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Keara Hanlon

New York,NY

Summary

Keara is a proactive and organized team member who has used her agency experience to hone her media relations and project management skills. Known by her colleagues as someone who is thoughtful, insightful, and hard-working, Keara likes to be a part of teams that are genuinely curious, collaborative, and inclusive.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Consultant

FTI Consulting, Inc
New York, NY
03.2024 - Current
  • Protect and promote the reputations of financial services clients including a G-SIB bank, asset managers, wealth solutions providers, fintechs, and a crypto company
  • Develop and execute external communications strategies to deliver results for as many as 8 accounts at one time
  • Draft client deliverables including communications plans, strategy memos, reporter background briefs, coverage reports, press releases, search-engine-optimized blogs, etc.
  • Craft media pitches that are timely and impactful, securing interviews with key publications including Reuters, Politico, Axios, Pensions & Investments, and CoinDesk
  • Provide interview staffing support to client spokespeople
  • Travel internationally to support clients on-site at key conferences and events
  • Assist with project and account management by taking and sharing diligent notes, drafting call agendas, and delegating deliverables

Consultant

FTI Consulting, Inc
New York, NY
09.2022 - 03.2024

O'Hare Media Fellow

America Media
New York, NY
08.2021 - 06.2022
  • Pitched, researched and wrote original pieces for publication online and in print which often placed in the top 5 digital articles for that week
  • Designed, prepared and managed 4 newsletters per week for a newsletter audience of 175,000 subscribers
  • Provided production assistance and editing for 3 award-winning podcasts
  • Served as Assistant Producer and Set Photographer for a multi-part documentary shot across the US and Mexico

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
05-2021

Timeline

Senior Consultant

FTI Consulting, Inc
03.2024 - Current

Consultant

FTI Consulting, Inc
09.2022 - 03.2024

O'Hare Media Fellow

America Media
08.2021 - 06.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Boston College
Keara Hanlon