Brandon Levesque Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Lead all external communications for the firm in the East Coast media region. Work directly with national and regional media outlets to drive company initiatives. Train company spokespersons to handle media engagements and public speaking forums. Provide social media training to corporate stakeholders to help amplify external media coverage on all social.

New York, New York, United States

Communications Department

Greater New York City Area

Built communications and press strategy for residential and commercial real estate clients. Secured national and regional media coverage for real estate developer clients with a mix of lifestyle and industry outlets. Managed teams to complete client work on time and with success. Drove in-person media and public events for clients to gain coverage on.

New York

• Play the role of day-to-day lead on a variety of accounts, including the planning and execution of media programs and activities
• Manage client relationships and oversee the responsibilities of designated account teams and staff
• Offer high-level client counsel and strategic planning
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the industries in which clients operate, including proactively monitoring relevant trends and news topics that may have an impact on their business
• Guide and execute the media strategy for client accounts, including identifying media-worthy opportunities as well as pitching and placing stories on clients’ behalf
• Oversee the creation of press materials, including press releases, media advisories, byline articles, etc.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided professional advice, media training and service to clients according to their strategic needs.
• Managed day-to-day client activities, including research, planning, implementation and evaluation of public relations activities, and paying careful attention to budgets, resources, deadlines and client records.
• Maintained close and frequent contact with clients, and strengthens rapport between the company and the client.
• Coordinated and supervised staff and vendors needed to carry out client service requirements, and ensure quality, cost-effective service, within budget and established timeframe.
• Prepared effective, comprehensive public relations programs and plans that are well organized and well written, with detailed time and dollar budgets that are appropriate to client needs and reasonable with regard to.
• Ensured efficient execution of plans.

New York, NY

• Developed communications/public relations programs for Jamestown and its 30+ individual assets and brand extensions
• Oversight of relationships with six third-party public relations agencies, Jamestown departments and the company’s Latin American division
• Media placements in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, CNN, Curbed and NY1
• Planned crisis communications for Jamestown properties, including disaster response announcements following the Boston Marathon bombing and Ebola crisis
• Provided content and direct the social media teams for properties that include Chelsea Market, One Times Square, Ponce City Market, Ghirardelli Square
• Responsible for creating prep/briefing documents for CEO and President for press interviews

New York, NY

• Implemented digital marketing and social media strategies for five major product lines including; iOS/Apple development, Android development, Web development, 3D Printing and Arduino/Raspberry Pi
• Created dynamic email campaigns for clientele; campaigns that directly correlated to profit growth
• Built brand awareness through national and international conferences, book expos and fairs
• Built media relationships, managed schedules, edited and approved all press releases
• Responsible for booking authors for interviews, book reviews and social media campaigns
• Coordinated all off-site promotional events for book releases

• Managed the publishing process between supervising editors, compositors and vendors
• Proofread and edited all work of consulting writers
• Created all company online web copy
• Managed and monitored all company social media via Google Analytics

Brooklyn, NY

∙Coordinated with press for placement of events and talent.∙Worked with venues and sponsors for events.∙Social media promotion of new talent and programming.

Master’S Degree, Business/Corporate Communications

Bachelor Of Liberal Arts, French Studies