Darren Spinck Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

* U.S.-based research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society’s Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies.* Authored the July 2022, May 2023, and January 2024 HJS reports “Securing the Strait: Engaging Taiwan in the UK’s Indo-Pacific Tilt”, “Stronger Together: How US-UK Collaboration Can Answer China’s Growing Geopolitical Ambition”, and “A Vital Partnership: How Strengthened UK-Taiwan Ties Can Help Maintain Stable Cross-Strait Relations”; along with Dr Robert Seely, MP, also co- authored the October 2022 HJS report “A New Era for UK Policymaking: An Economic Denial Strategy in the Indo-Pacific”. * Research cited by organizations including the US Army War College, Conference of Defence Associations Institute, and Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis.* Quoted by media outlets including Politico, the Telegraph, Voice of America, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Radio Taiwan International, and NDT TV.* Write issue briefs, commentaries, and other written materials focused on Indo-Pacific geopolitics and the impact of these regional issues on the Transatlantic community.* Moderate international relations roundtable discussions, featuring U.S., European, and Asian policy experts.

New York City Metropolitan Area

* Analyze the impacts of investment restrictions, sanctions, export controls, tariffs, and other economic barriers on international trade and commerce;* Develop and manage international advocacy and public diplomacy programs related to trade, economic policy, and other foreign affairs issues;* Provide public advocacy counsel and litigation support services;* Manage strategic communications initiatives in the United States and Europe;* Partner with leading international law firms for those clients seeking compliance with U.S. and European Union trade and investment restrictions;* Draft talking points, speeches, commentaries, press releases, white papers, and other collateral materials;* Media training including interview preparation and developing expected questions and suggested answers for discussions with journalists; and* Manage all business development activities including sector/issue research; drafting proposals and preparing presentations; account budgeting for prospective projects; and developing strategic partnerships with leading Washington, DC law firms as well as global public affairs firms in the United States and throughout Europe.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Develop and manage media relations, public advocacy, and policy strategy for government, political, corporate, and trade association clients.* Pitch feature news stories and place commentaries/op-eds in targeted national and international media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Associated Press, Reuters, and the Washington Times.* Provide international public advocacy counsel and litigation support services - combining a strategic communications plan with a legal strategy - to influence the court of public opinion before cases reach the court of law.* New media strategy including blogger relations, management of strategy on leading social media platforms, social media monitoring, and content development.* Develop and manage individual project budgets each exceeding $1 million annually.* Manage all business development activities including sector/issue research; drafting proposals and preparing presentations; account budgeting for prospective projects; and developing strategic partnerships with leading Washington, DC law firms as well as global public affairs firms in the United States and Russia.* Coordinate efforts and manage activities of project communications and Web consultants in Europe and Asia.* Plan issue advocacy print advertising campaigns in Capitol Hill publications and online banner advertising projects on leading conservative political blogger Web sites.

Washington, Dc

* Managed a public affairs project for Taiwan and coordinated media activities (strategic messaging, media relations, and commentary development/placement) with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington for recognition of the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Congress' Taiwan Relations Act, which authorizes de-facto diplomatic relations with Taipei and guarantees Taiwan's security through the sales of arms and other assurances. Messaging urged the Obama administration to continue the sale of F-16's and other arms to Taiwan and for supporting the limited observation status of Taipei in select international organizations such as the World Health Organization.* Arranged meetings for local Washington business and religious leaders (and developed strategic messaging and briefed speakers) to discuss the dangers of radical Islam with a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee members and staffers, and analysts at leading think-tanks including the Heritage Foundation, Brookings Institution, Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Committee on the Present Danger.* Coordinated business development activities in Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Served as a senior campaign communications strategist during a presidential election in Eastern Europe from April 2004 until January 2005. Activities included: developing strategic messaging for targeting an audience comprised of U.S./European policymakers and decision influencers; drafting and placing op-eds and letters-to-the-editor in major publications including the Washington Post, Financial Times, and Washington Times; media training prior to the candidate's interviews with media outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Washington Times; presidential debate preparation including talking points for the candidate and conceptualizing a western-style, post-debate "spin room" for campaign surrogates; development of all collateral materials for an English language press kit; spokesman for outreach to English language media outlets in the United States and Europe; post-election crisis communications; opposition research; daily coordination of activities with other campaign staffers including senior in-country campaign strategists, U.S. lobbyists, Washington legal team, and other U.S.-based political consultants; and drafted daily campaign updates for journalists, decision influencers in academia and Washington-based think-tanks, and Washington/Brussels policymakers.* Represented a Ukrainian television station and successfully prevented Ukraine's presidential administration from removing the TV station's operating license thanks in large part to an aggressive media relations campaign that targeted an audience of democracy, free press and human rights advocates.* Directed business development activities including proposal and presentation development, budgeting, sector/issue research, and targeted outreach to prospective public affairs clients.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Led all public affairs activities at both NLBA and ABL including meeting with Members of Congress and their staff to discuss issues affecting the association's membership, managing public advocacy activities with outside lobbying counsel, representing the membership at coalition meetings including tax relief organizations organized by Republican White House and Capitol Hill leadership, drafting and designing monthly association newsletters and issue advocacy updates, serving as a key association spokesman during media outreach, and researching and drafting Congressional testimony.* Briefly served as the National Licensed Beverage Association's acting executive director during its merger with the National Association of Beverage Retailers to form the American Beverage Licensees. Responsibilities during this time included due diligence execution, budgeting, management of staff members, and directing annual conference activities.

Ma, International Commerce And Policy

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Order, Public Relations Student Society of America, University of Maryland College Republicans.

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