Nicole Dueffert Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversees daily operations for a large communications team including staff development, approval of all content, and facilitating team meetings and workload.
• Leads the conceptualization, planning, and execution of communications strategies and tactics, and delivers more than $90M annually in earned media.
• Partners with senior staff members on organizational vision, leadership, and strategy, including developing new systems and processes to improve communication and advance mission.
• Coordinates crisis communications planning and execution.
• Manages relationships with partner organizations, including select federal agencies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and implemented communications and earned media strategies to positively position the organization and its leadership, enhance image, and protect reputation.
• Served as primary contact for media inquiries; built and maintained relationships with reporters, editors, and producers; planned and executed press briefings and editorial board meetings; and arranged media interviews.
• Directed materials development, including crafting, editing, and distributing news releases, media advisories, and press kits; editorial memos, letters to the editor, and op-eds; and background materials, messaging.
• Managed production of video news releases, satellite and radio media tours, and other digital products.
• Planned, executed, and coordinated crisis communications planning.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and executed integrated communications campaigns that resulted in greater awareness and understanding of lupus.
• Fostered constituent engagement and enhanced the Foundation’s reputation as the authoritative source for lupus information.
• Strategically promoted research survey results to the media and other key audiences.
• Collaborated with national and state partners to advance campaign objectives.
• Oversaw the Foundation’s integrated communications calendar.
• Monitored brand continuity across newsletter articles, constituent profile stories, press releases, webinar content, articles, materials, scripts, ads, infographics, and presentations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created and executed communications strategies to reach target audiences.
• Drafted and implemented traditional and social media outreach plans.
• Developed spokesperson trainings, press releases, talking points, infographics, and videos.
• Built relationships with reporters, leading to stories in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, PBS NewsHour, NBC Nightly News, and National Public Radio.
• Oversaw messages and brand, monitoring for consistency and accuracy.
• Managed contracts of $50,000+ and supervised project staff and external consultants.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed campaign messages and implemented media and grassroots strategies.
• Pitched story ideas and served as a resource to reporters on background and on the record.
• Managed all media for the Campaign’s annual youth advocacy day with 2,000 events.
• Created and managed all media campaigns for a national, faith-based coalition, including state and national events, op-eds and editorial board visits, and diverse, surrogate speakers.
• Leveraged online tools and social media to build brand awareness among younger audiences.
• Served as lead media contact for the Campaign, its domestic partner organizations, and a coalition of 200 NGOs in 90 countries during tobacco treaty negotiations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed media campaigns for clients including nonprofits, foundations, business organizations, and universities on a variety of issues, such as campaign finance reform, savings accounts for the working poor, and.
• Wrote press releases, editorial memos, and fact sheets for the media as well as materials for Members of Congress and their staffs.
• Pitched clients’ press events and stories to national and regional reporters, leading to coverage in major media outlets.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Responsible for all regional and national press coverage and materials, including writing press releases, speeches, and articles as well as pitching stories to media outlets.
• Produced, wrote, and coordinated the Representative’s monthly cable show.
• Distributed television satellite feeds and radio actualities.
• Organized informational district forums and press events.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Prepared press releases, articles, and weekly columns for national and local media and coordinated with assignment editors to arrange interviews.
• Staffed and coordinated all media for the Senator’s annual August recess “Rural Tour” of Nevada.
• Managed all aspects of design and content of the Senator’s web page.
• Designed and wrote annual senior citizens newsletter that was distributed to 10,000+ seniors.
• Prepared and distributed grant and contract announcements.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Washington Semester Program

Area of study: foreign policy