jim kent

associate principal and chief marketing and communications officer at thornton tomasetti

About

Marketing-communications executive serving as strategic advisor and results-driven leader, skilled at storytelling to energize teams and align leaders to clarify and elevate brand position. Focused on building collaboration within organizations and with external stakeholders to deliver communications that advance organizational goals. Skilled at addressing structural, cultural and functional barriers to improve communications performance, with a passion for making technical subjects accessible and engaging. Management and hands-on experience with wide-ranging corporate mar-com activities covering brand and identity strategies, external web and intranet development, IR, speechwriting, op-eds, media relations, social media, annual report production, comms and marketing metrics, and marketing collateral. Have had the honor of serving international and geographically dispersed marketing and communications teams.

Country

united states

City

new york

Industry

construction

Skill

strategic communications, media relations, marketing communications, marketing, public relations, social media, management, speech writing, corporate communications, editing, newsletters, strategic partnerships, integrated marketing, publishing, project management, email marketing, public speaking, proposal writing, social media marketing, copywriting, event planning, blogging, internal communications, social networking, nonprofits, crisis communications, market research

Experience

associate editor

patient care magazine

1983-9 - 1985-8 · 2 yrs

Wrote and edited articles and round table discussions on diverse clinical topics for this semi-monthly magazine for primary care docs. Concentrations in cardiology, neurology and orthopedics.

director of marketing and communications

thornton tomasetti

2006-12 - 2010-7 · 3 yrs 8 mos

director of communications

woods hole oceanographic institution

2002-11 - 2006-11 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Lead department of 25 to 30 people, covering internal and external communications in print, online and face-to-face with the public, the media, the scientific, philanthropic, governmental and regulatory communities.

executive editor

schlumberger

1985-1 - 2000-1 · 15 yrs 1 mo

director of communications

thomson reuters

2000-1 - 2002-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

associate principal and chief marketing and communications officer at thornton tomasetti

thornton tomasetti

2006-11 - Present · 19 yrs 11 mos

Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering design, investigation and analysis services to clients worldwide on projects of every size and level of complexity. We address the full life cycle of structures through ten integrated practices. Founded in 1956, today Thornton Tomasetti is a 1,200-person organization of engineering, architecture, sustainability practitioners and support professionals collaborating from offices across the North America and in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. As a 100% employee-held company, we focus on being nimble and adapting to our changing industry to ensure the continued success of our clients.