Jason K. Email & Phone Number

Europe, Us, Remote

Global, Remote

Berlin/Remote

Focus on Global Comms, especially European and USA Regions; COPs, G7, IPCC reports, Federal Reserve campaign, major event Comms Mgt., framing+messaging, strategy, climate finance, rapid-response, monitoring and evaluation, targeting, writing, interview skills trainings, wrangling…

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Berlin/ International

Wrote Parliamentary Briefings, acted as Media Strategist, organised environmental campaign projects together with NGO's such as Greenpeace, Heinrich Boell Foundation, 350.org and BUND (Germany), influenced political process at local, national and EU level, taught Media and Communication Strategy Skills workshops, wrote press releases and blog posts, interviewed with multiple media outlets, coordinated data analysis, press lists and social media, director/writer "Spied Upon" and multiple short campaign films, successfully co-managed conference team and 130,000 euro project budget, gave over 150 lectures in 17 countries, delivered two-day NGO organisational time planning events, liaised with non-profit partners in multiple countries, authored, translated and edited numerous articles, wrote speeches, used non-violent communication.

Berlin/ International

Director/ Writer

Prague And Berlin

Managed annual Towards Carfree Cities international conferences in both Prague 2003 and Berlin 2004. Contributed to annual conferences in Budapest 2005 and Istanbul 2007.Program details here: https://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/archive.php

Gb-32-2049

Managed communications, authored press releases, reports and monthly articles, edited SNIPpets quarterly, trained community and youth groups on media relations, delivered projects for Belfast City Council and Northern Irish Dept. of the Environment on Climate Change and sustainability, organised international Climate Change conference with ICLEI (Europe), wrote speeches for Mayors and chief executives, worked with four “marginalised” communities on sustainability projects, managed environmental education teams, advised 26 local authority funders on sustainable development methodologies, created and managed Community Participation Action Group as secretariat, lectured on use of internet to advance environmental sustainability. This position also included contractual consulting work done after the full-time contract period.

Arcata, California

Responsible for $16 million budget, wrote over 75 press releases and gave over 200 media interviews in 12 different countries, trained staff in communications and interview skills, organised transparent Town Hall meetings, sat on Board of Directors of local TV station, initiated successful $450 million divestment campaign, studied climate-related programs in European cities, taught “Understanding Local Government” workshops, toured 26 European Cities to meet officials and lecture on environmental issues, helped create Free Community Bike organisation, supported sustainable forestry management plan, liased with Nicaragua Sister City Project and Homeless Center, balanced Sociology M.A. studies with Mayoral tasks.

City Of Arcata, California

See above, Vice-Mayor responsibilities

California, United States

Chief Strategist Local Elections, Press/PR Manager, trained Party candidates in Media Skills, Candidate Recruitment Strategist/Trainer

Arcata, California

Managed $120,000 budget, managed communications operations, developed organizational communications strategy, prepared public relations materials and media strategyfor different campaigns, co-authored law to create transparency of university system,developed statewide lobby campaign, guided campaigns and managed email lists, directedsuccessful effort to increase funding, testified numerous times at hearings in Capital, debateduniversity administration on television, led Campus Greens, hosted lecture series, redefined issues in student interests, oversaw management of organisation and staff, sat on or chaired eight budget and policy committees with multi-million dollar budgets, wrote guest columns for university paper.

Arcata, California

See above, President responsibilities

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Co-founder, Communications and PR Manager, led organization to have 100 chapters in first 2 years

Santa Monica, California

Managed all lectures and concerts at SMC, organised communcations products, press releases and materials.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Helped develop organizational materials, with focus-group test and feedback.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

M.A., Globalisation Studies (Int'L Relations, Economics, Polisci)

Activities and Societies: Student President, 1993-1994 Student Lobbiest, 1992-1993 B.S., Political Science, 1994

B.A., Political Science And Government

Directed lobby campaigns, testified at hearings in capital, lectured across the state

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Director of Events and Lectures, Assoc. Students