Erin Browning, Msm Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas, United States

As a marketing communications consultant for Southwest Research Institute, I collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, business development, executive leadership, and subject matter experts, to create compelling, strategic communications that elevate the brand, reputation, and thought leadership of the organization.Key Responsibilities:• Collaborative Content Development: Works with marketing, communications, business executives, and subject matter experts to source stories, pitch ideas, and develop content that aligns with company priorities and strategic initiatives. Implements marketing/communications plans to drive alignment across multi-functional teams.• Internal & External Campaigns: Partners with internal teams - marketing, business development, and leadership, to understand key business initiatives and ensure messaging consistency across all channels. Aligns messaging with business strategy and priorities.• Storytelling & Content Creation: Researches and sources story ideas based on company projects, people, and business initiatives. Develops content by interviewing internal experts, drafting materials, and ensuring high-quality, engaging messaging.• Event & Campaign Coordination: Coordinates promotional campaigns, materials, and events to generate client and media attention and enhancing the organization’s brand.• Communication & Presentations: Manages division updates and presentations, ensuring effective communication of key business initiatives and strategic direction.• Technical Proposal Development: Leads strategy sessions with cross-functional teams—project managers, engineers, subject matter experts, and proposal managers. Outlines proposal structure, drafting content, and ensuring compliance with proposal requirements. Leads reviews for clarity, ensures consistency, verifies technical accuracy, and strengthens the value proposition. Formats to follow client specifications and proofreads before final submission.

United States

As an experienced communications professional with more than a decade of experience in executive/senior leadership positions, Erin has spent her career building relationships, driving initiatives and facilitating teams. Marketing/communications strategy development with executive leadershipTarget industry research and evaluationStrategic planningGovernment relations and legislation review Communication program planning, development and implementationBrand strategy, messaging, integration and positioningMarketing collateral developmentPublic relations/communications Community relationsPublic involvement/informationTechnical writing/editingProposal and presentation developmentCapture plans, lead/opportunity development and client interviews/debriefs Media contact, emergency liaison and public speakerEvent planning and trade show/conference participationWebsite development. Social media – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.Microsoft SharePoint (2007, 2010, 2013, Online/Office365)CRM - Microsoft Dynamics and SalesforceAdobe InDesign/IllustratorMicrosoft Office/PublisherVisioDeltek VisionPrimary Client - Southwest Research Institute www.swri.orgAugust 2021 - Present

Gainesville, Florida Area

As a member of the Corporate Growth/Strategic Priorities Group, concentrates on positioning, pursuing, and winning large, cross‐functional, multidisciplinary programs with targeted state and local governments. With priorities in Florida and Texas, Applies a strong client perspective as a driving force behind business decisions. Works closely with cross‐functional teams, senior leaders, and clients to achieve desired results. Leverages current and emerging technologies and innovation tools and strategies to strengthen engagement with ICF customers and increase efficiency and innovation in delivering the right solutions. Oversees major capture activities from inception to win by leading senior‐level engagement with end customers, primes, and partners in collaboration with other ICF leaders. Helps develop strategies to improve the quality and depth of market and competitor intelligence to influence and enhance win probability.

Gainesville, Florida Area

As a member of ECT’s senior leadership team, manages all marketing/communications efforts, firm wide. Responsible for rebranding all business development/marketing materials; developed, deployed and maintains the firm’s first client relationship management system, Microsoft Dynamics CRM; designed and implemented the firm’s first intranet, SharePoint; directs proposal efforts, and manages staff in several offices. Supports business development efforts nationally by coordinating with regional directors, national service line leaders and client sector leaders; participating in the strategic planning process; and tracking, evaluating and reporting on leads and opportunities. Establishes and presents training programs for management and employees (business development best practices, SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.) Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) serves private- and public-sector clients by integrating engineering, science, planning and management systems to provide environmental solutions. ECT delivers client service in five key practice areas: air quality; natural resource management and permitting; performance assurance and compliance; site assessment and remediation, and water resources. Projects range in size from small, specialty tasks to large, multidisciplinary efforts with budgets in the millions of dollars.

North Florida

As part of HNTB’s corporate technology group, serves as manager of DashPort operations, SharePoint support and applied Web solutions. Oversees the operational activities of HNTB’s DashPort system, a suite of secure, Web-based project portals where project teams can collaborate, share information and manage critical processes. Develops marketing materials, cost estimates and contractual documents for all DashPort sites. Creates these SharePoint-based sites, manages user access and permissions, trains users and provides day-to-day support to project teams implementing DashPort applications on their projects. HNTB currently has more than 30 active DashPort sites across the United States.

