Communications Director

ERIN M. MONTGOMERY

Address: *** ******** *****, *********, ** 21037 Phone: 443-***-**** Email: *********@*****.*** Snapshot of Communications Career:

Twenty years of high-level communications experience, including extensive writing and editing (fundraising letters and emails, websites, op- eds, speeches, press releases, statements, reports, radio addresses, book reviews); media and outreach event planning; relationship-building with the community and members of the media at the local, state, and national level; pitching stories to the media and setting up interviews for elected officials; and mentorship of young professionals. My writing has been published in more than 30 publications. Professional roles have included:

• Freelance Copywriter for Alexander & Tom (Baltimore, MD; 5/24 – Present) o Write content for landing pages, emails, banner ads, and other marketing materials on behalf of clients in the health care industry

• Communications Director/Spokeswoman for A1A (Arlington, VA; 6/17 – 4/19) o Developed relationships with reporters from around the country and pitched stories to them on the groups’ activities o Built out a surrogate program consisting of individuals of all backgrounds who wanted to write op-eds and do radio and television interviews, including on cable network programs o Oversaw a small staff and surrogate booking operation o Wrote small-dollar fundraising letters and emails o Wrote op-eds under my name, and ghostwrote op-eds on behalf of senior advisors and board members o Wrote and edited weekly radio ads to be aired on a radio program o Developed messaging and talking points on the news of the day

• Office of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan

Director of Communications, Governor’s Coordinating Offices 11/15 – 6/17 Annapolis, MD

o Oversaw a team of eight communications managers and all communications/messaging generated by the Governor’s eight Coordinating Offices (Crime Control & Prevention, Children, Community Initiatives, Service & Volunteerism, Minority Affairs, Performance Improvement, Grants, Deaf & Hard of Hearing) o Served as the lead public information officer for the Governor’s Opioid Operational Command Center and the statewide heroin and opioid awareness campaign, “Before It’s Too Late” o Rebranded all eight Coordinating Offices to ensure that they looked like an extension of Governor Hogan’s Office. The process included creating new office logos, new office signage, and one consistent letterhead and press release template; developing a new landing page for the Coordinating Offices; and redesigning the eight individual office websites and social media platforms.

o Planned and oversaw media events on behalf of the Coordinating Offices and the Hogan administration o Wrote and edited press releases and maintained schedules for release o Wrote talking points and speeches for the Governor, Lt. Governor, Chief Legislative Officer, and Coordinating Office directors

o Wrote op-eds, book forewords, holiday cards/brochures, and other publications on behalf of the Governor and First Lady o Served as a spokeswoman for the administration

Press Secretary 11/14 – 11/15

Annapolis, MD

o Wrote op-eds, press releases, statements, talking points, and speeches for Governor Hogan and Lt. Governor Rutherford o Traveled with the Governor, Lt. Governor, and First Lady o Set up interviews for the Governor, First Lady, and Lt. Governor o Served as a spokeswoman for the administration

• Hogan for Governor Campaign 9/14 – 11/14

Press Secretary

Annapolis, MD

o Served as a spokeswoman for the campaign and wrote op-eds, press releases, statements, social media posts, and speeches for the candidate

o Traveled with candidate on the campaign trail

o Set up interviews for the candidate with media outlets in Maryland and Washington, D.C., and organized press conferences

• Press Secretary for U.S. Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (Washington, D.C.; 12/13 – 9/14) o Wrote all op-eds, press releases, statements, weekly radio addresses, email blasts, talking points, and remarks for the Congressman

o Served as a spokeswoman for the Congressman

o Built relationships with constituents and members of media; scheduled all media appearances, including local, state, and national radio and TV; maintained an up-to-date press list o Posted original content to the Congressman’s Facebook page & Twitter account every day, and updated website o Worked with district staff to plan outreach events, including town halls, and promoted all events to the media o Took photographs, recorded videos, and represented the Congressman at events, as necessary o Mentored office interns as well as other interns on Capitol Hill

• Copyeditor at Johns Hopkins Medicine Marketing and Communications Department (Baltimore, MD; 6/12 – 11/13) o Edited content produced by the M&C department in accordance with AP style, including flagship publications, press releases, newsletters, brochures, internal communications, and correspondence and speeches by the CEO/dean of the medical school

o Interviewed physicians and officials at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and wrote stories for physician-directed newsletters and Hopkins Medicine magazine

• Content Developer, Writer, and Editor at The PRD Group (Chantilly, VA; 1/10 – 12/12) o Solely responsible for researching, writing, and editing all exhibit panel text displayed in the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, a total of more than 200 text panels

• Research Assistant to New York Times bestselling author Karl Rove (10/07 – 3/10) o Researched the topics and events included in Mr. Rove’s memoir, Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight, a New York Times bestseller

o Fact-checked and edited the book manuscript for accuracy and clarity, and wrote all book endnotes and some parts of the book

o Worked closely with editors at Simon & Schuster to finalize book for publication o Ghostwrote items on Mr. Rove’s behalf to allow him more time to work on his many projects o Researched political topics of the day and wrote talking points for Mr. Rove’s Wall Street Journal and Newsweek columns and his speeches

Freelance Writing & Editing Overview:

My writing and editing have been featured in the following: Maryland: A Portrait by Roger Miller; You Are Not Alone, a publication of the Cool Kids Campaign; The Washington Examiner; The Washington Post; The Washington Times; The New York Sun; The Weekly Standard; The Baltimore Sun; The Daily Caller; Roll Call; The Capital (Annapolis); Shipmate and From the Bridge (U.S. Naval Academy Foundation magazine and newsletter); Carroll County Times; The Star Democrat; The Daily Times; The Cecil Whig; Philanthropy magazine; The Chronicle of Higher Education; DC Style magazine; Capitol File magazine; Metropolitan magazine (NYC); The Human Life Review; Connecticut Academic Performance Test; CBSNews.com; HughHewitt.com; Lucianne.com; RealClearPolitics.com; NewPartisan.com; National Council on Teacher Quality; Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. My writing has also been quoted/mentioned by media critic Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post. Healthcare Experience:

• Registered Nurse/Monitoring Nurse at Shady Grove Fertility; every other weekend (Annapolis, MD; 5/24 – Present)

• Registered Nurse/Fertility Nurse Coordinator/PACU Nurse at Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine (Jacksonville, FL; 9/23 – 2/24)

Computer Knowledge & Other Skills

-Familiar with Chicago Manual of Style, AP style, and APA style -SEO

-Spanish (six years) -WordPress

-Cision -Granicus (formerly GovDelivery)

-Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams -LexisNexis

-Adobe Acrobat Professional -ConstantContact

-Canva

Education:

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

B.A., English Language and Literature (with Distinction) GPA: 3.83, Phi Beta Kappa, Graduated: 1/02

Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD

A.S.N. (Associate of Science in Nursing)

GPA: 3.84, Summa Cum Laude, Graduated: 12/22

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