Doug Curran Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

I founded my consulting firm to concentrate on what I enjoy and do best: devising winning communication programs to help businesses and individual leaders successfully establish their innovative services, technology and knowledge in the marketplace. Here are just a few examples:✦ I’ve planned and led publicity launches – for consumer video, telephone and Internet services, digital e-commerce and content management software and much more -- that won extensive consumer print, TV and radio, and trade press coverage, building a strong market presence and profitable growth for emerging companies.✦ I helped propel a career transition services company to the national stage – and work/life thought leadership – through high-profile stories on its alternative retirement program in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time, Forbes, Fortune and Money magazines. I also landed the CEO numerous speaking engagements nationwide.✦ I successfully positioned a consumer electronics e-commerce company as an industry up-and-comer and online retailing innovator through diverse national media placements, airline “advertorials” and TV appearances highlighting its product knowledge, customer care and technology edge.✦ I built global presence for both a leading U.S. medical school looking to attract young doctors abroad for its residency programs, as well as an international health care consulting firm, by developing new websites, blogs, social media presence, marketing collateral and media pitch material highlighting their expertise.✦ I leveraged my strategic, writing and coaching expertise to help companies position their top executives as industry authorities – and individual business leaders for career moves, board positions and new consulting or business ventures – through resumes, bios and personal marketing portfolios, as well as new web sites and blogs, speaking engagements, media guest columns and interviews, speech writing, and media/presentation coaching.

Greater Boston Area

As an equity partner in this boutique public relations agency, I provided strategic direction, staff oversight and management of major accounts. I played a central role in the firm’s ten-fold growth, including leadership of its nationally recognized broadband/cable TV practice. I also handled accounts for services, real estate, mortgage and education/public affairs organizations. In addition to traditional PR, I partnered in developing, publicizing and winning national recognition for major industry education and media literacy public service programs, creating communications programs to support business-critical legislative and regulatory positioning, and bringing national attention to the China democracy movement through an exiled leader of the Tiananmen Square protests.

I progressed through community and government reporting, including State House and Editorial Page stints, for this award-winning, 90,000-circulation suburban daily newspaper. Then held various management positions, leaving the paper as South Edition Editor, supervising 19 reporters and 2 editors in community news coverage.