Delaney Parrish Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

From organizing roundtables and marquee events to creating digital content that translates dense academic work for a broad range of audiences, I take pride in executing innovative communications strategies that help organizations and individuals achieve their goals. I support clients in academia, government, and the nonprofit sector on:Organizational Communications Strategy: I work with organizations to develop digital and traditional communications strategies for achieving their goals. Web Content Strategy + Development: Working with clients on everything from building data visualizations to writing blog posts to redesigning entire websites, I help determine the best way to put your content online. When the product is an academic or technical study, my goal is to distill complex ideas into digital content that’s clear, shareable, and engaging.Media Relations: I help individuals and organizations build relationships with reporters, editors, and producers, write and place op-eds, and train clients on best practices for interacting with the media and managing crises.Thought Leader Communications: I work with individual researchers, experts, and other professionals looking to strengthen their personal brand and share their expertise with the world. Social Media Strategy + Content Creation: I run institutional social media accounts and advise individuals on their social media presence. I can develop institutional voices and brands, create organic content, and direct paid social campaigns.Email Content + Marketing: Email remains a powerful tool for building your brand, growing engagement with your audience, and driving traffic to your website. I’ve developed dozens of email products and built complex CRM workflows to promote academic activities.

As Director of Communications for the Economics Studies program at the Brookings Institution, I worked with 30+ economists to influence policy and public dialogue on dozens of economic policy issues through daily strategic engagement with members of the media, partner organizations, policy influencers, and government officials. I led the program's media relations activities, ensuring our work influences media coverage on a local, national, and international level. I worked with Brookings experts to fine-tune their messaging, prepare for interviews, and make informed, strategic decisions that grow their profile in the press.I also oversaw the online production and promotion of hundreds of new research products a year, developing strategies to grow engagement on our social media and email channels and collaborating with researchers, graphic designers, videographers, and developers to ensure our research is presented in a clear, accessible, and influential manner.

As Digital Products Manager, I oversaw Brookings' email newsletter program, managing products for more than 20 research programs and centers. I was responsible for quality of editorial content, email design and deliverability, and also user flow and onboarding schemes for subscribers from multiple entry points. Under my management, Brookings' email open rates increased nearly 10 percentage points, click rates more than doubled, and the Institution's subscriber database grew by 50%.In this role, I also conceptualized, launched, and authored the institution's premier daily email product, The Brookings Brief, which increased monthly traffic to Brookings’ website via email by nearly 450 percent in its first year.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

At OMB Watch, I worked with research staff to conceptualize, calendar, and write blog posts and additional web content. I also managed email and print fundraising campaigns, overseeing a 30% increase in contributions from individual donors over two years. I edited book-length policy reports, educational materials, and press statements, as well as designed a variety of print marketing materials, for example postcards, fact sheets, and the organization's Annual Report.

Story banking, blogging, and framing research.

M.A., Public Communication

B.A., English- Professional Writing