Adrienne Fox Luscombe Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Drive communications and marketing efforts at HumRRO, a nonprofit industry leader in developing high-stakes operational assessments used for both hiring and promotion, and leadership evaluation. Oversee organizational messaging, brand awareness and marketing campaigns; create content for the website, newsletter and blog; manage social media accounts.

Principal owner of communications firm delivering writing, editing and speechwriting services to a wide range of clients. Research and pitch story ideas, particularly on career, leadership and the workplace, corporate social responsibility, and employee relations, to online and print media; interview key company leaders, academic researchers, government officials and respected thought-leaders; synthesize information and write informative, engaging articles and speeches; create multimedia content to add value and visual interest. Manage recurring columns written by experts found through network developed and cultivated through the years. Edit articles, corporate materials, websites, books, blogs and newsletters for a variety of clients. Write speeches for executives on business topics and deliver speeches on leadership, corporate social responsibility and employee development.

Alexandria, Virginia

As Contributing Editor, pitched article ideas and wrote cover stories and features on a wide range of HR topics, including global HR, talent management, learning and development, strategy, CSR, career development, wellness and organizational structure. Edited other freelance writers' feature articles as well as assigned and edited the Management Tools column.

Led creative team of editors and freelance writers for the flagship, monthly publication of SHRM, the largest human resource association in the world, reaching more than 250,000 readers. Developed processes to handle every step of editorial cycle to ensure high-quality content on deadline. Collaborated with freelancers and editors to brainstorm and hone story ideas. Vetted, hired and negotiated pay for writers within editorial budget. Researched and assigned articles, set deadlines and managed writers. Delegated editing of articles to team of editors, oversaw progress and edited final copy. Worked creatively with art department to select illustrations and photos, and managed the copy from layout to printing.Promoted from Associate Editor to Senior Editor to Managing Editor during nine-year tenure. Continued as ME as a freelancer for six months until a successor was identified. Helped smooth the leadership transition and remained a Contributing Editor.

Editor of WorldLink, the publication of the World Federation of People Management Associations, which is the umbrella organization for more than 70 national HR associations and their members. I oversaw a complete redesign of the publication in 2009 and, in 2011, successfully expanded it from quarterly production to five times a year to focus on each of the five regions represented in the WFPMA.

As a national correspondent, reported for daily newspaper, circulation 200,000, on political, business and economic issues. Beats included global trade, foreign and U.S. politics, the economy and education. Covered congressional hearings and White House press briefings, and interviewed government officials, politicians, business leaders and policy experts to write concise, informative articles by 6 p.m. daily deadline. Profiled industry trailblazers, prominent thought leaders and celebrities. --Articles regularly picked up by the Washington Post, Associated Press and other news outlets.--Represented IBD on television and radio news programs.--Article written on the Family and Medical Leave Act was discussed during one of the televised 1996 presidential debates between Senator Robert Dole and President Bill Clinton. It marked the first time my phone "blew up!"

Master'S, International Business

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Student Council, Gamma Phi Beta