Elevated the Gallagher brand through strategic media relations for each of the following divisions: Gallagher Bassett, Risk Placement Services, Gallagher global brokerage, Artex, and Gallagher Re in North America, Latin America and Caribbean, and Australia. • STRATEGIC MEDIA RELATIONS: Achieved high-impact media coverage as a result of developing, managing and executing media relations strategies aligned with business objectives. Consistently placed subject matter experts and data-driven thought leadership in industry trade, regional and top-tier news outlets such as Axios, Barron’s, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today. • CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Mitigated risk and protected brand as a result of counseling senior executives on crisis management.• SENIOR EXECUTIVE VISIBILITY: Positioned senior executives as thought leaders through secured feature stories, Q&As and byline articles in targeted publications. • JOURNALISTIC MINDSET: Demonstrated strong news acumen by powering media coverage through timely and relevant data-driven insights, key industry trends, thought leadership and “news of the day” media pitches and press releases. • MEDIA STRATEGY COUNSEL: Advised subject matter experts on media opportunities. Provided media and message training. Prepared media briefs and talking points. Facilitated all media interviews. Continued to educate stakeholders on media policies and best practices.• MEASUREMENT: Established media monitoring and reporting process to demonstrate impact of media results on business priorities.• WRITER and EDITOR: Extensive experience writing engaging press releases and media pitches; shaping complex topics into compelling stories; customizing content to different audiences; editing byline articles and industry reports; and reviewing and providing feedback on work performed by outside contractors.

Elevated the Gallagher brand through strategic media relations for each of the following divisions: Gallagher Bassett, Risk Placement Services, and Gallagher global brokerage.

Wrote assigned articles and/or press releases about St. Charles Park District programs, events, employees and other relevant news.

Managed public relations campaigns for the global human capital consulting division of Aon.