Chris Cradduck Email & Phone Number

Chris Cradduck is a partner at LDWW and Forbes Comms Council contributor with over 24 years of public relations (PR), communications, marketing, content, crisis and reputation management experience. He has served as senior lead and counselor for multiple Fortune 200 brands, including Ford, General Motors, DISH, Sprint, Qwest and Carnival Corporation.Cradduck's LDWW partner responsibilities include client account service, integrated marketing collaboration, operations support, office management and vendor/partner management. He also maintains a senior counsel role with Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, supporting corporate and executive communications functions, including CEO comms, strategic media, integrated content development, corporate marketing, and reputation management.Cradduck played a lead media operations role for the first U.S. cruise to Cuba in 40 years, a historic voyage that forever changed Cuban travel policy and enabled LDWW to operate one of the first-ever, on-the-ground media programs in Cuba. Together, Carnival Corporation and LDWW have won multiple PRSA Silver Anvil awards, including two awards for the corporation's yearlong global COVID-19 response, on top of a previous year's PRSA “Best of Silver Anvil” award win for the best overall PR campaign, recognizing the sustained communications program that restored Carnival Corporation’s reputation after several high-profile incidents eroded trust in the company and its brands.Prior to LDWW, Cradduck was an SVP on the U.S. Operating Committee at H+K Strategies (WPP), and served as Client Service Leader for two of the firm’s Top 10 clients – Ford and DISH. He led the global Ford engagement, managing the corporate, product, tech and international teams, and served as a senior executive speechwriter. As the DISH lead, he oversaw news operations, corporate affairs, brand and internal communications.Previously, at Weber Shandwick (IPG), Cradduck was SVP of corporate, consumer and technology communications, and a senior lead on General Motors, serving as Bureau Chief for the GM News Bureau across four auto brands.Specialties: Public relations, communications, media, messaging, reputation, content, digital/social, crisis, consumer marketing, speech writing, technology, auto, travel, wireless, entertainment, global.#PR #comms #media #messaging #reputation #content #crisis #marketing #writing #copywriting #Frisco #Dallas #DFW

Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Corporate Communications, Media Relations, Crisis Communications, and 54 others.

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  Texas A&M University

  Speech Communications