Jamie Mara Email & Phone Number

United States

Providing tailored communication services to help agencies, businesses and organizations with media relations, issues management and public affairs.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinated communication strategies for Edge, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the country, along with a sister trade group in Wisconsin, the Dairy Business Association. Together, they represent some 1,400 dairy farmers, corporate partners and allied industry supporters throughout the Midwest. At their core, the organizations advocate for sensible state and federal policies affecting the dairy community. I also guided communications for Farmers for Sustainable Food, an organization of food system partners dedicated to farmer-led environmental sustainability solutions.Activities:• Coaching directors, staff and members on media interviews, community relations • Crafting vision and mission statements • Developing talking points to articulate legislative policy positions • Brainstorming with the digital communications manager on social media strategy • Serving as a sounding board for the marketing and events manager • Advising the CEO and boards of directors on issues management • Helping direct branding efforts • Meeting with journalists to talk about dairy issues and pitch story ideas • Managing press conferences and preparing press releases to announce initiatives • Shaping internal member communications • Working with consultants and freelance writers/photographers/videographers • Writing and editing speeches, legislative testimony and newsletter columns

Green Bay, Wisconsin Area

Coordinated internal and external communications for DBA, a member-driven nonprofit dairy organization in Wisconsin, along with a sister organization, Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country with a focus on federal policy advocacy.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

- At Gannett's Post-Crescent Media, directed all facets of news department of 40 employees as top editor and assisted president/publisher with community leadership initiatives.- Played key role in restructuring news departments, creating new workflow processes and reinventing approach to community news coverage across Gannett's 10-newspaper network in Wisconsin.- Collaborated with advertising, marketing and circulation teams on special branding and audience-growth projects and community goodwill campaigns.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

- Oversaw day-to-day operations in a department of as many as 50 journalists serving 40,000 to 60,000 daily newspaper and online subscribers.- Set reporting, writing and editing standards to maintain quality and journalistic ethics and build brand credibility.- Upgraded hiring and evaluation processes to better gauge skills, aptitude and potential.- Streamlined workflow to save time and money without sacrificing quality.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

- Directed award-winning investigations and other major projects for print and digital platforms.- Played instrumental role in strategic transformation of department for new media era.- Fostered partnership with TV station, wrote scripts and made live on-air appearances.

- Developed culture of creating high-impact stories and projects.- Planned, organized and edited content for week’s highest-profile editions.- Earned one of 15 “Newsroom Supervisor of Year” awards among 85 sites companywide.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States

- Managed and coached staff of 15 journalists serving 20,000 daily newspaper subscribers.- Positioned the newspaper to win designation as best of its size in the state.- Represented the company to the public through column writing, speaking engagements.

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

- Collaborated with sister newspapers to create first-ever Sunday edition for three-market region.- Played integral role in product design, marketing and production.- Created processes for sharing news content across sites.

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

- Coached team of 10 journalists serving 15,000 daily newspaper subscribers.- Directed community news coverage in multi-county region. - Assigned and edited stories and designed news pages.

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

- Won statewide awards for government, public safety, feature, business reporting and writing.- Developed deep pool of official and other community information sources.- Served as prime contact for public inquiries.