Leah Bueno, Apr Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Led all communications activities for all agency clients, including account management, media relations, blogging, newsletters, social media, crisis communications and media training. - Worked with local, industry trade, and national media on a daily basis pitching a range of story angles for different industries.- Oversaw social media team and social graphic production.- Developed client budgets and recommended advertising buys.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Led a team and manage the media relations, community relations and PR strategies for six clients in commercial and residential real estate, data analytics and nonprofits.- Daily interaction and solid relationships with local, national and trade media pertaining to each client’s business. Media train spokespeople for interviews.- Provided leadership and mentorship to team members to help them grow and overcome challenges. - Crafted and edited PR/marketing plans, media pitches, blog posts, newsletters, guest columns for trade publications, ad copy, website copy, social media posts and award submissions.- Part of the management team responsible for interviews with job candidates.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Managed team of eight PR Strategists – provided leadership, developed team processes, established accountability, and administered team evaluations. - Provided daily guidance to team on public relations strategies for 36 County departments.- Identified PR opportunities for Board of County Commissioner meetings; collaborated with BOCC. - Offered creative perspective, strategic PR planning and identified media opportunities. - Led PR campaign for At Your Service, Hillsborough County’s customer service center.

-Managed daily PR and social media efforts (Facebook and Twitter) for Moffitt Cancer Center-Developed and executed PR plan for ABC Fine Wine & Spirits’ store opening in Panama City;coordinated with local PR partner-Managed media relations efforts for Building Homes for Heroes’ homecoming events

-Coordinated and planned press trips; escorted regional, national, and international media-Promoted Tampa Bay tourism through news releases, blogs, and media pitches-Collaborated with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards PR team on strategy and media-related efforts to promote and during the April 2014 event-Developed and maintained relationships with Visit Tampa Bay’s partners to promote to the media

Saint Petersburg, Florida

- Coordinated and managed commercial real estate, law, home décor, banking, technology, hospitality and healthcare clients and has proven success through media relations, social media, and blogging. - Launched social media contests, and created, managed and strategized content for clients’ pages, and remained up-to-date on the latest best practices and applications for social media.

- Garnered front page coverage in local newspaper for Moffitt Cancer Center.- Fabricated pitch letters and targeted all necessary media.- Drafted press releases.- Researched media relations contacts and other relevant information using Cision and Lexus Nexus.

- Tracked media coverage and managed clip books for multiple accounts.- Constructed quarterly and yearly clip books.- Researched editorial calendars, tradeshows, awards, case studies and speaking opportunities for multiple accounts.- Drafted blogs for company website.- Managed and updated client media lists using Cision.- Prepared tradeshow press lists.- Created intern recruitment video using Final Cut Pro.

- Brainstormed, researched, and initiated sponsorship/partnership opportunities. - Fabricated press releases, pitch letters and e-blasts. - Created insertion orders for advertisements.- Managed follow-up communications with creative schools from across the country.- Contacted prospective companies to join The Create Network.