Project Management Research

Kevin Jones

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Arlington, MA ***76

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY, John F. Kennedy School of Government Cambridge, MA

Education

Master in Public Policy, May 2012 (see page 2 for more details)

Concentration in International and Global Affairs.

Field work in Pakistan and Jamaica.

Waterville, ME

COLBY COLLEGE

Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, May 1999

Major: English; Minor: Music

CHGR CONSULTING, LLC – www.chgr.co Arlington, MA

Relevant

Experience Communications Consultant (see page 2 for more details)

Founder of strategic communications consulting firm CHGR Consulting.

2012-present

Created front-page web content for FSG, a Boston-based social impact consulting firm.

Delivered research and communications solutions to clients including an anti-casino advocacy

group in Boston, an Ivy League research institute, and a Connecticut-based venture firm.

2011 Afghanistan

CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Documentary Co-Producer

Co-produced Emmy award-winning documentary, “Aeromedical,” on U.S. military battlefield

medicine.

Embedded with U.S. forces at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan and flew on helicopter

evacuation missions to Forward Operating Bases in areas under Taliban control.

2006-2010 New York, NY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

Broadcast News Producer (see page 2 for more details)

Conceptualized, designed and co-wrote newscasts viewed by 1.1 million U.S. households.

Managed staff of 10 writers and editors and a global network of reporters.

Launched a new program, “America Live,” which grew to become the top-rated American

newscast in its daily timeslot.

2004-2005 WHDH-NBC7 Boston, MA

Writer/Producer

Produced content that helped WHDH broadcast Boston’s most-watched evening newscast.

2003-2004 International Freelance Reporter Paris, France

Wrote and produced television reports assessing French responses to the war in Iraq.

Filed reports from Istanbul, Turkey assessing local reaction to the war in Iraq.

Embedded with U.S. forces in Seoul, South Korea, and traveled to the DMZ, to file reports on

the 50th anniversary of the armistice ending the Korean War.

Customer communications; Public relations; Media relations; Project management; Global

Areas of

communications policy; Human rights.

Expertise

and Interest

Managing teams to a common goal; Achieving goals under extreme time sensitivity; Providing clear

Skill Sets

analysis of complex subject matter; Providing clients with high-value qualitative research in addition to

and

quantitative results (see page 2 for greater depth)

Capabilities

I play both piano and guitar, and wrote several pieces for performance by the Portland (Maine) String

Personal

Quartet while a college undergraduate. I also enjoy golf, tennis and squash, and have recently begun

competing in extreme endurance races, including Tough Mudder competitions.

Additional Details

Harvard Kennedy School: the two-year Master in Public Policy (MPP) program is quantitatively rigorous, with

each student completing two semesters each of microeconomics and statistical analysis. In addition to my studies

within the concentration of International and Global Affairs, I twice conducted field work overseas. During my

first year at HKS, I and several classmates traveled to Pakistan where we spent 10 days in the cities of Lahore and

Islamabad and interviewed several top government officials, including the Foreign Minister and the Chief Justice

of the Supreme Court. During my second year, a colleague and I worked as unpaid consultants for the Jamaica

Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals & Gays (J-FLAG), Jamaica’s first LGBT-rights group. We were asked by J-

FLAG to recommend ways by which the group could take advantage of recent statements by Jamaica’s Prime

Minister that had opened the door to a referendum on the decriminalization of consensual gay sex. After several

months of research and interviews (conducted both in Jamaica and remotely), we concluded that J-FLAG had

adopted the wrong strategy in respect to a referendum, and we provided a comprehensive alternate strategy that J-

FLAG adopted.

CHGR Consulting, LLC: I formed my own communications consulting firm shortly after graduation from HKS,

and have engaged with clients ranging from small non-profits to academic research institutes to privately-held

companies. My firm provides high-impact qualitative research and advice to help our clients sharpen their

messaging and achieve their strategic goals, as well as offering high-level presentation coaching and crisis

communications. Visit us online: www.chgr.co

Fox News Channel: I was initially hired at Fox as a news writer (one of 3-5 assigned to a broadcast hour) and an

occasional fill-in weekend producer. By the end of my first year, I was a full broadcast producer – meaning that

for one hour a day, five days a week, I decided what was seen and heard on America’s top-rated cable news

network. I coordinated with bureau chiefs across America (Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Miami) and around the

world (Jerusalem, Baghdad, London, Rome) to ensure that our correspondents told their stories in a clear and

compelling manner. I led my team of news writers and editors, as well as our directors, technical operators and

anchors – more than a dozen people in all – taking our product from conception to broadcast while never losing

sight of the marketing side of the job: you only win the ratings war when you outsell your competition’s stories.

Skill Sets and Capabilities

Managing teams: I led Fox’s coverage of the crash of Flight 1549 into New York’s Hudson River (the so-called

“Miracle on the Hudson”) and played a key part in our coverage the night of President Obama’s election. These

were breaking news events – we never knew what would happen next, and we were live. I communicated

direction to my teams, I guided them toward the result I wanted – and most importantly, I trusted them to deliver.

Achieving time-sensitive goals: the deadlines one faces in the television industry are as unforgiving as they are

precise. A 3 p.m. broadcast begins at 3:00:00 – not a single second earlier, not a single second later. It will not

wait if you are not ready, and it moves in a relentlessly linear path. Once that hour begins, the producer in charge

must be in complete control of all aspects of production, because if he is not, the product will fall apart under the

watchful eyes of more than a million people. I thrive best under time constraints, and I do not miss deadlines.

Clear analysis of complex topics: whether it is an anchor speaking to an audience, an LGBT advocate speaking

to a politician, or a CEO speaking to shareholders – executive-level actors need to speak clearly and simply about

the most complex issues. I routinely wrote scripts for anchors in which I distilled the most complex topics into

their raw essence and then phrased that essence in such a way as to make the listener convinced of its truth – all

in, perhaps, 50 words. I am adept at making transparent what seems opaque.

High-value qualitative research: key details live on balance sheets – but not only there. Research performed for

one of CHGR’s recent clients, for instance, uncovered a wealth of detail about their competitor’s product

performance and financial strength – but it also uncovered important details about the competitor’s leadership and

provided creative ideas for a successful approach. Uncovering the truth behind the numbers is important –

uncovering the truth behind the human being is critical.

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