Eric Solomon Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Ellicott City, MD

• Developed and oversaw all media and communications strategies for leading national juvenile justice non-profit, as well as provided technical assistance and training to state partners and spokespeople. Some major.
• Built Media Relations department from the beginning.
• Successfully pitched the USA Today in writing a feature story on a state trends report.
• Planned and executed a Public Service Announcement campaign with family members in the juvenile and adult justice system.
• Created popular monthly radio show on juvenile justice issues.
• Recipient of two Golden Thinker Awards from the North American Precis Syndicate (NAPS), for 282 and 191 placements of juvenile justice TV stories.

• Acted as spokesperson for a 3,700 employee educational finance company. Responsibilities included proactively creating and pitching products and college planning stories to the media. Closely worked with Marketing.
• Built Media Relations department from the beginning.
• Branded educational and financial literacy products to parents and young children to successfully have company a leader in 3 years with more than $22.9 billion in student loan assets.
• Successfully teamed up with ABC’s Extreme Makeover program on two occasions to promote Nelnet and provide scholarships to needy families.
• Managed $1 million of scholarship money and coming up with creative ways to give out the money and assist regional sales teams with brand awareness in local, national and international media outlets.
• Delivered American Express gift cards to displaced college students, after the Katrina Hurricane and receiving positive media attention for our efforts. Show less

• Identified media opportunities for the University and professors, increased the visibility and perception of GW as a higher education leader, fashioned and implemented communication strategies, coordinated, planned and.
• Identified media opportunities for the University and professors.
• Increased the visibility and perception of GW as a higher education leader.
• Fashioned and implemented communication strategies.
• Coordinated, planned and promoted events for University faculty and students.
• Wrote and distributed news releases with a focused media plan.

• Raised the quality bar in news and feature packages. Researched video and audio material for daily stories, coordinated video feeds from various CNN bureaus, worked closely with producers in creating and designing.
• Edited Ronald Reagan’s obituary video.
• First… Show more Raised the quality bar in news and feature packages. Researched video and audio material for daily stories, coordinated video feeds from various CNN bureaus, worked closely with producers in creating.
• First to find videotape of Monica Lewinsky at a Clinton event that later aired on the network.
• Was seen as one of CNN’s lead editors. Show less

• Researched and booked guests for CNN’s number one debate show. Planned and implemented all remote broadcasts: staffing, food, travel and technical logistics. Supervised budgets, accounts payable and travel arrangements.
• Researched celebrities and worked in studio with Larry King.
• Edited news packages during the Gulf War.
• Edited and produced videos at the Republican National Convention.
• Point person in the DC bureau for the launch of CNN Interactive. Show less

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications

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