Justin A. Jones Email & Phone Number

Forney, Tx, Us

Forney, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Provided/managed editorial content for Minority Business News USA and MBN Texas – national and regional quarterly magazines with total readerships of 251,156 and 121,872, respectively – by: maintaining schedules and deadlines; assigning stories to freelance writers; writing articles; communicating with national clients; working closely with graphic artists and editorial directors to manage workflows and content direction; and editing copy to ensure timely, quality deliveries.

Dallas, Texas

Interviewed C-Suite executives, management, and business owners involving diversity, equity, and inclusion topics such as supplier diversity and procurement to develop content for MBN USA, MBN Texas, Women’s Enterprise USA, and WE Texas magazines.Examples of corporate/organizational features involved Ernst & Young, the Billion Dollar Roundtable, AT&T, CVS Caremark, BP America, Inc., Phillips 66, Verizon, Pitney Bowes, Cintas Corp., Kraft Foods, Accenture, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, United Way, BNSF Railway Company, National Minority Supplier Development Council, Frito-Lay – and more.

Mckinney, Texas

PUBLIC RELATIONS - Developed/executed strategic public relations/communications plans; Contributed monthly articles on behalf of the college for area magazines such as Plano Profile, Allen Image, Wylie Connection, and McKinney Living; Solidified media coverage through the development/distribution of news releases, media advisories, backgrounders, fact sheets, media kits, PSAs, social media tactics – and more; Scriptwriter for ad campaigns, commercials and videos.INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONS - Provided thought leadership by writing speeches, letters, talking points, and social media posts for executive leadership; Editor-in-chief for internal Cougar News newsletter–a channel that reached more than 3,000 faculty/staff and 27,000 credit students; Contributed feature stories for college's Connection newsletter, which was distributed three times a year to households throughout Collin County); Creative writer/editor for internal/external marketing collateral including websites, web portal highlights, brochures, flyers, posters, invitations, postcards, ads – and more.PROJECT MANAGEMENT – Managed around 200 internal/external jobs–from brochures to communications campaigns–per year for content management, timeline, and overall project quality.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Accountable for weekly internal and external relations, including pitching and writing feature stories, distributing press releases and media advisories, writing game-day previews, providing weekly faculty/staff sports updates, editing marketing collateral, assisting with social media demands and updating website content weekly; Coordinated the public relations and media relations efforts for the men’s and women’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division III National Soccer Tournaments hosted at Richland College.

Terrell, Texas

Desoto, Texas

Abilene, Texas Area

Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: Communications Club, Alphi Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

M.A., Public Relations/Communications