Years of professional experience
Mike Shaw
Veteran Cross-border Storyteller & Community Organizer
Seattle,WA
Summary
Creative communications professional with nearly 20 years of helping companies, entrepreneurs, and communities connect with their audiences. A veteran cross-border storyteller & organizer who believes that everyone, and every organization, has a tale to tell that people can identify with if it’s structured properly and backed up with meaningful engagement. Passionate about building bridges and smashing through barriers.
Overview
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Years working across cultures
Work History
Principal Consultant
Migration Media
Badung, Bali
04.2019 - Current
- Have helped numerous startups and SMEs develop skillsets & processes that empower them to launch, manage, and maintain effective PR strategies.
- Offering content creation and audience engagement services & coaching, with focus on cross-border projects.
- Developed system that allows individuals or teams to start from zero and gradually build up to complex multi-platform campaigns.
Global Communications Strategist
PR Newswire Asia
Beijing, China
03.2017 - 04.2019
- Drove loyalty of major Chinese clients by developing & providing comprehensive PR services.
- Oversaw Content Creation program, including editing all content written by freelancers; developed & managed content quality control system; and created training modules to improve output.
- Ran PR audits for clients and advised them on how to craft superior, western-facing PR copy.
- Conducted learning sessions at events across China.
- Created training program to help clients understand western PR best practices.
Operations Support Supervisor
PR Newswire Asia
Beijing, China
01.2013 - 03.2017
- Developed and optimized organizational systems to boost efficiency and keep operations scalable and agile for changing demands across Asian Editorial department's 3 multinational, multilingual offices.
- Developed and rolled out new policies designed to bolster productivity and reduce overall labor costs.
- Served instrumental role in organizational transformation and implementation; led successful large-scale corporate restructurings to integrate Asia Ops department with parent company's other regional offices to facilitate seamless global workflows.
- Served on global intranet management team's beta testing & troubleshooting squad.
Principal Consultant
Zax Consulting, Inc.
Beijing, China
04.2011 - 03.2017
- Offered freelance PR & business consulting to wide range of organizations
- Handled content creation (website & social media content, press releases, etc.), comms strategy, development of operations best practices, SOP design & implementation, and business development consulting.
- Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues.
Editor/Senior Editor/Shift Leader
PR Newswire Asia
Beijing, China
10.2008 - 01.2013
- Managed flow of clients' PR copy into and out of China during U.S. business hours.
- Responsible for end-to-end copy editing and processing of press releases, including immediate releases and proofs, high-value IR copy, and releases with multimedia and multinational components.
- Determined readiness of written pieces targeting multiple media markets, made changes and approved final versions for publication.
- Served as first point of contact for authorized C-suite officers for all clients & handled all troubleshooting on their behalf.
- Dandled daily department accounting and reporting.
- Composed press releases for clients.
- Conducted webinars and off-site trainings to help clients optimize their copy and best leverage company's services.
Advocacy & Care Supervisor
Circles North America
Boston, MA
10.2003 - 08.2008
- Responsible for service recovery, problem-solving, and acting as point of contact for front-line staff faced with most complex tasks. Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
- Handled 20-25 calls per day to address customer inquiries and concerns.
- Resolved account issues to build rapport and relationships with clients.
- Monitored metrics and developed actionable insights to improve efficiency and performance.
- Led process improvement and problem-solving efforts to create standard procedures and escalation policy for customer support team.
- Kept abreast of new company products and services to effectively answer questions and resolve complaints.
Education
No Degree - Communication Studies
Suffolk University
Boston, MA 09.1994 - 05.1998
High School Diploma -
Boston College High School
Boston 09.1990 - 04.1994
Work Availability
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Skills
Analysis & Evaluation
Project Management
Client Relationships
Team Leadership & Development
Solution development
Project coordination
Processes and procedures
Quote
"The time has come to say fair's fair / to pay the rent now / to pay our share."
Midnight Oil
Timeline
Principal Consultant
Migration Media
04.2019 - Current
Global Communications Strategist
PR Newswire Asia
03.2017 - 04.2019
Operations Support Supervisor
PR Newswire Asia
01.2013 - 03.2017
Principal Consultant
Zax Consulting, Inc.
04.2011 - 03.2017
Editor/Senior Editor/Shift Leader
PR Newswire Asia
10.2008 - 01.2013
Advocacy & Care Supervisor
Circles North America
10.2003 - 08.2008
No Degree - Communication Studies
Suffolk University
09.1994 - 05.1998
High School Diploma -
Boston College High School
09.1990 - 04.1994