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Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Achieves client business results via multichannel, KPI-measured external and internal communications programs, including long-term corporate repositioning, fast-paced issues management and executive profile-raising. KPIs often include earned media share of voice, number of high-quality executive speaking engagements, owned channel engagement rates and paid campaign performance.-Collaborates with client leadership across business functions, guiding organizations through critical moments such as executive transitions, regulatory scrutiny, shareholder pressure and financial events.-Contributes to strategy, operational performance, talent and marketing of firm’s North American Corporate Reputation practice. -Oversees two direct reports and dozens of multi-discipline, multi-sector junior colleagues across accounts.-Regularly secures client mandate expansions and new clients.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Catapulted profile of new client CEO through 30 speaking slots and 23 media placements, including CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, NYT, USA Today and WSJ, in first year of program.-2023 participant in FTI’s International Leadership Academy professional development program in Brussels, London, New York and Washington.-Led firm-building initiatives such as artificial intelligence, ESG and media relations working groups.

Greater Chicago Area

-Leads or leads support on client accounts spanning public affairs, renewable energy, health care, technology and environmental conservation. -Develops client proposals, strategic plans, messaging, channels and materials while leading research, media relations and content production. -Manages client relationships, billing, firm marketing and vendor contracts while contributing to business strategy, development, and operations.

Greater Chicago Area

-Produced strategies and materials to support legislation, C-suite changes, mergers, acquisitions, and crisis management-Work product included legislator outreach, industry activism, events, corporate social responsibility, board presentations, employee and investor communications, diversity committee, surveys, op-eds, websites, video, social media, newsletters, press releases and awards-Managed relationships with hundreds of business, political and trade reporters, earning coverage in Bloomberg, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, Forbes, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and more-Directed work of video production, digital marketing, text messaging, economic impact research, and event vendors

Chicago

As business and op-ed editor for Tribune News Service, the news wire service operated by Tribune Content Agency (Tribune Publishing), I managed a feed of stories — breaking items and full-length features — delivered to hundreds of news outlets around the world. Through sound news judgement, I helped editors in small towns and big cities fill their pages and websites with fully packaged stories carefully selected to inform, entertain and engage their readers.

Orland Park, Ill.

Produced a three-section weekly newspaper that covered a Chicago suburb. Duties included long-term publication planning, coordinating with an advertising team, managing freelance writers and photographers, overseeing in-house staff, copyediting, layout and design, reporting, and serving as a representative of the publication at public events.

Janesville/Beloit, Wisconsin Area

Wrote daily news articles covering city, county and state government while also contributing features on local newsmakers, businesses and public figures. In addition, I took photographs to accompany news articles and performed copyediting duties during production cycles.

Journalism, Journalism

-Minor studies, psychology -Summer media program, Italy

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