Communications Manager Independent Consultant
Resume:
TODD A. MILLER
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Marketing and public relations professional with expertise placing and writing technical and business articles, copywriting and editing of marketing communications materials; development of website content, including blog posts; and issues management, crisis management, media and government relations, constituent relations, and vendor and customer negotiations.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Drafting copy for technical and business documents, websites, ads and brochures, and conceiving and executing articles, case histories to increase market demand for metalworking tools, metals processing systems, chemicals, pumping systems, and other industrial products and services, healthcare, business and professional services, education software and programs and automatic data collection systems. Developing and implementing marketing and communications programs which include social media to expand markets for a variety of services, ideas, products and technologies. Creating and managing communications programs, including crisis communication initiatives, to improve relations between industry and the community. EXPERIENCE
Content Manager, January 2019-Present; Growth Hive/LEVY Marketers for Industry + Tech; Pittsburgh, PA Draft content for targeted newsletters and mailers for manufacturers of metalworking equipment and systems, pumps and pumping systems, automation software, and medical and dental equipment and services. Conduct trade media relations on behalf of clients and develop content for presentations at conferences and tradeshows. Independent Consultant, June 1992-December 2018; Todd Miller & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA Developed, implemented and managed marketing communications and media relations programs for clients in the manufacturing, technology, education, real estate, business services and professional services sectors. Achieved objectives by placing and writing articles in global, national and local business and trade publications, conceiving structure and content of websites, by conceiving and executing design and text of printed materials and by conducting market research.
Account Supervisor, April 1990-May 1992; Beswick Communications, Pittsburgh, PA Developed, implemented and managed communications programs to create demand for the services and products of clients in the legal, insurance, real estate, manufacturing and high technology sectors. Achieved objectives by placing and writing articles in national trade journals and regional business publications. Member Communications Manager, July 1986-March 1990; Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC Managed communications activities for program to promote coordinated emergency response planning at the local level. Achieved objectives by writing and producing print and audio-visual materials. Counseled committees and staff on public affairs dimensions of their activities and wrote speeches for top management.
Researcher/Writer, May 1985-June 1986; Oliver Productions, Washington, DC Advised nationally known commentator on subjects for columns and television broadcasts. Researched and wrote political affairs columns appearing in a national publication, and topics for “The McLaughlin Group” and
“John McLaughlin’s One on One” television programs. AWARDS
Renaissance Awards, Public Relations Society of America Golden Quill Awards, International Association of Business Communicators EDUCATION
B.A., History, University of Michigan, 1983
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