Jonathan Rick Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

★ Orchestrate high-stakes communication campaigns to build thought leadership, engender buzz, and drive public opinion.★ Wrote op-eds and letters to the editor for the nation’s preeminent advocacy group for school choice, and successfully pitch them to national media such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.★ Wrote op-eds for senior partners of a top management-consulting firm, on subjects such as innovation, leadership, and technology.★ Wrote a monthly op-ed for the chief executive of a brand-licensing agency, and successfully pitched it to business outlets such as Enterpreneur.com, Forbes, and HuffPost.★ Conducted communication courses for organizations such as AXA, the Food and Drug Administration, JPMorgan Chase, Nascar, Xaxis, Soma, and chambers of commerce from around the country.★ Guided a top tech company to pro-actively manage news of its settlement with an Attorney General by developing key messages, conducting online media training with its staff, and promoting a new consumer bill of rights.★ Developed a 12-market, yearlong ad campaign, using Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Outbrain, for Select Medical, a nationwide network of rehab hospitals seeking to differentiate itself from nursing homes.★ Restored the reputations, in Google and Wikipedia, of prominent individuals and companies, including Citgo, a Wells Fargo whistleblower, a supermarket CEO, a Florida socialite, and a doggy-daycare facility.★ Deliver trainings to organizations such as AXA, the Food and Drug Administration, JPMorgan Chase, Nascar, Xaxis, and chambers of commerce around the country.

College Park, Md, Us

★ Teach the art and science of business writing, encompassing subjects from email marketing to elevator pitches, from proposals to PowerPoint, from memos to media training.★ Earn enthusiastic evaluations from colleagues and students, many of whom volunteer to be my teaching assistant or hire me for subsequent ghostwriting.

Washington, Dc, Us

★ Oversaw cutting-edge social and digital media for one of the most influential trade associations.★ Spearheaded digital promotion for On the Road With Free Enterprise, a two-month road trip in which two tour guides crisscrossed the country to interview entrepreneurs, thus doubling the traffic to FreeEnterprise.com.★ Initiated and nurtured a memorable social media strategy that encompassed all Chamber initiatives and issues.★ Partnered with members such as American Express, AT&T, BP, and General Motors on various programs.★ Influenced the C-suite to embrace a more integrated, higher-budget role for social media throughout the Chamber.★ Mentored staff to take on increasing responsibilities and carve out individual specialties.★ Earned rave reviews for a first-of-its-kind presentation to the Chamber’s senior executives at annual retreat.★ Spoke regularly at conferences, retreats, and board meetings.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

★ Led highly collaborative teams of strategists, technologists, and designers on social media and advocacy projects.★ Implemented the widely lauded White House initiative, Startup America, an eight-city, cabinet-level road show, by writing media kits and messaging platforms, conducting extensive blogger engagement, and managing an IdeaScale.★ Created and developed training for the groundbreaking Food Safety Ambassadors Program, by which Agriculture Department staff use their own social networks to amplify the food safety message and humanize a bureaucracy.★ Oversaw the redesign of the massive website for Social Security fraud, auditing the existing site; conducting focus groups; developing wireframes, a taxonomy, and a functional spec; and writing a content strategy plan.★ Managed $100,000 in ads for two Commerce Department conferences, tripling the number of attendees.★ Wrote the SBA 100, a series of stories detailing the transformative effect of loans from the Small Business Administration.

Mclean, Va, Us

★ Developed and directed online opportunities to market and promote research funded by the Department of Homeland Security’s research arm, its Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).★ Established S&T as a Gov 2.0 leader via a popular bloggers’ roundtable, vodcast, and Twitter.★ Grew the S&T email list by 225%, e-newsletter click-through rate by 75%, and website traffic by 50%.★ Served as the chief writer and editor of S&T’s venerated e-newsletter, Snapshots, which translated the directorate’s research into stories that educate and entertain and is often cited in Popular Science and on CNN.★ Edited a recruiting book for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a mobile medical guide for first responders.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

★ Launched and led the social media department of this boutique PR agency, providing creative counsel on and implementing all internet-related initiatives.★ Provided continuous creative counsel on, and implemented, all things digital, including websites, blogs, e-newsletters, search engine optimization, Wikipedia articles, ads, podcasts, videos, widgets, and social networks.★ Led firm-wide promotion for Giving Thanks, a nationwide text-messaging campaign that delivered 150,000 messages from the public to U.S. troops during Thanksgiving.★ Spearheaded digital marketing and promotion for Operation MySpace, the first concert broadcast online in high definition, and worked with MySpace to craft compelling content, resulting in coverage on TechCrunch and People.com.★ Doubled the nominations for the Secretary of Defense’s Freedom Award, given annually to employers who support employees’ military service, via earned media, partnerships, and extensive, microtargeted ad campaigns.★ Established newly launched GreatAmericans.com as a thought leader on Twitter.★ Defused a communication crisis in the Department of Veterans Affairs by shepherding through a blog and e-newsletter.★ Led various new business proposals, winning contracts worth up to $6,500,000.

Alexandria, Va, Us

★ Crafted an earned media program, comprising print, online, radio, and TV outlets, significantly raising ACU’s profile locally and nationally.★ Streamlined and strengthened an aggressive online grassroots lobbying system, resulting in tens of thousands of e-mails and phone calls to congressional offices.★ Managed consultants and vendors for online fund-raising, e-commerce, and website development.★ Managed all daily updates to and long-term vision for ACU’s websites, increasing traffic over tenfold.★ Created opportunities for and sold ads in ACU e-mails and on websites, producing needed revenue.★ Designed and drafted “action alerts,” e-mails that solicit signatories for communications to Congress.★ Initiated and wrote ACU’s weekly e-newsletter.★ Wrote and edited speeches, white papers, press releases, op-eds, and talking points.

Washington, Dc, Us

★ Edited and pitched op-eds from the think tank’s scholars to the national media.★ Won first place in a debate tournament among Washington think tanks.

Arlington, Va, Us

★ Wrote for the features section of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

New York, New York, Us

★ Fact-checked and reported for the magazine’s Notebook (now Briefing) section.★ Earned a byline almost every week, including one for a story about the Apprentice.★ Awarded press credentials for the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Basel, Baselstadt, Ch

★ Prepared regulatory submissions for the Food and Drug Administration