Jesse Granger Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Manage media relations and proactive PR content for Northmarq, including highlighting deals, new hires and thought leadership.• Train spokespersons, facilitate interviews, and track/report PR metrics and outcomes.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Served as the first-ever Communications Director for a startup internet service provider (ISP) backed by private equity building fiber-to-the-home to rural areas spanning 5 Midwest states, maintaining a nearly $200K budget and shaping the reputation and culture of the organization that grew 2X in size over the last year.• Launched weekly internal newsletter via AI writing tool Axios HQ to set the brand voice and scale employee communications companywide, enabling leaders to distribute… Show more • Served as the first-ever Communications Director for a startup internet service provider (ISP) backed by private equity building fiber-to-the-home to rural areas spanning 5 Midwest states, maintaining a nearly $200K budget and shaping the reputation and culture of the organization that grew 2X in size over the last year.• Launched weekly internal newsletter via AI writing tool Axios HQ to set the brand voice and scale employee communications companywide, enabling leaders to distribute official communications in compliance with brand identity and standards. Newsletter maintained a 50% open rate.• Acted as the primary spokesperson for the company, building relationships with influencers in national industry, technology, and local media generating a 200%+ increase in positive earned media coverage, YoY.• Spearheaded new reputation research, utilizing driver analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses relative to competition and setting direction for the strategy to close gaps with competition. Reputation strategy resulted in gain of 30 pt. in brand awareness and 20+ pt. in customer advocacy in year one. • Analyzed and reported on the impact of employee and external communications to continually refine strategy and tactics, building brand reputation in the marketplace and internally shaping the culture of the new brand for 500+ employees across 5 states.• Created branded communications materials and campaigns, including personally authoring 100+ news releases, blogs, talking points, op-eds, Q&As, briefings, and related media materials each year, driving increases in band awareness and enhancing reputation, to align the workforce internally and boost consideration, leads and sales externally.• Launched a media monitoring initiative gathering data and analytics on how the organization is performing in external media, quantifying results, sharing insights, and applying them to market engagement to generate better results. Show less

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Oversaw public relations and social media strategy for the West Division, the most innovative part of the Fortune 35 company at the intersection of media and technology, leading a team of 12 Communications personnel across 7 states, focusing on engaging technology and business media to protect the brand and influence market outcomes.• Developed and launched dozens of proactive public relations engagements each year spanning earned, owned, and paid media, driving brand reputation… Show more • Oversaw public relations and social media strategy for the West Division, the most innovative part of the Fortune 35 company at the intersection of media and technology, leading a team of 12 Communications personnel across 7 states, focusing on engaging technology and business media to protect the brand and influence market outcomes.• Developed and launched dozens of proactive public relations engagements each year spanning earned, owned, and paid media, driving brand reputation improvement that supported business outcomes.• Integral member of cross-functional teams directing communications campaigns for special projects, including consumer product launches like Xfinity Mobile, xFi Pods, Xfinity Flex, Peacock streaming service, and more.• Oversaw the management of 5 outside agency partners, ensuring that performance aligned with business objectives and was cost-effective.• Responsible for pitching and securing a $250K digital engagement budget, supporting the social media strategy focusing on influencing brand reputation online.• Directed the development of PR performance measures that ensured data driven decision-making, establishing strategic objectives for communications and measuring output to drive performance toward goals to increase share of voice in the media.• Facilitated media training for 12+ executives annually, ensuring understanding of media engagement strategy to achieve successful media engagements with key business and technology media outlets. Show less

Greater Denver Area

• Acted as a strategic client partner and advisor, overseeing 3 direct reports and supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) account, including filling in for the Vice President through a personnel transition. • Created, edited, and gained approval to distribute 100+ community engagement materials, newsletters, training videos, FAQs, talking points, and other community engagement materials each year, driving program awareness and enhancing resilience.• Led coordination… Show more • Acted as a strategic client partner and advisor, overseeing 3 direct reports and supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) account, including filling in for the Vice President through a personnel transition. • Created, edited, and gained approval to distribute 100+ community engagement materials, newsletters, training videos, FAQs, talking points, and other community engagement materials each year, driving program awareness and enhancing resilience.• Led coordination and provided in-person support to FEMA client in engagements across several states assisting FEMA’s efforts to engage entrenched rural interests at the grassroots level and influence local officials’ adoption of policies to promote resiliency and prevent disaster. Show less

