Steve Austin Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Greater Boston

Advises and counsels executives on strategic communications, brand & reputation management, media interviews, storytelling, leveraging written/verbal skills and strong media and thought leader relationships

Greater Boston

Advises and counsels executives on strategic communications, brand & reputation management, media interviews, storytelling, leveraging written/verbal skills and strong media and thought leader relationships

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Advise on how to tell a compelling story to the medical research and patient communities• Work with head of fundraising to find best ways to reach donors, both corporate and individuals• Consult with head of Finance on the supervision and planning of budget and research allocation• As member of Research Review Committee, review research grants for treatments and relevant areas for exploration

Greater Boston Area

• Strengthened brand reputation through coaching teams, creating a culture of inclusion, belonging and equity focused on thought leadership, PR and crisis communications • Established metrics and KPIs to more than double effectiveness of communications efforts• Promoted social impact campaign with $250 million dollars in donations across the country • Improved quality of metrics to better measure communications operations and plan budget • Managed PR agency of record - effectively promoted firm through news releases, roundtables• Drove positive media impact scores into the top 25% by growing positive visibility• Achieved record engagement scores through effective writing and high-impact messaging

Boston, Ma

• Led Asset Management communications strategy as a senior consultant focused on quality • Enhanced visibility for Chairman & CEO and managed PR agency of record• Oversaw team for Fidelity’s innovation story, and launched data security platform (Akoya), garnering feature stories in Barron’s, WSJ, Business Insider, CNBC and other key outlets• Drove external PR/media for equity portfolios and strategies partnering with PMs and analysis

Greater Boston Area

• Managed a PR team to tell Fidelity’s Innovation story, leveraging the work at Fidelity Labs• Led Policy/Advocacy communications for issues in front of Congress, the SEC and DOL • Launched campaigns around innovation in emerging technologies, AI and Blockchain

Greater Boston Area

• Drove Marketing Communications and PR for $2 trillion+ Personal Investing unit• Placed hundreds of articles in major publications

Greater Boston Area

• Established dominant media position for $1 trillion+ custody and clearing unit for RIAs and brokers: Fidelity Institutional• Launched Pyramis Global Advisors globally, Fidelity’s institutional money management arm

New York City

• Oversaw global team and PR agency and investor relations, as chief communications officer• Designed and implemented strategies to differentiate Instinet, an institutional agency broker and INET, the largest NASDAQ marketplace

New York City

• Held public communications roles for private client group and asset management, as well as focused on investor relations• Led Design team and Tech development for multimillion-dollar intranet and internal communications campaign for Americas on PaineWebber-UBS merger

• Launched firm’s online media/marketing department to support a variety of practice areas• Executed PR campaigns for technology and healthcare clients (e.g. Novartis, etc.) with web-based offerings