Vice President/Planning, Marketing & Communications
Little Rock, Arkansas Area
Served as a member of the executive leadership team, managing strategic planning, marketing, communications, and community integration initiatives for a highly diversified health system. Managed a $3.2M annual budget and eight professionals.• Achieved $340K department savings per year by enhancing skill mix and heightening productivity in the workgroup.• Developed and implemented high-impact communications programs that yielded more than 100 internal and external awards for excellence in communications and public relations.• Increased unaided advertising recall 27%, consumer preference for women’s services 39%, orthopedic services 18%, cardiovascular services 16%, outpatient surgery 9%, emergency services 8%; “best nurses” identification 26%, and brand equity net gain of four percentage points over a major competitor in an extremely competitive market.• Built one of the most productive departments at St. Vincent, the second highest scoring workgroup in employee satisfaction, scoring at “top of scale” on internal customer satisfaction surveys. • Enhanced effectiveness of primary care marketing, increasing new patients 65% and net patient revenues 30% ahead of projections via innovative programs for the opening of a new clinic in a targeted expansion market.• Leveraged the organization’s investment of HR/funds in support of community endeavors, significantly enhancing image and positioning; community investment budget doubled and a process of optimizing organization’s linkage (via leaders’ volunteer efforts) was institutionalized as a catalyst for a 30% boost in community volunteer hours.• Served as the principal writer for CEO and Executive Officers, consistently receiving recognition for effectively assuming their voice and articulating their intended message to resonate with staff and the general public.• Constructed nominations that repeatedly garnered public recognition of St. Vincent’s executive leadership.