Brian Hess Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

My portfolio expanded to include antitrust, technology, telecom, media, labor, and health care policy. In this position, I advocate for a variety of causes before Congress, federal regulators, and state legislatures like California, Indiana, Maryland Michigan, Rhode Island, and Virginia. My lobbying registrations have included:Children's Cancer CauseCommunications Workers of AmericaCouncil for Academic Family MedicineDISH NetworkEntertainment StudiosFuse MediaLennar CorpPolySports Fans CoalitionUs Against Alzheimer's The Weather Channel

Washington, D.C.

Primarily consulting for the Sports Fan Coalition, I advise on best practices, content, and other digital communication concepts. I accomplish this through paid media, campaign creation and management, writing, and advising on talking points. In addition for both Sports Fans Coalition and other clients, I research new technologies and new policies to advise the best way to market a cause and gain support from as broad an audience as possible — often customizing messages to conservatives and liberals. Finally, I construct and implement the communication strategies for the firm to clients and the media. I also manage the communication strategy for The Goodfriend Group and its parent company, Emmer Consulting. This includes website design and management, press, business development, and marketing.

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

As a part of the Goodfriend Group's contract with Sports Fans Coalition, I serve as their executive director. I manage budgets, determine organizational goals, develop strategies, and serve as spokesman for the organization. Within my capacity as executive director, I also lobby federal regulatory bodies and Congress on issues concerning our fans. These issues include the public financing of sports stadiums, concussion protocols, media access, and consumer harms.

Alexandria, Virginia

Managing a portfolio of 12 clients encompassing more than 27 restaurant brands, I advise the companies on best practices for digital marketing—especially with regard to email. I gather, analyze, and report on a variety of KPIs including open rates, message volumes, and, most importantly, sales. In addition to this, I am project manager for special projects for clients by facilitating the needs of creatives, production specialists, and data analysts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed special projects for new website developmentProvided website technical support for business goals Managed Social Media platforms and their communitiesCreated and curated contentDeveloped and executed new strategies to increase growth in reach and engagementReported analytics from native applications and google analytics

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Research and present social media concepts and ideas Develop and execute social media strategies Interpret and report various analytics

Blacksburg, Va

Tutor student athletes in Consumer Rights, Family Financial Management, Resource Management, Debtor-Creditor Relationships, Music Theory, and Public Speaking

Led prospective students and parents on campus tours in order to educate and excite them about Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Va

Develop relationships with customers to provide clothing that meet their needsHandle difficult customers calmly and effectivelyEducate customers and school organizations on proper dress and how to determine qualityConsistently exceeds weekly sales goalsMaintain store environmentManaged money and tillsResponded to customer complaints and took appropriate actions to mediate situations

Dublin, Ireland

At Progressio Ireland I assisted in the sale of Liquapods, a reusable water bottle. I also developed and updated their social media strategy for their Facebook and Twitter accounts. I also created and manage a Tumblr account for the ClimatePro project (www.climatepropartnership.tumblr.com). I analyzed their google AdWords account and re-optimized their budget, by doing so I increased website views by 300%.

Assisted President in organizing and running Fraternity meetings and eventsAlumni Relations Officer • Liason to alumni to foster ongoing mutual support between alumni and the FraternityHistorian • Created record of Fraternity events with multimedia

Treasurer • Set up financial accounts and tax IDs and controlled and managed organzation's financesOfficer • Founded the organization for members ofthe Laptop Orchestra class

Develop relationships with customers to provide clothing that meet their needsHandle difficult customers calmly and effectivelyEducate customers and school organizations on proper dress and how to determine qualityConsistently exceeds weekly sales goalsMaintain store environment

Taught Tae Kwon Do curriculum to 6 weekly classes of 10-20 students ranging in age from 3 to 50 years oldMember of school's Leadership Team responsible for making business, policy, and social decisions for the schoolLed summer day-camp of 20 children ages 5-10

Conducted in-home product demonstrations of Cutco cutleryEducated customers about Cutco products and how they meet needs in the kitchenExceeded $10,000 sales goal within first two weeks selling Cutco cutlery

Worked with customers to find shoes that met their needs for various situationsEducated customers about shoe attributes and featuresConsistently exceeded monthly sales goalsMaintained store environmentleadership experience

Ordained Deacon • Liason between youth and congregationYouth Council Member • Planned and led youth events

Led 100+ member troop in activities, scout events, fundraising, and advancement

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Apparel, Housing, And Resource Management - Consumer Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu Alpha, Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble, Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra, Hokie Ambassadors.