Communications Consultant
CurrentI provide consulting services to biotech and pharma companies looking for media relations, social media strategy, content planning, internal communications and corporate branding.
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Ryan Flinn is listed as Communications Consultant | Strategic PR Professional | Experienced Storyteller at In Like Flinn Communications, based in Oakland, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Ryan Flinn.
Ryan Flinn previously worked as Communications Consultant at In Like Flinn Communications and Head of Media Relations & Thought Leadership at Thrust Strategic Communications. Ryan Flinn holds Ba, Classics from College Of The Holy Cross.
With more than two decades in the media and communications world, I bring broad and deep experience in creating strategies and executing plans in the biotech and pharmaceutical business, including generating media coverage, overseeing corporate rebrands, growing social media accounts, bolstering employee engagement on internal communications channels and devising compelling content across several mediums. I started my career in journalism at a daily newspaper and freelancing for the New York Times, before landing a role at Bloomberg News, where I covered technology, wine and biotechnology as a beat reporter. From there I transitioned to public relations, working at an agency where I advised dozens of biopharma clients on media strategy. Next, I moved to an in-house communications leadership role at Johnson & Johnson, coordinating campaigns across the global giant's many business units, focusing on innovation. More recently, I have had head of communications roles at high-profile and fast-growing biotech companies, where I dealt with crises, spearheaded corporate rebrands, ran internal communications efforts, established best external communications practices, grew social media accounts and generated news coverage and thought leadership opportunities.
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San Francisco Bay Area
I provide consulting services to biotech and pharma companies looking for media relations, social media strategy, content planning, internal communications and corporate branding.
As Head of Media Relations & Thought Leadership, I develop and implement strategic communication plans, manage media relationships, and identify thought leadership opportunities for a wide range of companies, spanning private and pre-launch, to public and commercial. I craft and disseminate key messages, manage media inquiries, and oversee initiatives to.
Oversaw all internal and external communications for this gene therapy company as it sought to increase its visibility as a leader in the field: updated the company branding and messaging; expanded social media presence; earned CEO placement in media and podcast episodes; drove employee engagement on intranet, newsletters and monthly town halls.
I joined this fast-growing, high-profile company in its early stages, and rapidly established the communications function as Resilience expanded organically and through acquisitions. I guided the organization through a rebrand, launched and grew Resilience’s social media following, created multichannel content to tell the company’s story and built thought.
San Francisco, California, United States
Hands-on communications work: guided the company through a significant clinical trial crisis; expanded thought leadership efforts for senior executives; managed social media presence across multiple platforms; helped with talent recruitment, disease awareness and reputation.
South San Francisco
Led communications efforts for J&J’s California Innovation Center: managed agency partners and teams to ensure content, press releases, conference attendances, speaking appearances and social media aligned with corporate strategy; launched several major media initiatives including a video series, podcasts and impact reports.
San Francisco
At W2O, I helped clients understand how the modern media operate, advised them on outreach strategy, and engaged the press on their behalf. I also guided clients through crises, product announcements, medical meetings, rebrandings, leadership changes, regulatory situations and other important milestones.
San Francisco
As the west coast biotech reporter for Bloomberg News, I wrote about companies from the biggest drugmakers to the newest startups. My articles detail what the latest trends were in health and drug development, merger and acquisition news, corporate strategy as well as human interest stories. My features appeared in Businessweek as well as on Bloomberg TV.
San Francisco
Writing features on San Francisco Bay Area companies, trends and technology for the Bloomberg News partnership with the San Francisco Chronicle. Occasional wine reviews as well.
San Francisco
General assignment reporter for Bloomberg News based in San Francisco. Covering breaking company news and west coast features
New York
Wrote about merger and acquisitions, corporate partnerships and strategic planning across several industries, including industrial, consumer and healthcare. Built a network of banking, analyst and corporate sources.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Ran the business section of the Hour Newspapers by covering local events, profiling community businesses as well as large corporations based in the region. Wrote articles for the daily paper as well as weekly sister papers and a monthly real estate insert. Managed freelance columnists, placed wire copy and was acting managing editor of the newspaper at.
Activities and Societies: Crusader Newspaper, swim team, debate team, water polo
Semester abroad studying ancient Greek history, archaeology, literature and culture.
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Ryan Flinn works for In Like Flinn Communications.
Ryan Flinn is listed as Communications Consultant | Strategic PR Professional | Experienced Storyteller at In Like Flinn Communications.
Ryan Flinn is based in Oakland, California, United States while working with In Like Flinn Communications.
Ryan Flinn has worked for In Like Flinn Communications, Thrust Strategic Communications, Kriya Therapeutics, Inc., Resilience, and Audentes Therapeutics.
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Ryan Flinn holds Ba, Classics from College Of The Holy Cross.
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