James Miller Email & Phone Number

Tallahassee, FL, United States

• Responsible for strategic messaging to League members, residents, media, stakeholders, board members and legislators.
• Also responsible for coordinating the messaging, communications strategy, media relations and creative design needs for 12 associations managed by the League.
• Launched a new FLC logo and brand and established style consistency throughout the many different divisions, products and services offered by the League.
• Reshaped the way the League messages its legislative priorities, public statements, successes and overall strategy in showcasing its accomplishments to interested stakeholders.
• Serve as speechwriter for Executive Director, FLC Board President and other board members and staff.
• Currently manage a staff of eight – two editors, three graphic designers, two communications specialists and a social media/media relations manager.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

• This positon is strategic, has a heavy emphasis on brand management and is responsible for managing all communications activities and building external relationships with the organization's constituencies, including.
• Report to the President/CEO, and serve as an integral member of the senior management team, responsible for the development of communication strategies for FRF and Georgia Retailers and contribute to all organizational.
• Serve as lead point person on media interactions that help promote and/or impact both organizations and actively cultivate and manage press relationships to ensure positive coverage of issues of strategic importance
• Identify challenges and emerging issues faced by the retail industry and develop proactive strategies for establishing the preferred narrative
• Manage performance and development of company’s internal and external communications and membership affairs resources, including staff and vendors, and overall department budget
• Curate/maintain relationships with statewide retail, tourism and business reporters and Capitol Press Corps

300 E. Park Avenue Tallahassee, FL 32302

• Supervised staff to develop and execute local, regional and national public relations, marketing and advertising programs to raise awareness and promote the Chamber, EDC and three affiliate programs, while also.
• Was responsible for all communications including media relations, marketing, speech writing, social media and website development for the Chamber, EDC and its three affiliate programs
• Served as spokesperson and worked with President/CEO, Executive Vice President, CFO, VP of Business/Public Policy and key consultants to counsel and managed all communications surrounding rollouts of comprehensive.
• Worked closely with educational partners Florida State University, Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College regarding promotion of collaborative projects and initiatives
• Worked with statewide partners including Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Department of Economic Opportunity, CareerSource Florida and the Executive Office of the GovernorACHIEVEMENTS
• Developed logos, taglines and all marketing materials for Chamber’s new membership program and comprehensive fundraising initiative

Tallahassee, Florida Area

• Served as spokesman and provided strategic counsel while helping manage the marketing efforts for the state’s economic development, workforce and community development agency
• Extensive experience with the state’s economic development process, workforce initiatives and coordinating consistent messaging among all parties and stakeholders
• Coordinated and publicized the state’s economic development initiatives with the Executive Office of the Governor, Enterprise Florida, Inc., the 27 local community action agencies and the 11 regional planning councils.
• Coordinated and publicized the state’s workforce initiatives with CareerSource Florida, and the 24 regional workforce boards around FloridaACHIEVEMENTS
• Coordinated the logo design, branding, website development and grand opening activities for the agency, attended by the Governor, legislators and local leaders
• Created speeches, presentations and marketing collateral for public/legislative appearances by DEO Executive Directors and other leadership staff

Tallahassee, Florida Area

• Served as spokesman and marketing supervisor/manager for the state’s land planning and community re-development agency
• Oversaw the creation and development of all marketing collateral
• Developed media relations, marketing and public outreach strategies and aligned those plans with the agency’s goals and objectives
• Maintained all agency websites, including coordination and approval of all contentACHIEVEMENTS
• Managed a statewide marketing and public awareness campaign totaling more than $800,000 that targeted low-to-moderate-income Floridians
• Instituted use of webinars and teleconferencing to help message important changes made to Florida’s growth management laws to legal, governmental and environmental groups around the state, significantly reducing travel.

• Served as spokesman and marketing supervisor for the most diverse agency within Florida’s government
• Handled research, writing and editing of press releases, newsletters and speeches, as well as creating effective and cost-efficient marketing collateral ACHIEVEMENTS
• Created an internal Plain Language Initiative, including the editing of documents, newsletters and marketing collateral that are distributed to more than two million customers annually
• Created and implemented agency-wide writing/style guide for all employees to ensure consistent messaging and improve employee writing and communication skills
• Complete restructuring and re-write of the agency’s division web sites making them more organized and user-friendly
• Coordinated portions of the agency’s Continuity of Operations Plan (crisis communications plan)

Orlando, Florida Area

I served as day-to-day contact for both national and local media, as well as a spokesperson for the nation’s fourth-largest regional sports network. Responsibilities included: - Extensive experience in pitching media on story ideas, including human interest stories, features and business articles. - Coordinated publicity efforts with both universities and.

Sanford, FL

Was responsible for managing all national & local publicity for the leader in video Internet streaming and multi-media technology solutions for colleges and universities. Responsibilities included:- Pitching business, lifestyle and sports writers on potential network story ideas as well as handling day-to-day contact with media.- Spearheading the publicity.