Communication Focus: * Set and drive the organization’s marketing vision and strategy, partnering with other leaders across the organization to drive growth.* Create, drive, and launch high-profile and high-reach global marketing campaigns to drive broad awareness of Bakelite and activate key audiences toward action.* Establish style guidelines, create compelling corporate presentations and communications, including key messages, backgrounders, briefing books, media kits.* Manage and steward the Bakelite brand across all communications channels and media.* Develop and implement crisis communications strategy and messaging.* Act as an advisor to senior leaders on executive communications, crisis response, and preparation for internal and external presentations.* Track metrics, measure results, and evaluate effectiveness.Human Resources Focus:* Play a critical role in the design, management and delivery of a state-of-the-art people-centric associate experience and development. * Responsible for engaging & inspiring associates with our vision & business strategy. * Partner with others to build an inclusive culture, develop our associates and create an experience that engages our associates and supports them to do their best work. * Focus placed on Culture and Engagement, Talent Brand and Experience and Learning & Development.

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I play a critical role in the design, management and delivery of a state-of-the-art people-centric associate experience and development. I am responsible for engaging & inspiring associates with our vision & business strategy. I connect associates to the right information, people and tools to do their jobs in the most efficient and safest manner. I partner with others to build an inclusive culture, develop our associates and create an experience that engages our associates and supports them to do their best work.Learning and Development:Responsible for the overall direction and success of an organization’s learning and development programs. This includes developing a strategic plan, designing and delivering training programs, and measuring their effectiveness.Communications:• Develop and implement strategic associate communication plans in areas of change management, organizational communication, associate wellbeing, safety & community relations campaigns. • Lead functional and business unit communications efforts and planning activities for key programs and initiatives.Culture and Engagement: • Play a key role in the development of our people strategy. Build strong relationships with the people team leaders and drive the culture of one people team.• Implement associate experience, associate engagement, cultural change projects and corporate events.• Manage internal & external resources to deliver Culture and Engagement initiatives.• Lead Charitable Contributions team & oversee the Community Relations program, resulting in visibility in the community and a more engaged associates. • Lead communications team to deliver Associates Wellbeing programs across the globe to deliver a culture of care to associates.• Play a critical role in the culture of our work spaces by creating an environment & programs that make associates love coming to work every day.

Communications:• Develop and implement strategic associate communication plans in areas of change management, organizational communication, associate wellbeing, safety & community relations campaigns. • Develop a communication strategy that ensures consistent messages across geographies and business units – helping our associates to align with our Core Values and our mission.• Lead functional and business unit communications efforts and planning activities for key programs and initiatives.Culture and Engagement: • Play a key role in the development of our people strategy. Build strong relationships with the people team leaders, like Diversity & Inclusion, and drive the culture of one people team.• Partner to implement associate experience, associate engagement, cultural change projects and corporate events.• Manage internal & external resources to deliver Culture and Engagement initiatives.• Lead Charitable Contributions team & oversee the Community Relations program, resulting in visibility in the community and a more engaged associates. • Lead communications team to deliver Associates Wellbeing programs across the globe to deliver a culture of care to associates.• Play a critical role in the culture of our work spaces by creating an environment & programs that make associates love coming to work every day.• Partner to establish an outstanding associate experience by bringing the associate to the center of all our processes

Connect nearly 5,000 global associates to the information and resources they need to do their job more efficiently Develop the strategy and oversee all global internal communications including digital, print and mobile messaging in up to nine different languages, while recognizing the different populations – everyone from the CEO to manufacturing associatesDevelop internal messaging for senior leadership team, including global town hall presentations to all corporate and organizational announcementsManage all activities related to the associate experience, including, but not limited to change management communications and recruitment, onboarding and benefits messagingLead corporate social responsibility strategy and recruitment of associates for volunteer opportunities in Central Ohio, including United Way of Central Ohio, Community Shelter Board, Red Cross, American Heart Association, Pelotonia and many moreDesigned, developed and launched new global intranet and mobile app as a mechanism for ongoing and fluid communication across the organization

2017: Lead the logistical, marketing, and sponsorship efforts to produce Run to Hear 5k.2014-2017: Responsible for independently managing Any Baby Can Communication efforts. Responsibilities include branding and messaging, print collateral, online communication, media relations, and outreach. Also a member of the Any Baby Can Executive Team.Branding and Messaging• Protect, promote, and manage the Any Baby Can brand.• Monitor use of branding elements by employees and (as possible) external parties providing guidance as needed to ensure proper usage.• Write talking points and speeches for Executive Team or Board of Directors as needed.• Lead annual branding and messaging training with staff and Board of Directors. Print Collateral• Manage the design, production, and select distribution of agency print collateral including annual reports, newsletters, brochures, direct mail, client outreach mailings, agency greeting cards, and paper system.• Manage process for print collateral requests and approval from staff. Online Communication• Maintain agency website, including functionality (via website developer) and content.• Maintain an active social media presence. Media Relations• Provide timely responses to media requests and coordinate agency response, including talking points and client interviews as needed.• Establish strong media relationships and ensure regular media contact. Maintain up to date media contact lists.• Coordinate submission of timely press releases and media alerts.Outreach• Develop and implement an agency-wide outreach program, including annual outreach plan.• Monitor and analyze outreach data to adjust plan as needed to meet outreach goals.• Maximize branding opportunities through agency outreach. Administrative• Author annual Communications strategic plan.• Author and manage Communications budget.• Manage relationships with Communications contractors and vendors.• Provide agency Communications support as needed.

Worked directly with the Senior Vice President to develop the direct-to-consumer focused public relations and social media strategy and assisted in a wide range of activities including media relations, social media community management and internal communicationsManaged public relations and social media channel budgets and day-to-day activities of agency teams to build and execute brand awareness campaigns for TransUnion consumer products Developed and maintained strong working relationships with U.S. and international-based financial, business, trade, and consumer press in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa. Maintains relationships with and has secured coverage in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Yahoo! Finance, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, MarketWatch, Dallas Morning News, Toronto Star, several ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates and many moreDeveloped from conception then managed the direct-to-consumer social media strategy efforts, including serving as liaison to outside vendors as needed, developing the approach for expanding the social media presence and acquiring new members, building the content strategy and conducting reporting and analytics reports

Manage efforts of marketing team of five individuals and report to the Executive Director of HP User Groups and core event marketing team of Hewlett-PackardDraft and manage marketing budgets to coincide with overall event budgetDevelop and execute strategic marketing campaigns for new product launches of Americas’ SAP Users’ Group and events presented by the user communities of Hewlett-PackardDraft and execute media relations plans for each event to garner media attention and attendance for HP Technology Forum & ExpoDrive design for marketing print collateral for multiple healthcare and technology user group events, gathering as many as 8,000 attendeesExecute general sessions and rehearsals for top executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Hewlett-PackardBrand and launch social networking site to enhance event experience for nearly 8,000 attendees of HP Technology Forum & ExpoDevelop and launch conference website for multiple user group events

Facilitate client involvement in the Association of Healthcare Journalists National Conference, including booth logistics, purchasing premiums and writing program copyExecute event details for CDC’s VERB™ campaign, including event logistics, coordinating community group participation, creating media lists and facilitating vendor involvement Schedule and arrange interviews with CDC medical expertsCompile and allocate account budget and hours for CDC account teamManage and oversee drafting, copywriting and production of CDC collateral with Frankel, including letterhead, envelopes, posters and bannersDraft press materials and pitch for CDC, ABC Radio/Paul Harvey and Chicagoland SubwayDevelop and execute public relations plan for Chicagoland Subway restaurants’ new product launchesManage internship program and hiring of agency interns