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DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY/SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MAYOR
Professional Summary

Seeking Writer-Editor position in Office of Government Relations Strategic Engagement Department. Expert Communications and Community Relations Specialist with extensive writing and strategic communications experience. Ten-plus years' experience writing, editing, and proofreading communications materials. Expert at writing compelling stories that engage and inspire. Proficient at research and interviewing, managing projects from inception to completion, and meeting deadlines. Extensive experience developing strategic communications, including speeches, emails, talking points, correspondence, web content, and materials targeted to internal and external audiences. Outstanding record of cultivating relationships with stakeholders, acting as media liaison, and directing community outreach. Significant experience mentoring others, working independently, and delivering superior results. Proficient at managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously. Demonstrated record of excellence.

Skills
  • Written/Oral Communications
  • Research, editing, interviewing, content development
  • Strategic Communications/Media Relations
  • Community Relations/Partnership Building
  • Outreach to Mainstream and Diverse Communities
  • Project Management
Work History
Director of Publicity/Special Assistant to Mayor12/2010 to 05/2015
Lockton – Houston , TX
  • Senior Advisor to mayor of one of Long Island's most ethnically diverse communities, serving 70, 000 plus residents
  • Primary liaison with community's leadership and dozens of external stakeholders, including legislators, media, business, education, civic and faith leaders
  • Wrote, edited and developed diverse array of strategic communications materials, including weekly column distributed to four multilingual newspapers, speeches, remarks, emails, correspondence, web content and internal and external messaging
  • Built and strengthened various industry partnerships to increase community access to programs and resources, amplify media coverage and maximize effectiveness of marketing strategies
  • Directed community outreach to maximize constituent awareness and use of programs and to maximize media coverage
  • Promoted programs, initiatives and special events to enhance press coverage. Built public, stakeholder and media awareness of village programs and initiatives
  • Organized,developed and managed community initiatives
  • Wrote and spearheaded development of website video tour book highlighting village's economic, cultural, historical and real estate development. Video served as economic development and PR tool
  • Managed website; wrote content, improved navigability
  • Organized State of the Village Address, Stop-the-Violence Rallies, forums and cultural events
Communications Consultant06/2004 to 12/2010
EthnicWriter.com – City , STATE
  • Communications and Community Relations Consultant with successful record of providing services to broad cross- section of organizations, including Learn NY (education advocacy group); National Urban League (national civil rights organization); Black Equity Alliance (nonprofit advocating for African American economic development); and CACCI (Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
  • Wrote and edited range of communications materials aimed at building media and public awareness of diverse programs and initiatives
  • Acted as liaison between dozens of media outlets and organizations
  • Provided media and community outreach for successful Mayoral Control of NYC Schools' Campaign. Engaged parents in five boroughs and built support for centralized control of 3 million-student school system
  • Developed messaging and successfully organized historically under-counted North Brooklyn's Census 2010 community registration targeting 300,000 African American, Latino and Caribbean residents
  • Outreached to local communities and community stakeholders and built support for initiatives beneficial to vulnerable communities.
  • Wrote reports on initiatives promoting collaboration between police and communities of color, and on workforce training
Sr. Writer/Communications Manager12/2000 to 05/2004
National Urban League – City , STATE
  • Acted as interim media relations director for national office of one of nation's most highly respected civil rights organizations, with 95 affiliates in 35 states
  • Advisor to two National Urban League presidents and senior executives
  • Served as spokesperson and secured media interviews with local and national media. Wrote and produced numerous internal and external communications projects.
  • Cultivated partnerships with Fortune 500 companies in support of academic achievement, Read and Rise and other education initiatives
  • Managed numerous communications projects and project partners
  • Pitched and placed stories in dozens of print and broadcast media outlets, ensuring consistent delivery of National Urban League message to 2-million constituents and nation-at-large
  • Developed long-term strategic communications' plans for organization's development and annual conference targeting 10,000 attendees; oversaw communications' projects that strengthened corporate partnerships
  • Wrote report securing $1 million grant from Federal Highway Administration and Department of Transportation for pilot workforce development project
Education
Master of Science: JournalismColumbia University, Graduate School of Journalism- City
Bachelor of Science: PsychologySUNY at Stony Brook, NY- City
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School Attended

  • Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
  • SUNY at Stony Brook, NY

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    Bachelor of Science : Psychology

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