Grant Wright Email & Phone Number

Pleasanton, California, Us

☀️Leading a bright team supporting executive and employee communications for CFO, CHRO and orgs

Foster City, California, Us

🔥 Engaging employees with Visa’s purpose, culture and enterprise transformation through internal and executive communications• Leading internal and executive communications for Visa’s Vice Chair, Chief People & Corporate Affairs Officer• Driving change management comms. to engage global workforce with new CEO’s push to increase operational pace and impact - initial focus on Workday enhancements i.e., Matrixed Management, Talent Profile, Self ID• Built employee ambassador program and recruitment marketing campaign to engage employees and candidates with Visa’s revamped employee value proposition - targeted content to meet Talent Acquisition’s goals, driving awareness, consideration and affinity

Foster City, California, Us

🔥 Strengthened Visa’s reputation and talent brand through internal, executive and external communications across paid, owned, earned channels• Led media relations, executive communications for Visa's Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and Head of Corporate Responsibility; internal and external communications for DE&I team and cultural moments i.e. Pride, International Women’s Day, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month• Managed channels team (6 directs) - intranet, digital signage, newsletters, social collaboration, @lifeatvisa Instagram• Rallied employees around company rebrand through award-winning campaign, grew company pride 6 points to 94%; prepped CEO and CMO to support launch, created interactive learning guide and digital campaign featuring employees• Developed employee value proposition messaging framework to support talent acquisition, engagement, and retention through social media, employee ambassadors, executives, virtual events, earned media• Shaped Visa's reputation as inclusive tech employer through award-winning recruitment marketing; campaign strategy, employee engagement, recruitment marketing; exceeded engagement benchmarks by 4x• Produced and marketed Visa’s ‘Ready to Return’ conference to inspire women in tech to restart careers with Visa; ran recruitment marketing, prepped speakers; directed event production

Foster City, California, Us

🔥 Supported executive communications for Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice Chair, Chief Risk Officer (CRO); led internal communications for their orgs to align employees with company mission and strategic priorities• Raised awareness of Visa’s Leadership Principles by producing internal video series - majority of company viewed• Realigned focus of Tech org newsletter to support strategic priorities; used analytics to increase engagement 500%• Created “tech talk” panels during SXSW ‘17 to compel 34 diverse tech candidates to apply to Visa - scoped sessions, prepped diverse panelists, ran targeted email marketing and LinkedIn campaigns• Led communications for CEO-sponsored initiative to simplify internal tools and processes; developed branding, content strategy to support change management

Foster City, California, Us

🔥 Developed internal communications embedded function from scratch for one of Visa's most cutting-edge Tech groups, Digital & Mobile Product Development • Executive communications for department head (SVP)• Event production - quarterly All Staffs; developer conference; training sessions• Internal content strategy and development• Internal social media community management

Austin, Mn, Us

🐷 Accountable for corporate social media and digital content strategy, reporting to Chief Communications Officer (CCO); product owner of HormelFoods.com and intranet; supported digital aspects of crisis communications, investor relations, corporate social responsibility • Led reputation monitoring program - reduced costs by 40% while increasing data quality; analyzed data for executives to inform media strategy; worked in Shanghai office to produce program attuned to local market• Social media governance across 50+ brands i.e., Skippy Peanut Butter, Jennie-O Turkey, Spam• Coached team on social community management, crisis response and analytics reporting• Developed employee social media policy with Legal and Brand, trained employee ambassadors• Created intranet metrics dashboards and coached content creators to grow engagement 200% YoY

Toronto, On, Ca

🚀 Contributed to 7 straight years of double-digit YoY growth of FindLaw, fastest-growing business unit, $300M revenue; excelled in a variety of digital marketing ops roles with increasing responsibility (20 directs in final role)Team Lead (2011–2013)Sr. Content Strategist (2010–2011)Project Manager (2005–2010)Copywriter (2005)• Drove rollout of company’s first content marketing product; helped define scope; hired and trained team of 15 to execute• Increased conversion by average of 250% for 100+ sites using analytics and keywords tools to refine SEO• Partnered with Product on go-to-market for company’s first mobile product; gained cross-functional alignment around responsive design; product sold 300% to expectation• Evaluated, sourced and managed vendors to streamline website development by 66%• Launched over 500 digital marketing properties• Coached three direct reports to achieve promotions

B.A., Business Law, Economics Minor

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