Summary
Overview
Accomplishments
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
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Allison Rice

Allison Rice

Mount Pleasant,SC

Summary

Imaginative and dynamic communications leader with strong consultative and interpersonal skills. Strategic counselor who helps leaders tell their stories and drive results. Accomplished project manager who leads, develops and executes internal communications supporting Human Capital and company initiatives. Known for accountability as well as exceptional organization and prioritization skills to manage multiple concurrent projects. Eloquent writer with track record of creating consistently engaging content. Coach and change agent who empowers and motivates individuals and teams.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Accomplishments

  • Crisis Communications: Provided strategic planning and communications support through COVID-19 pandemic, with a lead role on COVID-19 response taskforce. Focused on supporting employees through the pandemic and return-to-work efforts.
  • Human Capital Oversight: Lead a team and provide oversight for all Human Capital communications, ensuring alignment to broader company messaging. Extensive experience in supporting communications related to benefits, inclusion and diversity, employee listening, performance and development and more.
  • Change Management: Provide strategic counsel to cross-functional teams to lead employees through changes, including the implementation and adoption of a wellness program; and introduction and employee involvement in bold goals to drive racial equality, equity and inclusion across the organization and in communities.

Work History

Senior Internal Communications Manager

Fifth Third Bancorp
Remote
04.2011 - Current
  • Develop and implement internal communications plans to ensure consistent messaging across the organization.
  • Lead a team and provide oversight on Human Capital communications.
  • Create and distribute content for employee newsletters, emails, intranet sites, video stories and other communication channels.
  • Coordinate with senior leaders on developing key messages for employees.
  • Gather and analyze feedback from employees regarding their experience with different communication initiatives.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality control.

Director, Annuity Marketing

Protective Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati, OH
08.2010 - 04.2011
  • Organized promotional campaigns, including presentations, print materials and website content.
  • Designed and produced marketing collateral for product launches and promotions.
  • Helped achieve more than $2 billion in variable annuity sales in 2010, more than $1.2 billion over plan.
  • Coordinated efforts across sales, marketing, training, compliance and other departments to develop effective marketing pieces.

Communications Specialist

Great American Financial Resources, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
08.2004 - 08.2010
  • Developed and implemented marketing campaigns to promote products and services.
  • Drafted copy for promotional materials including websites, emails, catalogs, brochures and other publications.
  • Served on the corporate communications panel to plan, develop and execute communications to all employees.
  • Connected and collaborated with internal and external clients, including the internal sales teams, operations department, subsidiaries, field vice presidents and distribution partners to produce communication plans and supporting marketing pieces.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Journalism

Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
06.2004

Skills

  • Storytelling
  • Content Creation
  • Employee Communications
  • Relationship Management
  • Communications Strategy
  • Project Management
  • Executive Communications
  • Benefits Communications
  • Inclusion & Diversity Communications
  • Change Management
  • Crisis Communications

Timeline

Senior Internal Communications Manager

Fifth Third Bancorp
04.2011 - Current

Director, Annuity Marketing

Protective Life Insurance Company
08.2010 - 04.2011

Communications Specialist

Great American Financial Resources, Inc.
08.2004 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Science - Journalism

Ohio University
Allison Rice