Public Relations Specialist

LAURA S. REICHLER POSTIGLIONE

917-***-**** **********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-postiglione-6484999/ Freelance: Writer / Graphic Designer / Photographer / Publisher

• Creative Script Writer / AI Prompt Engineer: Confidential Clients

• Published works:

- Dakini’s Breath, Poetry Book, https://a.co/d/7mFpSLC

- A Spruced Up Christmas, Children’s Poetry, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8Y15HYZ

- The Road to My Past: The Austin Family Legacy (ghost writer), https://a.co/d/cU2k6lv

- New York Times: Like A Rolling Watermelon

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-like-a-rolling-watermelon.html

- The Bridge: https://poetsbridge.org/front/sharedpage/3842 & https://poetsbridge.org/front/sharedpage/3286.

• Grant Proposal and Web Content Writer – Grant Associates, 39 Broadway, New York, NY

• Photographer on independent films; worked in the photography departments at ABC TV and previously at Eastman Kodak.

• Owned and operated a children’s portraiture company, MP Cassidy Productions. Communications: Writer / Photographer / Managing Editor / Press Secretary The City of New York / 1999 to 2023

NYC Administration for Children’s Services – 2011 to 2023 (Writer, Managing Editor, Photographer, Press Secretary) NYC Department of Small Business Services – 2008 to 2010 (Press Secretary / Photographer) NYC Corporation Counsel – 1999 to 2008 (Assistant Press Secretary / Photographer) My career with the City of New York has entailed handling internal and external communications:

• Working as the managing editor and lead photographer on print and digital projects including agency newsletters, e- newsletters, weekly e-bulletins, annual reports, children’s books, brochures and other unique publications.

• Rewriting in plain language and digitizing 500+ public-facing and internal forms.

• Mentoring interns in writing, hosting poetry slams featuring young poets from the foster care community.

• Developing and coordinating press conferences for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYC Administration for Children’s Services Commissioners John Mattingly and David Hansell, and NYC Small Business Services Commissioner Rob Walsh. Photographing press conferences.

• Developing public service campaigns including Be Careful About How You Care for Your Child, Safe Sleep Initiatives for Babies, Foster Care and Adoption Months, Girls Empowerment, Find Family and Friends First / KinShip Care, among others. As lead on these projects, I developed concepts, wrote copy, proofread, designed and branded these campaigns for social media, subway ads, as well as public and internal agency websites. I also coordinated focus groups. Lead on setting up photo shoots and choosing photographic images for campaigns.

• Working as an event coordinator for in-person and virtual events including online retreats, recognition ceremonies and trainings including #ACS Forward; New Year, New Me; Fitness Campaign, ACS Hackathon; Youth Speak Out; Girls Empowerment, among others.

• Working with senior staff to develop messaging to communicate strategic goals and prepare senior leaders for public speaking events.

• Participating in agency strategies for communicating high-profile initiatives and issues, including responding to media inquiries and/or developing public service campaigns in response to events stemming from 9/11, NYC Administration for Children’s Services’ Close to Home Initiative, among others. Staff Journalist and Photographer

• The Enterprise Newspaper, Hastings-on Hudson, NY

• The Citizen Daily Newspaper, Auburn, NY

• Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Daily, NY and Las Vegas

• Queens Courier, NY

AWARDS - New York State Associated Press, First Place Continuing News Coverage Award EDUCATION - Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y. – Bachelor’s Degrees / English & Photography

- Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria – Photographic and Art studies

- Long Island University, MFA Creative Writing/Poetry program (studies in 2019) SKILLS - Adobe Design: Photoshop, InDesign, Epub, Illustrator

- Microsoft: Word, Excel, Forms, Surveys

- Google: Google Docs, Google Sheets

- Kindle Create

- Studied Italian, Spanish, German, and Hebrew

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