Justin Drake Email & Phone Number

Stamford, CT, US

• Leads internal communications for Gartner's Global Sales Strategy and Operations (GSSO) organization, developing communications strategy, content and messaging to support this diverse, global team of associates.
• Partners with the EVP of GSSO on his executive communications strategy, leading communications efforts including quarterly town halls, associate coffee chats, monthly newsletters, ongoing leadership communications.
• Provides communications counsel and support to the GSSO Inclusion Council, which is focused on amplifying diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives within the 1,100+ employee strong business unit.

• Led employee communications for the company’s Cengage Work business unit and global Finance organization, providing communications counsel to senior leaders, driving employee engagement and ensuring colleagues have the.
• Led the development of communications strategy, communications materials and messaging, prepared executives for internal events and coached leaders on communications best practices.
• Led employee communications strategy and execution for Cengage Group’s acquisition of Infosec, ensuring employees received authentic, transparent communications from leaders and had many opportunities to engage, ask.
• Led the development of the employee communications foundation for the company's enterprise-wide technology transformation office, including the creation of an employee Intranet site, the development of communications.
• Served on the leadership team for Cengage Group’s Pride ERG focused on its Education & Culture pillar, supporting the development of educational programming for the wider organization on issues around diversity.

London, London, GB

• Led and coordinated communications activities across National Grid Ventures' US business portfolio, including its growing renewable energy business.
• Helped spearhead the development and launch of National Grid’s “Responsibility Calls” brand advertising campaign across its New York and Massachusetts markets, aimed at telling the company's story in how it keeps the.
• Led communications activities around the signing of National Grid’s offshore wind partnership with RWE Renewables, driving top tier media coverage in Reuters, the Financial Times, Boston Globe, Yahoo! News and Dow.
• Helped lead the development and rollout of the new unified brand for National Grid's US renewable energy business, National Grid Renewables, including the development of the new logo and branding, as well as related.
• Served as rotating Public Information Officer for New England as part of the company's storm response, leading communications strategy and messaging and guiding the efforts of a team of nearly a dozen communications.
• Led the revamp of the National Grid Ventures website to make it easier to navigate, more visual and more reflective of the current breadth of the business, coordinating closely with counterparts on the digital team.

Canton, MA, US

• Led a team of three overseeing franchisee and field employee communications for both the Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins brands.
• Led franchisee and field communications for Dunkin's national launch of the Beyond Sausage Sandwich, one of the most significant product launches of 2019.
• Worked with the team to improve processes around content requests for our range of regular franchisee and employee newsletters to enable better support and coordination.

Canton, MA, US

• Led national and local public relations programs for Dunkin’, including for the brand’s food, loyalty, digital and restaurant development efforts.
• Led public relations, influencer marketing and content marketing efforts for countless high-profile initiatives, including Dunkin’s espresso re-launch which generated more than 1.3 billion media impressions and helped.
• Worked collaboratively with members of the Dunkin’ marketing, media and social media teams to develop cohesive, 360-degree marketing programs to support the brand’s ongoing key objectives.
• Led national public relations program for Baskin-Robbins, consistently generating double-digit year-over-year increases in media impressions.
• Led international PR efforts for both Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins, and guided team for initiatives in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
• Managed internal team members in a matrix structure and co-manages a national agency team of ten.

Needham, MA, US

• Managed and executed public relations, social media and content marketing programs for TripAdvisor’s flights, vacation rentals and mobile products both in the U.S. and internationally, as well as for its sister site.
• Generated more than six billion media impressions for TripAdvisor’s new initiatives business units through aggressive media relations, including with top media outlets such as USA Today, the Associated Press, New York.
• Provided TripAdvisor with coaching and media training in preparation for interviews and speaking opportunities.
• Managed PR programs and guided local PR teams for multiple international product launches in Europe and Asia, including for the expansion of the TripAdvisor website and mobile app.
• Held roles of increasing responsibility, starting as a Public Relations Specialist and earning a promotion to Senior Public Relations Specialist.

• Executed media and analyst relations programs for clients in the technology, consumer technology, information security, legal and financial services industries, including OkCupid, Netezza (now part of IBM), Core.
• Provided ongoing public relations counsel to clients, including many C-level executives.
• Secured more than 500 positive media placements in target publications through aggressive media relations, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNET News, TechCrunch, Boston Globe and.
• Led ‘’Schwartz College’’ training sessions for fellow employees and provided training for all new hires on media monitoring tools.
• Held roles of increasing responsibility, starting as an Intern and rising through the ranks to Account Coordinator, Assistant Account Executive, Account Executive and finally Senior Account Executive.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing

B.A., Economics, International & Global Studies