Lisa Posey Email & Phone Number

St. Croix

Greater New York City Area

As Coordinating Producer, managed talent relations for unprecedented Concert at the UN’s General Assembly Hall honoring the President of the GA. Reporting to the President’s UN Spokesperson and the production company Supervising Producer, my duties included arranging travel, ground transportation and hotel for 25+ acts from around world including Europe, Africa, the Mideast and the Caribbean (Over 100 performers). As liaison between talent, UN staff, hotel sales office and production staff, involved with many aspects of the event including drafting related correspondence in French and English, coordinating Visa information, rehearsal and run-of-show schedules, itineraries, arranging UN Security badges and guest list access, food and taxi per diems, managing talent staff and securing souvenir program information. Handled constant troubleshooting.

Us Virgin Islands

As Communications Director (Consultant) and member of the core strategy team of winning candidate in gubernatorial general election 2014 race and then run-off against a Congresswoman who had served 18 years. The campaign resulted in a landslide victory for the present Governor Kenneth E. Mapp. Duties during the campaign included providing strategic counsel to candidate’s core team, managed public relations, website and social media content, drafted radio ad scripts and created print ads. Oversaw digital ads. Assisted with GOTV and phone banking execution. Headed up the new Governor’s Inaugural Speech and State of the Territory Speech in January 2015. (Also Press Secretary for Governor's 2010 race.)

Greater Los Angeles Area

Provided on-going strategic and tactical public relations and marketing counsel for veteran executive producer & distributor, of 3 nationally syndicated shows, who wished to raise his profile in the industry. Previously had worked for this company to promote TV network and video projects in 2002 and again in 2004.

Us Virgin Islands

• Provide Strategic and Tactical PR Counsel for a very successful Crisis Communications campaign for a rock quarry facing shutdown by federal & local government because of environmental and zoning issues affecting the ocean and coral reef. • Revamped & managed website. • Develop print trade and online ads to boost export business in various countries.(See CASE STUDY in Linked In portfolio or on website at http://bit.ly/CASE-STUDY )

New York City Area

• Devised appearance schedule in Chicago to elevate former NY Governor Paterson’s profile.• Booked live remote of Governor’s drive-time radio show (WOR) on the floor of Black Enterprise’s Entrepreneur’s Conference in Chicago. • Booked editorial meetings/media tour. • Created rough cut video demo. (Copy Link: www.sites.google.com/site/lisaposey/sample-epk---client-colgate-total

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

● Oversaw PR strategy and campaign’s online efforts.● Consulted with candidate on press matters and offered counter-strategies.● Performed fundraising functions such as drafting donor letters & researching corporate prospect lists.● Drafted and distributed campaign’s official press releases and statements to the print, broadcast and online media as well as booked interviews.● Drafted talking points & monitored all press outlets.● Acted as the campaign’s spokesperson.● Conceptualized a counter ad to opponent, the incumbent Governor.

New York, New York

● Supervised staff and freelancers and oversaw Public Relations department’s various accounts for MC advertising agency. ● Meeting and negotiating with clients, traveling to Minneapolis, Chicago, New Orleans, etc… ● Clients included Target, City of New Orleans, Colgate and AARP. ● Created and implemented strategic plans. Developed Scope of Work for projects. ● Created tools for the department including Web Analytics brief, case studies, etc…● Assisted with researching and developing RFPs and/or strategic marketing plans for National Urban League, NYSERDA, FedEx, Amtrak, Golden Krust food chain and City of New Orleans. ● Invoiced and follow up client payments.

New York, Ny

• Researched, drafted, edited and disseminated executive communications on behalf of Chairman & CEO.• Consulted with senior management enterprise-wide including AOL, Warner Bros., Turner, HBO, Time Warner Cable, New Line Cinema and Time Inc. • Drafted and disseminated Employee Communications on behalf of CEO. • Rebuilt Filemaker Pro database to track and digitally archive written communications, output form letters and generate production reports that shows volume, status, issues, etc...

New York, Ny

Developed and implemented public relations strategies for the institution and its various brands such as:• Nationally syndicated television show, “Showtime at the Apollo”• Venue’s programming including high profile concerts (i.e. James Brown, Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson, B.B. King and Russell Simmon’s “Def Comedy Jam”)• NBC network’s “Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem” starring Denzel Washington, Bob Dylan and Ashanti. • Delivered more international, national and regional press coverage for the theater than in recent memory, directly impacting ticket sales, fundraising, sponsorships and new business development.

● Successful entrepreneur, who financed, built, staffed and ran a profitable seven-year-old P.R. firm. ● Full-service public relations firm provided strategic counsel, media relations, red carpet event-planning, cable and network programming publicity, unit publicity and writing services for clients such as Showtime, Black Entertainment Television, City of Hope Cancer Center and more. ●Generated new business; negotiated contracts; and hired in-house staff, interns and vendors. ● Supervised unit photography, EPKs and photo gallery shoots.