Erich Kirshner Email & Phone Number

Parker, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado

I'm excited to have a chance to tell the world, via the news media, about the amazing work being done by the students, faculty and staff at one of America's top engineering schools.

Denver, Co

Contract professional with Otowi Group, a Denver consultancy with a specialization in the support of government agencies on the local, state and federal levels.

Denver County, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Headed communications programs for full-service marketing, communications, and PR agency. Secured, managed, and executed government and corporate campaigns comprised of advertising (traditional and digital), search engine optimization (SEO), media relations, and social media management. Led team of communications professionals from diverse industry arenas to ensure client marketing and public relations needs were met and exceeded.• Agency named “Best Marketing Firm in Denver Metro,” by Colorado Sun readers, 2023.• Led messaging efforts focused on challenging issues including COVID-related mental health, keeping youth drug-free, getting medical care to underserved populations, and informing healthcare consumers and about their insurance coverage options. • Select client list: Tri-County Health Department, City and County of Denver, Wyoming Department of Education’s Summer Food Program, Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), Colorado Safety Net Collaborative, Colorado Children’s Campaign, Health District of Northern Larimer County, Pinnacol Assurance, UniPath Clinical Labs, Tri-County Health Department, and the Colorado Health Institute.• Received Grand Gold Leaf, the highest award possible, from the Colorado Healthcare Communicators organization, for the State of Colorado’s public health campaign, “I Am a Smoke-Free Zone”.• Prepared clients for complex media relations challenges, demonstrating expertise in crisis communications, based on former experience as print journalist. Example: • Provided media relations strategy and leadership to Routt County Public Health Department as it grappled with how to handle COVID-related challenges, stresses from large communal gathering on public land, and food-borne illnesses.• Achieved click-through rates consistently above competition by pinpointing and leveraging each client’s most unique and advantageous positioning.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Elevated communications impact for health care organizations via PR and communications strategies.• Select client list: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, City of Denver Department of Environmental Heath, South Metro Emergency Medical Services Division of the Centura Health Care System, Center for Joint Replacement at Porter Hospital, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Colorado Rural Health Center, Colorado Culture Change Coalition, Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition, and Bay Area biotech firms. Examples:• Ensured that EMS crews understood the capabilities of Littleton Adventist Hospital’s ER facilities by co-leading Centura’s mission messaging effort.• Headed media relations effort at Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, advancing the organization’s goal to gain national media attention.

CHSM is a professional society for persons working in healthcare in Colorado.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Created and executed marketing and PR plans for diverse clientele. Led marketing and PR initiatives for health care, Human Resources, and City of Denver accounts. Served as media relations lead on projects, based on extensive journalism background.

M.S., Journalism

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Journalism