Shannon Baker Email and Phone Number

What initially began as a freelance writing assignment grew into a full-time position with the following responsibilities: Manage special public relations projects, write and cover the national denominational and evangelical landscape as editor, national correspondent, and photographer for BaptistLIFE, special project producer and videographer for the convention, and creative strategist, utilizing social media and other communication tools to advance the Gospel and assist churches through the Network.

North American Mission Board church-planting missionary in Baltimore, Md. (2003-04); children’s ministry director, New Hope Community Church, Baltimore; church communications staff person (designed/prepared newsletters, weekly bulletins, slides, email newsletters, retreat materials, as well as video production/editing); small group leader (led groups, nurture group participants, write small group material, helped develop/lead small group conferences); camp instructor/director (successfully led high impact performing arts camps, All About Kids Productions/Youth Performing Arts Camps, and sports camps in our church and in the community), curriculum writer, counselor, conference/retreat speaker. Also have written/edited for national clients such as Baptist Press, Timbuktoons, Purpose-Driven Ministry and Resonate.

As director of public relations, led communications with faculty, students, prospective students, donors and alumni through the development of weekly newsletters, quarterly magazines, ongoing press releases/feature stories to Baptist Press and Baptist state papers, academic catalogs, student directories, and over 100 printed pieces that depicted study programs and seminary life; liaison with local New Orleans media; developed a new brand strategy for the seminary through a new logo and stationery package; assisted with development of video honoring former president, Landrum Leavell; built and oversaw database which categorized media mentions of seminary; and otherwise served as a spokesperson and media manager as needed.

After working my way through college, my early career focused on management at Ask the Pharmacist, a pharmaceutical drug information company with high profile clients such as Eli Lilly & Co. and Merck & Co., in Chapel Hill, N.C.; technical writing at Exxon Refinery U.S.A., in Baton Rouge, La.; and corporate communications at DynMcDermott, in contract with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in New Orleans, La.