Stephanie Nelson

Business Communications External & Employee Comms Change Mgmt. Corp ESG/Sustainability https://www.linkedin.com/in/marketingcommunications/ adxc5x@r.postjobfree.com Text/Mobile: +1-832-***-**** Houston, Texas SUMMARY

Versatile, experienced corporate business communications manager with MBA in international management, >15 years in the oil and gas/process chemicals industry leading OCM strategic execution of brand-integrated enterprise change, corporate content strategy, reporting and global initiatives. I specialize in strategic content for executive, external and internal (employee) communications, digital marketing projects, change management execution and corporate reporting. I manage projects on-time, on-budget, and work in diverse, cross-regional/remote teams; promote social media/media relations to position and protect corporate reputation – 100% Remote, light travel/hybrid EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• MBA, International Management – University of Texas at Dallas

• BA, Liberal Arts, French Language & Literature, Wellesley College

• NYU Stern School of Business Grad Certificate in Corporate Sustainability

• PROSCI Change Management and Agile/ADKAR Certifications INDUSTRY FOCUS – ENERGY & CHEMICALS BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY Specialize in global business communications for Fortune 500 energy companies, positioning large/mid-scale organizational change projects, corporate brand and reputation management, media relations, employee communications, stakeholder engagement and major projects. I collaborate with leadership and functional teams across business operations to promote awareness/training/adoption through digital strategies, content management platforms and external social media. Executive PR/Comms Consulting – Through my startup PR firm Hi-Tex Public Relations, I have worked with clients in energy, IT, chemicals, legal, medical and material sciences industries intermittently, in between fulltime career assignments, since 2004.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

• Change Management Consulting & Execution: Full-cycle planning and execution of IT and business strategies for business marketing, change, leadership and employee stakeholders CM communications strategies

• Content Strategy: Internal/employee change, organizational communications; translating technical content for broad employee and external audiences, planning, strategy and storytelling.

• Digital Publishing: Skilled with digital/technical back-office content publishing systems (SharePoint Online, Office 365, Oracle, WordPress, e.g.); Strong writing, editing and ideation for newsworthy content; writing for publication in industry trade press, ghost writing for leadership teams, execs and subject matter experts.

• Technical Competencies: Microsoft 365 – SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, Excel; Social media marketing and analytics (FB, IG, T, LI); Google Analytics, some Google Ads; familiar with Adobe Photoshop/InDesign; Camtasia 2020 video editing

• Culture Change communications for D&I and cyber security/behavioral change programs; comfortable working in global, matrixed teams and communicating with a diverse and global workforce

• Media Relations: Wrote, edited, pitched, contributed multiple executive-bylined articles in industry trade and business publications (Outsourcing, Petrochemical Engineering, Oil & Gas Journal, Pipeline & Gas Journal, Wall Street Journal, Offshore, Network World, and others); managed social media accounts and analytic reporting; acted as media spokesperson or point of contact organizing media interviews, responses to press inquiries. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hi-Tex Public Relations LLC – Comms Advisor/Organizational Change Consultant – Houston, TX 2004-Current

(intermittent consulting for various clients, currently fulltime for single client) As an independent contractor through my own company, Hi-Tex Public Relations, and other engagements I advise corporate leaders and teams on proactive communications strategies. Projects and assignments have included media STEPHANIE NELSON, p. 2

relations and employee engagement, culture change, business adoption of technical change, writing and planning training content/videos, research for ESG and related sustainability projects, project management and employee awareness, corporate reporting and creative promotions. Clients include(d) Johnson & Johnson, WL Gore, Phillips66, Sysco, Kinetik Midstream, Shell Lubricants, Halliburton, professional services, IT services and small businesses. Southwestern Energy (SWN) – Spring, TX 03/2019–03/2020 Advisor, Corporate Communications - Fulltime, direct hire

• Executed and led content strategy for social media marketing, employee communications and sustainability reporting; coordinated with BIS (IT) and C-suite leadership to design and develop annual cyber security, emergency planning; planned, wrote and edited quarterly corporate magazine; planned a communication strategy for launching company’s digital, safety, HR recruiting and Corporate Sustainability programs. 08/2016-02/2018

FutureAlign (ExxonMobil); Alava Consulting (ENGIE); CTG (Covestro); Hi-Tex Public Relations (Huntsman Chemical); Provided fulltime change management and communications consulting for ExxonMobil, ENGIE, Huntsman and Covestro through either my own or other agencies.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) - Houston, TX 06/2014-04/2015 Manager, Editorial Services – Fulltime, direct hire

• Managed and deployed communications for business/organizational change (corporate spin-off in 2014).

• Responsible for corporate writing, editing and drafting executive communications including CEO speeches, presentations, video scripts, digital content on SharePoint intranet and website.

• Led research, writing and editing annual updates to corporate collateral - Fact Sheets, Annual Report wrap

(CEO/Fin & Ops content); annual video shown at Directors Meeting; materials for corporate spin-off. Marathon Oil Company (NYSE: MRO) - Houston, TX 10/2007-04/2014 IT Communications Lead, Office of the CIO – Fulltime, direct hire Advised, executed strategic corporate digital transformation and OCM programs to communicate changes to infrastructure, software applications, ERP upgrades, Windows OS around corporate spin-off in 2011-12

• Developed, designed and delivered digital content for new technologies that changed the way people worked including SAP, SuccessFactors, iOS mobility, ServiceNow (using formal Agile SCRUM method for optimal efficiency in deployment).

• Led and coordinated internal and stakeholder communications for CIO and IT Leadership Team.

• Prepared digital content, video scripts related to special projects and planned their channel distribution.

• Produced major events related to OCM change and served on PMO for corporate spin-off, leveraging digital channels to communicate change to a wide stakeholder audience.

• Designed and drove global communications for multi-year IT security awareness and training program, increasing employee understanding and successfully changing behaviors across >30% of workforce; Led communications support for IT and corporate emergency response planning BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE: BE) – - Houston, TX Fulltime, direct hire 01/2007-10/2007 Field Marketing Manager for Energy & Chemicals, Consumer Goods Practices PR/IR Agency Experience: Shelton Communications – Investor Relations/PR (Dallas, TX, 1999); Weber Shandwick

(Houston, 1999-2002); Own and operate Hi-Tex Public Relations, LLC (Houston, 2004-current) as freelancer, sole proprietor and chief communications consultant.