Rachel Fitzgerald Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Paris, France, Fr

Joined following acquisition of Bioverativ. Aligned as a member of communications leadership team, driving employee engagement for $13B Specialty Care business unit. • Led internal communications team, developing and executing an engagement strategy to connect 8K+ global employees to the company purpose with inspiring storytelling and professional events where the patient voice was at the center.• Planned and executed high-impact internal events for the head of Specialty Care and provided strategic partnership to leadership teams across therapeutic areas (neurology, rare diseases, rare blood disorders, immunology, and oncology), leading to measured increase in employee understanding of Specialty Care strategy and impact.• Redesigned format and speaker preparation for executive Town Halls and virtual events that was adopted by other therapeutic area communicators, following positive employee and executive feedback and increased attendance at virtual events.• Created global communications network across therapeutic areas and geographies to align engagement activities and messaging to corporate and Specialty Care narratives, resulting in both greater efficiency in working groups and clarity for audiences.

Paris, France, Fr

Waltham, Ma, Us

• Joined Bioverativ, a spin-off of Biogen's hemophilia and rare blood disorders business, in October 2016, before its official formation, to drive all employee communications during the set up period and through the spin-off process. • Introduced the voice and corporate brand of the new company, leading the content development and design of Bioverativ’s corporate website and social media presence, and ensured employees were equipped to launch a new company in just nine months. • In preparation for launch, led professional photo and video production teams to develop library of resources for internal and external corporate communications, and create Bioverativ’s impactful launch video.• After the company’s successful launch in February 2017, responsible for employee communications strategy and execution, shaping the internal voice of our new company and building the culture, launching new Sharepoint Online intranet as a central resource for news and information, developing email and video communications, creating content and managing logistics for frequent CEO All Hands webcasts and guest speaker programs. • Maintained responsibility for corporate website and social media channels, including driving social media strategy and employee participation for important community events such as Rare Disease Day, World Hemophilia Day, and annual bleeding disorders walk. Led annual participation and fundraising and helped Bioverativ win the top employee fundraising award and highest corporate participation award in 2017.• Following Sanofi's acquisition of Bioverativ in 2018, led employee communications through the acquisition process and transitioned Bioverativ corporate website and social media to Sanofi channels.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Developed communications strategy for Pharmaceutical Operations and Technology organization (manufacturing and technical development) to build and maintain employee focus on key initiatives required for delivery of medicines to patients.• Provided executive communications support for John Cox, EVP, PO&T, including creating content and managing logistics for All Hands meetings and managing PO&T contribution to monthly status report for Biogen’s CEO, George Scangos.• Evaluated employee communications preferences and tailored strategy and tactics to connect employees to information that mattered most to them – their role in delivering company priorities, regular progress updates on those priorities, and how Biogen was preparing to meet manufacturing needs of the future. As a result, created regular news features focused on PO&T, produced monthly e-newsletter highlighting key content, infographics to showcase their role, and developed regular Lunch and Learn events to educate and engage employees.• Transitioned into a broad employee communications role following reorganization of Public Affairs in 2015.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Reporting to VP of Marketing, delivered engaging communications for global biotech company (15,000 employees) to inform employees about corporate strategy, M&A, and corporate initiatives.• Developed annual internal communications strategy spread across digital and print channels to engage employees in corporate initiatives and build collegiality. Provided consulting to enable strategic business units and global departments to communicate effectively.• Developed, designed, edited, and distributed monthly global corporate newsletter from inception in 2006 until transition to intranet news hub in 2014. Wrote content and edited contributions to provide a range of articles from health and wellness pieces to clear explanations of the technology behind our innovative products.• Collaborated with all employee levels, from manufacturing to the C-suite, to create compelling stories for inclusion in company-wide publications and social media tools.• Led a cross-functional team to develop content strategy and successfully launch new intranet for mobile-friendly information sharing using Sharepoint 2010. Communicated regular pre-launch updates and kicked off with tutorial video and online messaging to worldwide employees.• Pioneered charitable giving programs tied to corporate values, including local events (cancer research fundraisers, HIV/AIDS volunteering, Adopt-A-Family gift drives) and international employee matching programs. Founded and led Culture Committee to boost employee engagement and foster connection to our corporate mission.

• Developed manuscripts from time of acquisition through copyediting and production to ensure that content was the appropriate length, format, and tone for the Everything series, Adams Media’s flagship nonfiction series. Line edited for readability and created back cover copy for upcoming titles. • Worked within tight deadlines, maintaining frequent communication throughout development with authors, agents, copyeditors, acquisitions editors, managing editors, and production staff.• Developed more than 27 series titles including The Everything Kabbalah Book and The Everything Glycemic Index Cookbook, along with out of format titles such as The Everything Pregnancy Organizer and The Everything Aquariums Book.