff hiring, HR, sales, and training.
VICE PRESIDENT
Confidential, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Built public affairs and thought leadership platforms for C-Suite and company executives.
- Led communications functions: PR (media relations, influencer and analyst relations, trade press), and executive programs (speaking gigs, bylines, press interviews).
- Led crisis communications counsel on domestic and international crisis events.
- Private and public company strategies, B2B and B2C.
- Manage C-Suite as spokespeople, including creative positioning, and producing executive communications ranging from ghostwriting to prep for broadcast.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Confidential, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Spokesperson for a 19,500+-member professional trade association.
- Transformed highly complex and technical policies on pensions, insurance, financial reporting, tax, and risk management into simplistic terminology for the media.
- Pitched and secured top fold news articles on major policy announcements.