As public involvement/communications director for HNTB’s Southeast Division and Florida district, responsibilities include developing a public involvement service group for the southeast division, preparing operations and sales plans, managing public involvement/information staff, administering all professional development and personnel reviews and developing and managing public involvement/information programs. Also manages internal and external communications efforts for the division.

Public relations/communications firm specializing in transportation and environmental projects, primarily in Florida. Also provided business development services to engineering firms.

Developed and managed public information/involvement programs. Programs include budgets, implementation schedules, staffing requirements, stakeholder identification, media and government relations, database development, quality control initiatives, collaterals, mailing/distribution lists, videos, web sites, presentations, displays, equipment and software requirements.Prepared business development and marketing materials, including Power Point presentations, technical proposals, display boards and collateral materials.Parsons is one of the largest employee-owned engineering and construction companies in the United States, with revenues exceeding $3 billion in 2005. Their 10,000 employees provide facility and infrastructure solutions through superior program management and technology-based approaches world wide. Parsons plans, designs, constructs and operates diverse facilities and infrastructure systems for both government and industrial clients' for more than 60 years.

Developed national business development/market strategy for the government sector and transportation industry. Determined long-term and short-term goals and objectives for strategic plan. Developed and presented training programs for Neighborhood America departments (customer service, development, sales, project management, etc…) Reviewed product development initiatives. Coordinated with sales team to identify leads and opportunities within targeted industries. Tracked all materials, leads, contacts and opportunities in various databases/communications management programs.Neighborhood America is a software development company that builds Public Communications Systems -- Web-based solutions that support and improve the administration of public projects. The system is used for comment collection, organization, management and reporting.

Hired to develop the firm’s first public information division. Prepared the business plan, budget and all business development and marketing materials for the division. Hired, trained and managed more than a dozen public information personnel in the U.S. Developed and managed public information programs for more than 150 projects. Plans included budgets, implementation schedules, staffing requirements, stakeholder identification, media and government relations, database development, quality control initiatives, collaterals, mailing/distribution lists, videos, Web sites, presentations, displays, translations into Spanish and Creole, equipment and software requirements.Founded in 1885, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) provides program management, planning, engineering and construction management services for transportation, power, environmental and building projects. PB employs more than 9,000 professionals and support staff in 150 offices worldwide.

Managed and developed public information programs for more than 50 projects for the Florida DOT. Plans included budgets, schedules, stakeholder identification, media and government relations, collaterals, videos, presentations, displays, etc. Hired, trained and managed all public information personnel.Served on several incident management teams, working with local government agencies, including transportation, emergency management and law enforcement offices to develop incident management plans, alternate routes and detour route signs and maps. Provided community relations services for U.S. EPA Superfund projects. Prepared community relations plans, conducted community interviews and developed and stakeholder lists.ICF Kaiser was one of the largest engineering, construction and consulting services companies in the United States. Its nearly 6000 professionals worked on 25 countries on six continents.

Responsible for all public information activities for the $254 million I-75 Expansion Project, a comprehensive program to expand 144 miles of interstate from four to six lanes and resurface all existing lanes. Developed the public information plan. Provided all media and government relations services. Produced all collaterals and organized and participated in several north Florida incident management teams. Gave presentations to civic groups/associations. Served as liaison between emergency services and construction personnel, on a 24-hour, 7-day-per-week basis. Maintained all project accident information.During the six-year construction schedule for this project, more than 14,000 calls were taken on the project’s toll-free information line, and approximately 250 news releases were distributed, resulting in more than 200 media interviewsMeta, Inc. was an environmental, management consulting, and financial advisory firm based in Miami, Florida.

It Management Certificate, (It Security, Networking, Web Design, Server Administration, It Resource Management)

The certification program provides an application-oriented managerial background in IT. It's designed to bridge the gap between computer.

Ms, Business Management

Specialization in leadership and organizational effectiveness. This master's degree program is designed to impart knowledge that leads.

Graduate Studies, Mass Communication/Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Gator Gal Specialization in engineering/technical communications. Technical course work in: Hazadous Waste.

Bs, Public Relations

Activities and Societies: PRSSA, Gator Gal Specialization in engineering/technical communications. Technical course work in: Solid Waste.

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