Jeff Hunt Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Legend Labs is a brand and innovation consulting firm. We help organizations and individuals create, live, and protect their Legends. We build brands and defend them. We make big dreams a reality through expert strategy, creativity, and technology. And we bring industry-leading innovation and experience in reputation and crisis management. We are a team of.

Austin, Texas Area

• Directing the Moody College of Communication's PR 352 class covering the art and science of developing effective communication strategies and programs
• Guiding extensive, semester-long project where students join "agency teams" as consultants for "real clients" in order to solve critical issues related to communication

Austin, Texas Area

• One of two founding partners of a digital and management consulting firm, with offices in Austin and Los Angeles. Quickly developed a client base of Fortune 100 companies and leading universities. In 2013 sold a.
• Advising Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) on strategy and communications following the natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon; Leading 2016 Conservation and Education Campaign.
• Advising the Tokyo Electric Power Co. on strategy and communications related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster; toured the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station in 2013 and 2016.
• Advising the Pac-12 Conference on a wide range of matters including NCAA reform and establishment of the Pac-12 Networks.
• Advised Penn State University on the Sandusky scandal and more broadly on the transformation of its overall communications and marketing function, and advising other universities including Stanford, Saint Louis, Texas.
• Advised Darden Corp. on its sale of Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital.

Moved back to native Texas in 2000, buying 20 percent of small Austin agency Read-Poland and leading them to win Dell as a client. Read-Poland was acquired by GCI Group (a unit of Gray advertising and ultimately part of WPP). Grew Read-Poland’s fivefold while tripling profits. Became CEO of GCI Group following WPP’s acquisition of Grey Global Group. Led.

New York, SeoulJoined Burson-Marsteller directly after graduation from the University of Texas-Austin. In 1989, at only 26, was selected to open the firm’s Seoul, Korea, office – the first wholly owned PR subsidiary of any firm in Korea. Worked with major labor unrest; helped develop expertise incrisis management. Office was Burson’s first startup to be.