Amy Collette
Summary
Dynamic communications professional skilled at crafting and executing strategic campaigns that drive business success and achieve client objectives. Trusted advisor across teams and leadership, known for collaboration, precision, and creative problem-solving.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Learning & Talent Consultant
Talcott Financial Group
06.2022 - 12.2024
- Led strategic communications planning and content creation for open enrollment ensuring employees understood and successfully enrolled in benefit plans.
- Owned employee wellness program, including marketing, and facilitated webinars in partnership with wellness experts.
- Consulted leaders at all levels of the company, including executives, on HR related communication strategies, as well as talent acquisition processes and new role creation.
- Delivered weekly employee orientation guiding new employees through their employee benefits packages and overall onboarding experience.
- Led the HRIS transition from ADP to Dayforce for the talent acquisition, onboarding, and learning and development modules.
- Developed candidate tracking document to monitor and manage 100+ open job requisitions.
Senior Communications Consultant
Talcott Financial Group
06.2018 - 06.2022
- Created and proofread content to ensure brand and voice consistency across press releases, website, LinkedIn posts, intranet articles, emails, and presentations.
- Presented during all-employee town hall meetings and employee engagement events. Owned logistics and content for in-person and virtual meetings.
- Built and executed strategic internal and external communications plans to announce five mergers and acquisitions ranging in size from $1.5 to $25 billion in assets.
- Designed the layout and content strategy for Talcott's intranet site.
- Developed a creative content briefing document to streamline communication project kickoffs, ensuring efficient alignment of ideas and on-target messaging.
- Increased readership of weekly employee newsletter by 15% in one year leveraging email measurement and data analytics.
Assistant Director, Communications
The Hartford Financial Services Group
06.2013 - 05.2018
- Recommended communication approaches to executive leaders around the annuity division's sale from The Hartford and stand up of a new company (Talcott), focusing on employee change management.
- Crafted transparent communications to thoughtfully guide employees through the establishment of new corporate functions including human resources, technology, and new senior leadership team.
- Composed annuity client and broker letter and email campaigns calling them to act on annuity buyout programs, which resulted in the successful reduction of The Hartford's financial risk by more than $300 million over two years.
Senior Account Executive
Adams & Knight, Inc: Integrated Marketing Agency
03.2006 - 07.2012
- Increased account retention through strong client relationships and strategic guidance while carefully managing budgets and resources to successfully meet client objectives.
- Executed award-winning integrated public relations, social media, and marketing campaigns for financial services clients.
- Participated in client project kick-off sessions, as well as internal creative team kick-off sessions.
- Collaborated with internal agency teams to refine creative design concepts, ensuring alignment with brand strategy.
- Clients: Council for Disability Awareness, Travelers, TIAA-CREF, Jefferson National
Education
Bachelor of Science - Journalism, English Minor
Southern Connecticut State University
Skills
- Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Forms, Project
- Intranet content strategy and design
- PoliteMail
- Culture Amp & Survey Monkey
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Adobe Stock
- Movie Maker
- Canva
- Copilot AI
- Dayforce & ADP
- DocuSign
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
- Presentation skills
- Client relationships
- Account management
- Project management
- Executive communications
- Employee benefits communications
- Content creation and proofreading
Timeline
Senior Learning & Talent Consultant
Talcott Financial Group
06.2022 - 12.2024
Senior Communications Consultant
Talcott Financial Group
06.2018 - 06.2022
Assistant Director, Communications
The Hartford Financial Services Group
06.2013 - 05.2018
Senior Account Executive
Adams & Knight, Inc: Integrated Marketing Agency
03.2006 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Science - Journalism, English Minor
Southern Connecticut State University
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