Spokesperson/Communications Officer
Rochester, Minnesota Area
Media relations• Served as primary spokesperson for national and international news media interviews• Worked daily with top-tier national and international news organizations, including CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, The Associated Press and Reuters• Developed and managed strategies for release of information for high-profile patients• Coordinated live on-air interviews with national news organizations, including NBC’s Today show, CBS This Morning, ABC’s Good Morning America and CNN’s Larry King Live• Implemented Mayo Clinic’s media relations measurement project, an effort to measure national media relations efforts by tracking regional, national and international news media coverage• Managed in-house and freelance communications resources (e.g., designers, photographers and video communications)• Developed relationships with key healthcare journalists across the country through regular face-to-face visits, phone calls and electronic communication Marketing communications• Assisted in developing media relations and marketing communications strategies for Mayo Clinic web activities• Developed media relations plan to market Mayo Clinic Family Health Book• Developed media relations plan to market Mayo Clinic Family Heart BookInternet development• Implemented media relations and marketing communications strategies for Mayo Clinic.com (www.mayoclinic.com) — Mayo Clinic’s award-winning health information Web site that averages more than 1 million visits per month• Developed and implemented Mayo Clinic’s journalist Web site (http://www.mayoclinic.org/news/) • Implemented live television news conferences and video news releases on Mayo Clinic’s journalist Web site • Developed and implemented Mayo Clinic’s journalist e-mail, which is designed to update media about news and eventsDevelopment• Worked cooperatively with development department in organizing media relations strategies for Mayo Clinic’s benefactor activities