Harold Pierce Email & Phone Number

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Orange County, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Simi Valley, California, United States

• Advised hospital president and executive team on communication strategy while cultivating and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to increase visibility of the organization and build brand awareness.• Developed partnerships with local publications to secure space for articles authored by our physicians, raising their profiles by positioning them as experts in their fields.• Managed media, increasing print and broadcast mentions in the competitive Los Angeles market by more than 80% over the prior year.• Created organic content, including original storytelling, to drive Facebook engagement rates and page likes, doubling the number of fans in less than four months.

Tehachapi, California

• Led communication strategy during the construction and opening of a new 25-bed critical access hospital in Tehachapi, CA., while managing press and community events.• Coached executive leadership for media interviews, developed talking points, speeches and pitched stories and opinion/editorial pieces to local and state media.• Word closely with foundation office by writing appeal letters that helped attract donors, and providing communication support, scripting and logistical assistance for events. • Fostered a culture of storytelling among employees, which aided in creating content that drove brand awareness; associate engagement and perception of the organization. This work directly led AHTV earning the highest adoption and engagement rates on internal social media channels in our system.• Served as PIO during global coronavirus pandemic, supporting staff and managing internal and external crisis communications under HICS. • Worked collaboratively with community integration team to identify opportunities for population health initiatives to not only broadcast them to the community, but also organize them locally.

Bakersfield, California Area

• Developed and researched creative story ideas, then executed them under daily deadline pressure.• Helped lead a team of reporters across two states as part of the University of Southern California’s Reporting on Health Collaborative. The year-long project,“Just One Breath,” raised valley fever awareness, uncovered inconsistencies in reporting processes and spurred legislation to address those issues while bringing more funding to the disease.• Cultivated a social media following to engage community members and network with various advocates and policy makers while driving readership.

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Worked as the sole news reporter at the Santa Ynez Valley News. While there, I increased circulation by bringing comprehensive news coverage to the valley.• Wrote a months-long, award-winning series charting the decline of the cattle ranching business in Santa Barbara County.

Fountain Valley, California