Melissa Manning Email & Phone Number

Tomball, Tx, Us

Tomball, Tx, Us

Lead Content Marketing at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Chief storyteller and formerly Senior Editor, Content Marketing, S&P Global Platts covering the energy transition from fossil fuels to more sustainable sources. I focus on elevating the company analysis, intelligence, and people helping global companies and institutions transform energy to mitigate climate change.

Nacogdoches, Tx, Us

Advise university dean on projects and plans for the SFA School of Liberal and Applied Arts, including the Center for a Livable World, which seeks to provide information, training and education on sustainability, so we ensure the world is a better place for our children and future generations. Provide fund-raising support and assist with board recruitment.

Houston, Tx, Us

Volunteer position by appointment. Promoted to Editorial Board Supervisor after serving as reporter/writer for this quarterly magazine produced by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the education of Texas youth. Original member of the H Magazine committee, and recipient of numerous writing awards for my contributions. Recognized in 2008 as an outstanding rodeo volunteer by being named an official starter of the Calf Scramble during a rodeo performance (just one of five volunteers honored out of more than 20,000; and recipient of H Magazine Gold Quill Award for Most Outstanding Article.

Lead full-service international marketing, communications, PR and media consultancy in Houston, Texas. Thirty years experience in medicine, space flight, technology, agriculture, oil and gas, midstream, refining, chemicals, industrial gases, plastics, ESG, sustainability, hydrogen, renewables, including wind, solar and hydro, and industrial automation/process controls. Highly skilled at executive communications, including media training and media relations, reputation management, speech writing, briefings, presentations, ghostwriting, OP-Ed, blogs, social posts, digital marketing, and internal communications. Multi-award winning writer and journalist adept at synthesizing highly scientific or technical information into concepts and content customers, consumers, and investors can understand. Extensive experience managing media events and customer events, conferences and trade shows, as well as external agencies and vendors. Market entry, research, and product- or service-marketing campaigns. Experienced, billable consultant supporting national oil companies, energy ministries, economic development councils. Experience in for-profit, government, higher education and non-profit organizations, including board leadership roles. Experience leading media, external communications, and corporate executive communications in Latin America, South America and Mexico. Fluent in English, conversant in Spanish, and basic Portuguese.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Direct Public Relations efforts for Energy and Chemical sectors at IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS)Established PR dept. and media relations programs. Have grown media coverage to include international, premier titles, including Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters, Bloomberg, AP, Business Week, CNN, CNBC-TV, USA Today, etc.Provide strategic, billable consulting for international company clients.Provide communication counsel for executive team, edit and publish articles to support corporate positioning. Implemented thought-leadership program to elevate corporate messages and positioning, and to grow brand awareness.Drive revenue through PR promotions, consulting, and support of major IHS insight events. Provide PR support for all energy and chemical products as well as insight and analysis.

Managed marketing and PR program for this Houston-based computer-systems integrator and value-added reseller for Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, VERITAS software, IBM and other hardware/software companies.

Supervised marketing and communications programs for several product groups and internal departments for Landmark Graphics (a Halliburton company at the time), a leading provider of goescience, petrophysical, reservoir analysis, seismic interpretation, production accounting, and data management software and consulting services to the upstream oil and gas industry. Work included product marketing communications, advertising, public and media relations, trade shows, sales collateral and production of technical specifications for sales and support teams.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Coordinated life sciences payloads and managed flight manifests for the NASA/MIR Space Station/Shuttle flights. Served as liaison between scientists, engineers and other mission personnel. Represented employer/NASA in negotiations with representatives from Russian space program. Provided in-flight support at mission control in Houston's Johnson Space Center, and post-mission support at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An absoultely amazing job working with some incredibly intelligent and interesting people. What a thrill to have been part of our space program!

Managed high-volume PR and media relations program for one of the world's most renowned hospitals for cardiovascular patient care, research and education. Generated significant national and international print, TV and radio coverage. Edited newsletter and quarterly health magazine. Provided media support for physicians, surgeons, medical researchers, biomedical engineers. Promoted fund-raising events and assisted in development effort for this non-profit.Published numerous articles on medicine and health in both medical and mainstream press. Served as ghostwriter and medical stringer.

Houston, Texas, Us

Provided public relations and media relations support for one of the nation's top medical colleges, which included writing for internal and external publications. Position was short-term contract.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

B.A., Double Major-Communication/Journalism (Pr/Advertising Emphasis) And Sociology