Denise Westerfield Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

Responsibilities include creating and executing the CEO/senior executive team’s strategic communications plan; creating, writing and publishing a weekly electronic employee newsletter; writing and disseminating company announcements; writing senior management video scripts/directing video production.

Advised, assisted on internal and external communications projects, media relations. Responsibilities included internal communications planning, writing, editing; writing intranet governance and guidelines documentation; serving on intranet planning, content, execution team; performing User Acceptance Testing on redesigned intranet website prior to launch.

As Communications Manager I supervised a team of professional communicators. Together, we were responsible for the company’s internal communications and media relations.My duties included:•Preparing media response plans in case the media contacted my company in either a crisis situation or when something didn’t go as planned; coaching management on how to respond to media inquiries; seeking media attention by pitching story ideas and writing/distributing news releases. •Planning, writing, editing and disseminating company information — including management speeches/videos, employee newsletters, email announcements, intranet content — to keep employees up-to-date.•Serving as communications consultant, advising company executives and managers on the best way and most effective communications vehicle (face-to-face discussions, email messages, printed materials, intranet content) to use to communicate specific messages to various audiences.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications/Journalism

Pursued Master'S Degree, English