Greater Denver Area

• Responsible for the management of public relations, employee engagement, and social media marketing, as well as serving as spokesperson for the city’s Department of Human Services, administering social services to 1/3 of the Denver population.• Oversaw media relations that included pitching positive stories and conducting on-record interviews with local news outlets, including NBC 9 News, CBS 4, ABC 7, FOX 31, Colorado Public Radio, Denver Post, Westword, 5280, and more, ensuring an… Show more • Responsible for the management of public relations, employee engagement, and social media marketing, as well as serving as spokesperson for the city’s Department of Human Services, administering social services to 1/3 of the Denver population.• Oversaw media relations that included pitching positive stories and conducting on-record interviews with local news outlets, including NBC 9 News, CBS 4, ABC 7, FOX 31, Colorado Public Radio, Denver Post, Westword, 5280, and more, ensuring an accurate representation of the city leaders’ point of view on sensitive issues such as the 2015 child welfare crisis and the homeless situation. Show less

Wiesbaden, Germany

• Functioned as International Public Relations and Social Media Manager for the US Department of Defense, leading mobile teams and providing communication support for military operations spanning 31 countries including the conflict in Ukraine. • Established the social media presence and planned and executed organic social media marketing campaigns to reach critical internal and external audiences, with a significant amount of digital content airing on Fox News, NBC, CNN, ESPN, and a… Show more • Functioned as International Public Relations and Social Media Manager for the US Department of Defense, leading mobile teams and providing communication support for military operations spanning 31 countries including the conflict in Ukraine. • Established the social media presence and planned and executed organic social media marketing campaigns to reach critical internal and external audiences, with a significant amount of digital content airing on Fox News, NBC, CNN, ESPN, and a dozen more outlets, significantly increasing the return on investment in digital.• Recognized as the US Army Civilian Broadcast Journalist of the Year in 2010, winning the service-wide competition among personnel representing more than 24 commands and direct reporting units. Show less

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Started an audiovisual production services business as an entrepreneur and one-man band. • Provided internal communications and multimedia storytelling services on a contract basis primarily servicing U.S. military units stationed in Germany. Clients included American Forces Network (AFN), U.S. European Command, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and more.

Tikrit, Iraq - Wuerzburg, Germany - Baghdad, Iraq - Ft. Hood, Texas

• Promoted from Soldier to Sergeant leading a team of 3, serving 2 years in Iraq living in extreme austere conditions to capture the unfiltered experience of US service members during wartime when Iraq was the top daily news story in the US and abroad, with much of the video being aired by MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, AP, Reuters TV, and The Pentagon Channel.• Performed at the highest level, receiving multiple recognitions for internal communications content, including 1st Place for… Show more • Promoted from Soldier to Sergeant leading a team of 3, serving 2 years in Iraq living in extreme austere conditions to capture the unfiltered experience of US service members during wartime when Iraq was the top daily news story in the US and abroad, with much of the video being aired by MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, AP, Reuters TV, and The Pentagon Channel.• Performed at the highest level, receiving multiple recognitions for internal communications content, including 1st Place for Best TV Feature and Best Daily Radio Show at the US Army Keith L Ware competition, and 1st Place Best New Story 2005 at the Thomas Jefferson Awards, as well as receiving the Combat Action Badge. Show less

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science

U.S. Army Civilian Training And Leadership Development, Military And Strategic Leadership

Training focused on the foundations of leadership and management including basic leadership skills to lead and care for small teams.

Dod Public Affairs Officer Qualification

The Public Affairs Qualification Course is the standard public affairs training requirement for the Department of Defense, U.S. government.

Electronic Journalism Course, Broadcast Journalism

The Electronic Journalism Course places emphasis on the principles and techniques needed to produce television news and spots..