Ada Ortega Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

-Serves as the local business partner for the South Market Unit for Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the United States. -Executes strategic public affairs and communication business plans and supports statewide government relations activities for the Houston, Austin San Antonio, South Texas and East.

Houston, Texas, United States

-Developed consistent messaging for the Mayor's Office, stakeholders and citywide executive staff. -Tracked incoming press requests and potential announcements for the Mayor's Office and relevant departments.-Worked with Public Information Officers across their assigned portfolio to understand and manage proactive and reactive communications matters.-Built.

San Antonio, Texas Area

-Created and facilitated moderately complex marketing campaigns across multiple channels including but not limited to media, direct, sponsorships and digital for CFHP, a Managed Care Organization (MCO). -Provided direct support and strategic advice to the director of communications on internal and external projects as it relates to public relations.

Austin, Texas Area

-Went on the record as Spanish Spokesperson for the Texas Democratic Party and appeared on national outlets such as Al Punto with Jorge Ramos and Telemundo national. -Planned and executed press conferences across the state.-Briefed and advised elected officials and statewide candidates for Spanish interviews-Coordinated press and earned media, both.

Austin, Texas Area

Provided behind the scenes support on the House Chamber and master control room by logging every piece of legislation on and off the calendar and in accordance to house protocol.

Freelance writing for a nationally distributed magazine that is the most influential publication reaching the contemporary Hispanic woman in the United States

San Antonio, Texas Area

-Collaborated with the communications department in researching, writing, editing and distributing communications to chapters, national licensees and subscribers.-Promoted online communication outreach by developing marketing tools, producing videos, handling the organization’s social media and updating the website through WordPress.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisted and shadowed the Executive Director on a vast number of pre-production and production projects, which included on-site shooting, footage editing, and translating and logging scripts from Spanish to English

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked directly with the Director of Government Affairs on providing legislative research and tracking federal legislation related to PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) appropriations request

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Edited stories for factual information and grammatical correctness from on-staff and freelance writers
• Constructed the magazine’s monthly online newsletter.
• Published four articles in Volume 17, No. 1-3, 2011

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Public development and professional expertise for different organizations.
• Planned and strategized a weeklong conference for up to 200 people.
• Completed the following assignments in a sensitive time deadline: An internal staff agenda for a three day conference, a Board of Director's meeting agenda and a Run of Show Production consisting of three consecutive.

Washington, D.C.

• Responsible for the scheduling and organization of meetings for the president.
• Followed through with day-to-day general office duties.
• Drafted correspondence for members of congress to support policy issues in alignment with MANA.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Broadcast Journalism

Earned a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from American University in Washington, D.C.

Study Abroad Program, Spring 2012

Study abroad program in London, England, UK.