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Beverly Hills, Ca, Us

Applied business acumen to build a full-service PR firm from startup to a thriving enterprise. Lead all aspects of media-relations, event-management, business-development, and crisis management. Client roster includes small and midsize technology, energy, retail, telecommunications, and data center companies. Develops and oversees cohesive messaging strategies that build brand equity and defend against reputational risk. Generates consensus and secures buy-in for PR initiatives with C-level executives.✦Managed domestic and global public relations campaigns for numerous organizations that surpassed objectives consistently.✦Tapped into my network of press/media contacts to secure articles in high profile magazines, blogs, and/or newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Green Tech Media that best align with the client's goals.✦Instrumental in forging strategic partnerships that fuel sales growth and strengthen the impact of marketing spend. ✦Coached executives on messaging, preparing them for media events, speeches, presentations, and interviews.✦Transformed client visions into acclaimed special events for intimate gatherings and large crowds that were executed flawlessly, within budget.

Directed political campaign's operations for a long-shot challenger, including fundraising, advertising, polling, data segmentation/targeting, web content, and grassroots outreach. Crafted messaging and media campaigns to drive awareness and engender support for the candidate's policy agenda.✦Built fundraising apparatus that produced a record ($115,000) for a State Representative campaign through innovative outreach and multiple events that attracted VIP guests, including the Governor of Massachusetts.✦Overcame lack of ground game by targeting students and retirees along with an internship program that secured over 200 volunteers for phone banks, fundraisers, literature drops, and going door-to-door with the candidate.✦Articulated candidate's positions, attributes, and characteristics to connect with voters as a senior spokesperson to the press and media outlets.

Provided strategic public relations and public affairs consulting. Interacted with clients to solve their communications issues. Pursued new business, managed vendor relationships, and directed accounts payable operation.

Ba, Political Science/Communications

High School