Jackie Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Lead external communications strategy and execution for Teach For America’s CEO, supporting her in more than 50 engagements and media opportunities per year to build her public profile as an education thought leader. Joined staff as half of a two-person team driving the organization’s external communications efforts. Promoted through demonstrated project leadership skills as team grew to more than 20 people and team structure evolved. Accomplishments include:~Leading the working group that created the organization’s first brand voice and messages.~Creating and implementing the organization’s first rapid-response strategy to address an increasingly complex media landscape.~Developing the organization’s first digital communications strategy, including launching a blog, Twitter, and Facebook accounts, and an e-newsletter for nearly 40,000 constituents with an open rate regularly exceeding 35%.~Designing and implementing a system to monitor, measure, and leverage media coverage with internal and external constituents. ~Leading the successful pilot for an enterprise-wide constituent relationship management system.

New York, Ny, Us

Led strategy and execution of internal communications during extended period of enterprise-wide restructuring. Drove 2-point growth in staff trust in the executive leadership team and 5-point growth in overall staff satisfaction, the largest year-over-year increase in the organization’s history.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

~Edited the work of reporters and columnists at this national weekly music trade publication.~Wrote album, single, and concert reviews.

Highlights:~Copy Editor, Complex, VICE, Index magazines~Contributor to various media outlets, including VICE, Index, Complex, CMJ: College Music Journal, L.A. Weekly, Resonance, and The Village Voice~Contributor, Encyclopedia of Northwest Music (Sasquatch Books)~Museum Exhibit Writer and Narrator, “Northwest Passage,” Experience Music Project (Seattle, WA)~Copywriter, Malin + Goetz, Sub Pop Records, Kinetic Records, Catch 22 Records, KimCo Entertainment ~Proofreader, Distributed Art Publishers’ seasonal catalogs and books, including 'In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Artists' by Linda Weintraub and reissues of 'Evidence' by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel and 'American Prospects' by Joel Sternfeld.

Athens, Votanikos, Gr

~Assigned and edited all music-related copy for alternative newsweekly New Times L.A. ~Wrote features, profiles, and reviews. ~Managed section budget and weekly payment of 15-20 freelancers. ~Managed nominations procedure for annual music awards and consulted on the awards event, which sold out.

Seattle, Wa, Us

~Reported on local and national arts and culture, including film, sports, theater, and books. Honored as a Communicator of Excellence by the Washington Press Association. ~Assigned and edited all music-related copy to staff and freelancers, managed section budget, and supervised calendar writer. ~Collaborated with sales and marketing staff on promotional events and campaigns.

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~Working with the arts editor, assigned and edited all non-news features for this alternative newsweekly.~Edited weekly arts and entertainment listings and annual arts guide, and wrote previews, reviews, and features. ~Managed freelance budget.

~Served as one-person North American office of this academic and trade book publisher, implementing U.S. and Canadian promotions and media relations strategy and working closely with London headquarters and U.S.-based editors, authors, and sales staff.~Supervised materials and budget allocated to sales and promotion departments of U.S. distributor.~Represented the company at academic and trade conferences.

~Wrote and edited catalog, book jacket, and promotional copy. ~Assisted in all aspects of production for marketing materials, including design, mailing list administration, writing, and proofreading.