ali soule

chief of staff, i assist brightline's president streamline and prioritize major

About

Develop, implement and manage all facets of public relations and public affairs: governmental, community and media relations; strategy and message development; crisis management; meeting facilitation; event planning and implementation * Develop and execute strategy for media, governmental and community relations, including highly sensitive and controversial issues, such as legal, opposition-based, financing and environmental * Maintain and build strong relationships between federal, county and municipal elected officials, civic leaders, business organizations and community groups * Develop and produce plain language project materials on multifaceted and complex subjects * Extensive knowledge of the eastern portions of South Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and Central Florida * Strong working knowledge of social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube * Highly effective and engaging public speaker

Country

united states

City

miami

Industry

public relations and communications

Skill

media relations, public relations, community outreach, social media, press releases, event planning, newsletters, public speaking, leadership, editing, management, government, proposal writing, crisis communications, strategic communications, crisis management, research, marketing communications, event management, budgets, message development, budgeting, program management, analysis, brochures, marketing

Experience

public affairs specialist and team leader

communikatz

2008-7 - 2011-11 · 3 yrs 5 mos

public relations intern

bitner/hennessy public relations

2006-1 - 2006-1 · 1 mo

lead public information officer

media relations group, llc

2011-11 - 2012-9 · 11 mos

director of public affairs and media relations

brightline trains

2012-9 - Present · 14 yrs 1 mo

public relations intern

gainesville police department

2007-8 - 2008-5 · 10 mos

* Designed and wrote Department newsletter and co-designed 2007 Annual Report * Completed media inquiries and interviews with TV, radio and newspaper outlets * Assisted in management of crisis communication between the department, public and press

office manager

baker concrete construction

2007-4 - 2008-5 · 1 yr 2 mos

* Managed daily correspondence and payroll distribution checklists for more than 100 coworkers. Approved invoices, trained coworkers and completed budget revisions. * Increased efficiency in billing, scheduling and payroll departments * Kept accurate and detailed purchase orders and materials logs, drawing files and logs * Assumed greater responsibilities that allowed supervisors to focus on completion of work and adherence to schedule * Amassed critical understanding of construction industry