Amanda Quast Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

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Greater St. Louis Area

Delivered operational and hands-on excellence in helping the firm manage the Reputation Management practice, including FleishmanHillard’s Global Authenticity Gap research across geographies worldwide. Key responsibilities included project management of internal and external virtual marketing events, managing multiple editorial calendars and ownership and maintenance of internal and external websites.* Aided practice leaders in conducting and managing the annual Authenticity Gap research studies along with the various offerings of the RM practice.* Managed a global team of Local Area Business Leaders focused on understanding and sharing FleishmanHillard’s Global Authenticity Gap research and practice offerings.* Liaison with research partners to create personalized research reports to help fuel country leaders, sector leaders, new business pitches and internal experts on FleishmanHillard’s POV as it pertains to Reputation Management.* Aided practice leaders in new product development centered on the agency’s POV as it pertains to Reputation Management. Including all business collateral – presentations, factsheets etc.* Managed FleishmanHillard’s external reputation management center of excellence (www.centeronreuptation.com).* Managed the internal Global Reputation Management team site to help fuel the internal community with on-demand access to our products, case studies, fact sheets, reports and more.* Oversaw the execution of external marketing, such as 15 Days of Pros and Conversation, to ensure that FleishmanHillard and its reputation management practice continue to have a relevant external presence by showcasing its award winning work, POV and capabilities.* Monitored the news to ensure that accurate records are kept of media hits related to FleishmanHillard and reputation management, Authenticity Gap and any bylines or interviews conducted by the leaders of the reputation management practice.

Greater St. Louis Area

● Create and maintain the agency’s internal competitive intelligence database ● Promote the corporate strategy internally through blogging and storytelling, writing case studies, developing content for the employee newsletter and other internal outlets ● Draft content for materials to support strategic integration and the agency’s partnership with Contagious Communications including case studies, blogs, decks and other materials ● Manage the department’s project and initiative timelines

Greater St. Louis Area

● Created and distributed the weekly global employee newsletter ● Managed logistics for quarterly All Employee Calls (3,000+ attendees), monthly People Leader Meetings (300+ attendees) and the CenturyLink Acquisition Call (40,000+ attendees – July 2011) ● Implemented monthly employee engagement activities through managing the Culture Committee ● Managed internal communications strategies for programs involving all employees including developing communication plans and drafting and distributing the communication to all employees ● Led communication focus groups around the globe to determine best practice strategies ● Maintain related intranet sites

Greater St. Louis Area

● Assisted with internal communications activities including planning and implementing programs, email blasts and all employee calls ● Wrote news releases, sales collateral and other external facing materials ● Compiled and distributed a weekly external news summary on Savvis and its peers ● Managed relationships with related department vendors

Greater St. Louis Area

● Provided company and peer sell-side analyst reports and news summaries on daily basis ● Maintained investor calendar, managed invitations, assisted with planning conferences ● Managed, updated and improved the investor relations’ external website ● Maintained IR/IAR budget, including invoices, purchase orders and check requests

Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations●Copy write press releases, articles for publishing, email campaigns, websites and media correspondence ●Concept and design of communications pieces including slogans, logos, flyers and email campaigns ●Coordinate and organize client events ● Pitch news worthy events to media outlets ● Manage and create project budgets • Purchase desired media for cliental ● Monitor website traffic ● Manage internship program

Fundraising and Special Event Management● Identified grant sources and oversaw the entry of all gift data in Raisers Edge ● Organized the 2008 Whitaker Urban Evening Series, a free, six week concert series in the park ● Acted as the media liaison for the concert series ● Developed and executed a marketing and advertising pan for the concert series ● Managed special event budgets ● Oversaw all volunteers and workers at the concert series

Public Relations● Strategically developed communication plans for client proposals and implemented suggested strategies and tactics ● Devised written supplemental pieces used for outreach ● Pitched news worthy events to various media outlets local and national ● Monitored daily client media coverage and compiled summary reports for account staff ● Worked directly on the AT&T and United Parcel Service (UPS) accounts ● Attended “Fleishman Hillard University” on a variety of topics including: corporate social responsibility, writing communications plans, third parties and stakeholders, business etiquette and ethics

Public Relations and Special Event Management● Wrote articles for the newsletter and national publications ● Assisted with the planning of special events ● Maintained correspondence with volunteers and participants for fundraising events ● Responsible for the administrative needs of the president

Public Relations and Special Event Management● Designed collateral pieces for speakers and events ● Coordinated volunteers and staff at speaker events ● Maintained the forum’s Web site