Lisa Devaney Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

As a Program Specialist I work to strengthen and build youth mentoring relationships for participants: Volunteers, youth and their families. I also support the local agency program with marketing, including social media content development.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

As the Founder and Director of my public relations consultancy the Hai Media Group, I provide communications services that get media results and online exposure.My Hai Media Group works with creative clients from around the world. Most of the clients I've worked with over the years have been technology startups from Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley and London's Tech City. Three startups I have worked with sold for millions! I also work with music, art, lifestyle and entertainment clients. For more information visit: haimediagroup.comOr follow @HaiMediaGroup on Instagram.

London, United Kingdom

My first book is called '​In Ark: A Promise of Survival' and I released it on Amazon in April 2014. It is a futuristic cli-fi (climate change fiction) tale about a woman who gets abducted by an eco-survivalist cult. Find out more about my book at: lisadevaney.comYou can also find me tweeting about #clifi and my book #InArk on Twitter at @lisadevaney or look for me on Facebook at facebook.com/lisadevaney. On Instagram, find me at @lisadevaney

Hackney, London, United Kingdom

e9makers is an arts collective of artisan makers that got started in 2017 in the E9 postal zone of Hackney, London in the United Kingdom. I was one of three co-founders, along with photography-maker Fi R Backhouse and jewellery-maker Natalia Charogianni, creator of the Sturgeon Adorn line. While Fi and Natalia are currently in 2023 continuing with e9makers - my move to America meant geographically it was challenging to continue being part of the organization. Fi is still sometimes popping-up to show what she has made, and to show and sell her wares, at various events and markets in Hackney, and beyond. Stay tuned for what they get up to next: Follow them on Instagram at: @e9makers. If you want to get in touch with them, please email: e9makers@gmail.com. You can see my own creative online hub and art showcase at: lisadevaney.com or you can also follow me on Instagram at @lisadevaney. I continue to make and share my art - here - and in other online destinations. Keep tuned-in to see what I make next!

In this six-month contract role for an HM Government organisation, I executed digital engagement across social media platforms, including creating content, seeding this to online audiences, monitoring and responding, and measuring results. I also contributed toward developing two monthly newsletters and supported on media relations.

London, United Kingdom

I volunteered for 🏳️‍🌈 Pride in London - supporting with public relations for promoting the charity’s events, including Pride’s Got Talent, Pride Festival and the big parade day that attracts 1M+ people to the streets of London every July!

Greater New York City Area

As a co-founder and Publicist for the WeWantWork campaign for employment, I told the story about the climate of unemployment in New York City following 9/11. I showcased the difficult job market and helped get a group of professionals back to work. At that time, New Yorkers were in mourning and the city was traumatized. Added in to the pain was the downfall of the dot com era, all resulting in thousands of layoffs.Joining forces with Marc Seago and Emily Malatesta Kelton we launched WeWantWork in October 2002, after spending a summer planning it out. We used the Internet to showcase our resumes, along with 40 other participants, displaying our talents at WeWantWork.com. This was, at the time, groundbreaking. It was before LinkedIn had taken off, and people were still scared to display their resumes online. I'll never forget how scared I was to do so, and what a big responsibilty it was to encourage others to join us in doing the same. We also took to the streets with our job hunt, wearing placard signs and handing out flyers for our website. As the group's Publicist, I secured international media coverage for WeWantWork, and our effort was reported by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, CNN, BBC, The Today Show, WNBC Radio, The New York Post and The Daily News, among many other outlets around the world. Did it work? Nearly all participants were hired or got interviews. We were also awarded a Purple Cow by the famous marketing guru Seth Godin, and we were invited by the Mayor of New York City to speak to the Department of Labor about our effort. Our idea was picked up by other people around the country, and several WeWantWork chapters started. We made WeWantWork happen with zero budget.We helped people find jobs.We helped New York City recover from 9/11.WeWantWork is the most successful, and incredible, example of my "magic dust" PR powers!

Greater New York City Area

I managed consumer technology accounts and staff for a variety of clients including Microsoft, Motorola and Olympus.

While working with the PR agency Kratz & Jensen in New York City's Silicon Alley, I managed a variety of consumer lifestyle accounts and began my interest and commitment to working with emerging technology companies. During my time with this agency I developed my media relations skills and learned how to write press releases and pitch letters that would win a journalist's attention.I worked with CondeNast's CondeNet web properties, representing Swoon.com, Phys.com and Epicurious.com taking them from "geek" to "chic" by getting the websites out of tech-only publications and winning them exposure in People, Rolling Stone and many more consumer titles. At the time, websites were still seen as being for techies only, and it was a milestone to get people to think of the online world as a lifestyle destination for anyone, not just geeks. While with this agency, that was located in the heart of New York City's Silicon Alley, I also worked with the broadcast company Showtime, a non-profit called PENCIL, and a national child care company called Tutor Time, among many, many dot coms.

America (New York And Pennslyvania)

Just out of college, I was scooped up by the Dow Jones News Service (publishers of The Wall Street Journal) to be a news assistant to financial reporters. It was an amazing opportunity, but I was not writing, and all I wanted to do was write about people's stories. So I got a job at a tiny, weekly newspaper in upstate New York and moved up to the country, where I launched my career as a journalist.As a journalist I worked for a variety of newspapers in New York and Pennslyvania. I enjoyed feature writing and environmental reporting and won a 1994 Keystone Press Award for Investigative Journalism for a series of articles I wrote about a river in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I made positive changes happen for the people and communities that I wrote about. My articles inspired the clean-up of polluted waterways, helped put attention to housing problems for people living in projects, and more. For example, I wrote a series of articles about the American health care crisis, and lack of affordable health insurance. This was in the early 90s and, just like now, millions of Americans had no medical coverage. My series was among the first media coverage of this important issue. My time as a journalist was very rewarding, and helped me learn how to write engaging news stories. Highlights included:+A piece I wrote for a journalism class at SUNY Stony Brook was published by Long Island's prestigious Newsday.+Early in my journalism career, I was informed that a series of articles I wrote about development issues in the Hudson River Valley was read by then governor of New York Mario Cuomo. I loved, loved, loved being a journalist!

Certficate, Digital Marketing

Activities and Societies: Through this course I was among about 400 learners worldwide, and got to know a number of the other students.

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Journalism

A highlight of my time at SUNY Stony Brook was that a piece I wrote was published by the prestigious newspaper Newsday, of Long Island.

Journalism, Journalism