John Grady Email & Phone Number

Quantico, Virginia, United States

-Manages community engagement and outreach programs for the Marketing and Communication section-Facilitates daily initiatives, projects and activities-Plans, coordinates, supports and serves as the on-site manager for the execution of summer outreach programs-Plans and coordinates national community outreach events, engagements, partnerships and programs.

Quantico, Virginia, United States

-Managed the operation of a 10 person staff-Coordinated office task load to respond to Headquarters Marine Corps, Secretary of the Navy and Congressional level inquiries in a timely and complete manner-Planned, coordinated and executed outreach events to improve diversity representation within the Marine Corps

-Selected as the Senior Marketing Manager for the National Director of Marketing and Communication to oversee marketing initiatives within national campaigns consisting of customer relationship management programs (generating over 225,000 qualified sales leads and ~30% of the net new enlistments into the Marine Corps annually) and event engagements (consisting of National level event engagements/partnerships to build brand advocacy and awareness) within an annual budget of $110M+-Developed the first Department of Defense policy governing marketing engagement events. This policy establishes and defines the requirements for metrics measuring the return on investment for marketing engagement events conducted by all branches of military marketing departments.-Conducted nationwide training for a recruiting force of 3,500+ Marines in areas of marketing and advertising initiatives and campaigns in support of full-lifecycle recruiting operations-Executed project management for multiple simultaneous large scale brand initiatives that enhanced brand image and reduced recruiter work load through collaboration with internal stake holders to maintain a consistent, engaging brand presence across candidate touchpoints ensure talent acquisition metrics were maintained-Maintained relationships with recruitment marketing agency of record and led implementation of multiple campaigns-Informed internal audiences regarding talent acquisition strategies to increase overall knowledge and effectiveness regarding metrics, activities, tools and resources

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California, United States

-Selected to coordinate and oversee aircraft operations for over 80 aircraft-Conducted coordination between multiple external agencies to coordinate fuel, maintenance, aircraft recovery and training evolutions-Coordinated over 280 training evolutions to include ensuring airfield hours, fueling services, naval vessel support and range resources were available

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California, United States

-Selected as logistics manager for squadron assets valued at $1.5 million, human resources manager responsible for multiple education, training and assistance programs supporting over 500 employees and selected as safety and standardization manager responsible for training and evaluating adherence to standardized procedures-Deployed to Afghanistan flying the Bell UH-1Y for armed aerial support of ground troops-Fielded, maintained and acquired tools, office equipment and other items as needed. Managed acquisition budget

Okinawa, Japan

-Selected as aviation safety and standardization manager responsible for training and evaluating adherence to standardized procedures-Generated and proctored evaluations to monitor adherence to company safety and operations policies-Deployed aboard US Navy vessel flying the Bell UH-1Y helicopter in support of peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and Presidential escort missions