Craig Branson Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

I am a federal agency spokesperson, public relations pro, and digital leader. My Department of Energy agency has its own $22 billion budget and oversees the work of more than 50,000 people.• Manage the nonproliferation/arms control and counterterrorism portfolios as a public information officer.• Have deep experience with other aspects of NNSA's missions: nuclear weapons, emergency management, naval nuclear reactors, and their interconnection with the labs, plants, and sites of the Nuclear Security Enterprise.• Advise leaders on communication and public relations policy and practice, taking into account current political and real-world circumstances.• Serve as spokesperson, manage media interactions, respond to press inquiries, write and edit content, track approvals, act as liaison, coordinate with the interagency, support principals.• Write and edit press releases, blog items (web articles), social media posts, and more. Take and edit photos. Edit video.• Act as public information officer in Incident Command System (ICS) emergency exercises.• Maintain website with 40,000 monthly users. Jointly manage agency's four social media accounts with an audience of 100,000+.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Executed comms strategy at national trade group, including press releases, graphics, articles, blog posts, letters to the editor, white papers, and video presentations. I implemented campaigns, employing a variety of web, email and social media channels, growing engagement.Key successes:• Led chapter communication for association rebrand. Produced videos including location shoots.• Organized and ran press event for major ceremonial bill-signing.• Landed panel discussions and satellite media tours for principal. Determined focus, managed details, prepped principal.• Focused and relaunched website.

Ran a consultancy based on marketing and web skills. Marketed and ran a non-profit's organization-defining contest. Coordinated websites and marketing work for two businesses. Ran national association program as freelancer.

Responsible for marketing of a national association. While managing direct reports, carried out branding, creative and database marketing. Used paid media, direct mail, social media, earned media, and email to get the message out. Planned and staffed convention. Increased participation in national contest by 30 percent.Continued management of sites, applications, databases, vendors, and customer service.

Led execution of national non-profit's $15 million youth journalism project. Served as project manager for all website and database development. Managed direct reports and vendors. Built social media brands with thousands of followers. Conceived, launched and managed a half-dozen category-defining websites.Quadrupled web traffic on site using SEO tools.Managed database. Created and marketed national advertising network for high school media outlets. Generated $300,000 in revenue.Ran booth promiting project at multiple trade shows per year with thousands of attendees Continued annual ASNE convention work, with speakers including presidents, politicians, and Fortune 500 leaders.

Managed non-profit's communications, including press at annual convention with U.S. presidents, live TV feeds, protesters, and 800 to 1,000 attendees.

Lakeland, Fl, Us

Honed my editing skills, gained knowledge of AP style and gained a healthy respect for deadlines.