Travis Jacobsen Email & Phone Number

During 12 years with Celanese, I have held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, including Director of Global Corporate Communications, Director of Marketing Communications, Director of Marketing, and Director of External Communications.In my current role, I am responsible for activities of a global communications team, including the strategic communications activities of the enterprise, such as Internal/Employee Communications, Business Line Communications, Social Media, Crisis Communications, Creative Services, Video Communications, Meeting & Events Management, Public & Media Relations, M&A Communications, and Executive Communications. These functions lead to a single goal of planning and successfully executing programs and initiatives that support, promote and protect Celanese’s strategic business objectives.Provide leadership to support and nurture a high-performing department that focuses on delivering best-in-class employee, executive, social and external communications.Leverage opportunities around key corporate and business events such as earnings, product launches, manufacturing plant expansions, the company's 100 year milestone, as well as key stewardship programs demonstrating ESG (environment, social, governance) responsibilities.

Work collaboratively across company and business unit leadership and peers to identify high impact marketing communications opportunities to enhance Celanese brand, product offerings and customer experience.

Work collaboratively across company and business unit leadership and peers to identify market opportunities for advanced fuel customer engagement, international contract communications with major Chinese, U.S., Indian and Indonesian producers and develop opportunities to enhance Celanese brand, product offerings and customer experience with bio fuels.

Directed a corporate internal and external communications and public and media relations strategy to achieve Celanese's business goals.Developed and executed a public and media relations strategy supporting business goals and an internal change communication plan that helps advance the culture of Celanese to become more transparent, open and inclusive of all employees. Created and executed a year-to-year defined message platform across all channels, reaching and engaging key stakeholders such as employees, investors, customers, business partners, media, policy makers and local communities.Leveraged opportunities around key corporate and business events such as earnings, product launches, manufacturing plant expansions, the company's 100 year milestone, as well as key stewardship programs demonstrating ESG (environment, social, governance) responsibilities.

Houston, Texas, Us

While at EDS, I held five global communications roles leading all functional elements of the Communications team of a Fortune 50 company. I was promoted four times into positions of greater responsibility and executive visibility, with roles that included:- Investor relations communications, M&A communications, multi-billion-dollar contract announcements, and global media relations across 60 countries.- Global HR/employee communications for 125,000 employees.- Executive leadership communications program management and strategic messaging.- Global Sales communications for multi-billion dollar contracts and media relations.- Directed the programs/activities supporting EDS’s global communications organization, including the management of an international corporate communications staff.

Austin, Us

Developed and executed a corporate internal and external communications and public and media relations strategy that supported I2's business goals while enhancing the company's image and reputation.Built an employee engagement and connection via online tools through the development of an employee communications strategy, working closely with HR partners.Developed and executed a public and media relations strategy that supported I2's business goals with frequent and transparent executive communications with business unit employees.

Laval, Quebec, Ca

Provo, Utah, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Draper, Ut, Us

Provo, Ut, Us

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Journalism And Business

English, Family Science, Theology And Business