Beth Seibold Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Lead Communications Officer: Oversee communications and promote New York City’s work to address the needs of domestic and gender-based violence survivors; respond to media inquiries and manage media relationships targeting community-based outlets; coordinate with city agencies and offices on overlapping awareness campaigns including “Domestic Violence Awareness” month, “Sexual Violence Awareness” month, and “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” through media pitches, grass roots e-mailers, social media toolkits, and city landmarks exterior lightings. • Create press releases, advisories, speeches, and talking points for media interviews and public events. • Supervise Public-Facing Messaging: Create, monitor and/or copy edit content for website, social media, publications, and newsletters; manage paid / unpaid advertising campaigns including public service announcements through NYC & Company Intersection NYC Link kiosks, NYC Life & NYC Gov tv, NYC 91.5 FM WNYE radio, citywide agency on-hold phone system, and TV Taxi. • Increase brand awareness through earned media, samples at: https://www.nyc.gov/site/ocdv/press-resources/in-the-news.page• VOLUNTARY Legislative Affairs Assistant: Liaise with federal, state and city representatives to help promote the passage of effective, well-informed legislation; assist in hearing preparation, office correspondence, and presentations; monitor federal, state and local legislation.

Queens, Ny

Crisis communications spokesperson for paramilitary organization of 11,000 employees: coordinate with NYC City Hall press team and respond daily (on-call rotation nightly / weekends) to high volume of media inquiries for complex, confidential and nuanced issues including assaults, arrests, deaths, lawsuits for uniform / non-uniform employees and inmates; and more issues including federal, state, city, union and department directives and initiatives.Lead, develop and execute department events on Rikers Island adhering to security protocols of working jails including: mayoral press conferences, press tours and film shoots, inmate interviews; external town halls and job fairs, and ceremonies for uniform graduations, orientations, promotions at large-scale venues.Represent department at monthly oversight committee (NYC Board of Correction) and NYC City Council hearings. Promote positive relationship building across entire department with focus on non-uniform and uniform executive staff. On boarding and training new Department of Public Information employees and mentoring summer interns.Compose press releases, advisories, speeches, and talking points for executive staff; and prepare senior leaders for media interviews and public events. Create content for department website, social media platforms, publications and newsletters.Increase brand awareness through earned media (samples below): Fox5 Street Soldiers: Inside Rikers (2-day shoot) Full Frontal on TBS (2-day shoot) Samantha Bee: The Great Debate, The Rikers DebatersNPR The Takeaway: Bringing Theater Behind Bars Wall Street Journal: In Prison, Chess is King in Helping to Educate InmatesFox5: A second chance for the formerly incarcerated am New York: Rikers Island hosts ‘baby shower’ for mothers in jailWPIX Channel 11: NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray visits female inmates at Rikers2017 National Correction Officers Week Award: “Employee of the Year for Integrity and Dedication” (awarded Spring 2018)

New York, Ny

• Promote Office of Emergency Management: assist in day-to-day press operations, including responding to media requests; composing press releases, advisories, speeches, talking points and related presentations and information; developing and maintaining media lists; compiling daily press digests, and tracking agency press coverage. • Assist with emergency press, including responding to scenes, organizing press conferences, answering the press line and drafting press statements.• Drafting event runs of show, pitching media and scheduling interviews, collaborating with OEM’s Communications Unit on web content, social media and other communications outlets.(http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml)

New York, Ny

•Promoted various Battery Park City Authority and Battery Park City Parks Conservancy: initiatives, events and programs to Battery Park City community, New York City community-at-large through media outreach, and BPCA online presence(http://www.bpca.ny.gov/.)

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• Managed publicity for non-profits: The New York Landmarks Conservancy, The Little Orchestra Society and the National Corporate Theatre Fund through local, regional and national press including society coverage.

Managed publicity, nationally and regionally, for major news media outlet with established contacts in consumer press, trade press, broadcast media; recognized publicity opportunities, created and executed strategic publicity plans; demonstrated good judgment and decision-making, built on already established track record of dependability; consistently met stringent deadlines in fast-paced environment with all levels of staff (Executive Management, Corporate Communications, Editorial, Advertising, Community Affairs and Promotions.) •Media Bookings for Editorial Staff: proactively pitched and regularly placed national and regional editorial staff on broadcast media •Press Strategy & Releases for Corporate Communications, Editorial, Advertising, Community Affairs and Promotions

Public Relations Manager, 6/05 to 6/06Client Relations Associate to CEO & Publisher, 5/00 to 6/05Special Events Coordinator, 7/99 to 5/00

Project CoordinatorJunior Sales RepresentativeAdvertising Sales Assistant

Bachelor Of Arts, Cultural Anthropology

Certificate, Business-To-Business Publishing

Certificate, Publishing