John Heenehan Email & Phone Number

Madison, NJ, US

Oakland, California, United States

Proactively curated my teen growth years of adolescent etiquette infractions and developed skills to launched my career as a journalist. Advanced to take a calculated shift to nurture my career in corporate communications -- culminating in my boutique consulting emporium. Until February 2021, when I retired. I have since leveraged that impactful experience.

Professional communicator, focusing on internal corporate and business communications. Strengths include online and publication content, executive talking points and columns, PowerPoint presentations, change management, and event planning.

New Jersey

I've organized and managed superb professional development programs for three years as Vice President of Professional Development (2014-15, 2010-12) of the leading organization of professional business communicators in New Jersey. As chapter President (2010-12), I led the development of our first three-year strategic plan and initiated a partnership with.

Roseland, NJ

Produced employee and marketing communications in the Group Insurance Marketing Communication Department.

Contracted to provide internal communications consulting.

• Supported Editorial Communications by writing for intranet, employee magazine, global annual report and other media about this Big Four firm and its 25,000 people, promoting opportunities, successes, and overall.
• Developed an online series highlighting KPMG’s Private Equity opportunity.
• Created online International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) newsletter.

• Planned and crafted messages to support global strategies, priorities and brand across North America Area. Edited employee magazine and drafted President/CEO’s regular column.
• Led graphic redesign of employee magazine that improved quality – while cutting printing costs by 50%.
• Organized and orchestrated Editors Communication Council to align global strategic messages across 6 North America Area business units.
• Created PowerPoint presentations, and wrote blast e-mails and intranet content.

• Planned and produced bimonthly newspaper for 55,000 employees worldwide. Wrote CEO’s regular column.
• Successfully led a graphic redesign of newspaper, while cutting printing costs by 20%.
• Played key role as member of Crisis Communication Team during 9/11.
• Supported other communications, including intranet site, executive speechwriting, special projects and NWA World Traveler (in-flight magazine).

Responsible for internal communications as company grew from 4 to 13 states following an acquisition.

Helped plan, write for, and produce airline’s global newspaper (circ. 100,000).

Co-directed news coverage and edited copy for two county bureaus with combined staff of 10. Began as beat reporter.

Earned two awards from Society of Professional Journalists, Connecticut chapter, for insightful series on myths of sexual assault and disturbing practices of telephone solicitors.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Activities and Societies: Inferno magazine, managing editor Good times

B.A., History

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief, Inferno Magazine

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Activities and Societies: Drugs, sans sex, and rock 'n' roll Liked senior year so much I did it twice.

B.A., History

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief, Inferno Magazine