Joel Staley Email & Phone Number

Altamonte Springs, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida Area

Orlando, Florida Area

Seacoast Bank is one of the largest Florida-based community banks in the state. As SVP of Brand & External Communications for the bank, Joel leads the development, implementation and management of external communication strategies, campaigns and materials that are aligned to and support Seacoast’s business objectives, brand awareness and corporate marketing programs. Specific responsibilities include brand representation, public relations, community outreach, crisis communications and investor relations support.

Orlando

As a senior account supervisor in both corporate and multicultural practice groups, responsible for directing account teams in a variety of strategic communications disciplines including communications planning, media relations, social media community/content management, marketing communications, crisis communications and more. Clients include Angel Soft, Dove Hair, DeVry Education Group, University of Cambridge, University of Florida, Valencia College, Alston & Bird, Seacoast Bank and others.

Orlando, Florida Area

Lead media relations for the firm's 12 core practice groups across 19 offices on a nationwide basis including social media programs

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Lead account team of nine professionals in execution of strategic communications initiatives including media relations, crisis communications, social media campaigns, etc., for the Mexico Tourism Board in the U.S. and Canada. Generated more than $5 million in earned media, hundreds of millions of positive impressions and dramatically increased Facebook fans (31%) and Twitter followers (53%) in the U.S. and Canada in 2010.

-- Plan and implement travel trade media relations supporting Walt Disney World Resort (WDW) and Disneyland Paris (DLP) sales efforts for U.S., Latin American and European markets, place stories in online/print travel trade publications -- Create and manage on site media fam tours of WDW; support press events at DLP-- Design, produce and host in-market media events in U.S., Mexico, Brazil -- Produce/edit internal e-newsletter, launched new design, improved content, increased readership by 20%+-- Provide senior sales executive communications support: speech writing, secure media interviews, prepare briefing books

- Design and implement communications/ issues management campaigns for domestic and U.S. Hispanic markets-- Place client stories in national business, technology and consumer media including AP, Reuters, New York Times, Financial Times, CNBC Squawkbox; NPR Marketplace; Train senior executives in effective on-camera media interviewing as well as general and crisis communications skills-- Manage national IKEA account team in media relations, public affairs and event management in multiple markets-- Manage media relations for global business consultancy Accenture's supply chain management and strategy practices, consistently generate more positive media coverage than client's top competitors from 2001 - 2007

-- Lead account team in creating/managing media relations for U.S. Hispanic, tech/Internet and sports marketing fields

-- Create and manage public relations and marketing campaigns for sports, recreational marine, tourism & hospitality industry clients in domestic and U.S. Hispanic markets.Clients included Correct Craft, Regal Boats, World Class Catamarans, Velocity Boats, Central Florida Boat Show, Latin Quarter restaurant, Masters Waterski and Wakeboard Tournament, Sea World Big Air Wakeboard Tournament, Ski Fly Worlds, etc.

-- Wrote and distributed press releases to travel trade press, hospitality industry press and consumer press-- Organized/conducted press familiarization trips to Costa Rica and Mexico for five-star resort

-- Wrote press releases, placed stories, coordinated familiarization tours for national print/broadcast journalists-- Supported International Public Relations Dept. with Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking journalists