Allison A. Rickards

About Allison A. Rickards

Allison Rickards possesses the skills, tools, and management ability required to generate, drive, and execute high-performing marketing campaigns, corporate communications plans, and associate engagement programs. It is her goal to creating effective brand and communications strategies that drive associate engagement, awareness, and employee advocacy in order to build a culture of inclusion in the workplace. Allison currently authors communication strategies for the Finance, Enterprise Risk, Audit and Legal organizations at Fiserv – a position she has held since June 2021. She is a seasoned professional with expertise in campaign development, corporate communications, talent development, and project execution. In her role, Allison drives brand leadership, associate engagement, and strategic communications within the company. She is passionate about building and nurturing teams of young professionals and transforming branding and communications to engage associates across the organization. Allison previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at an IT and Cloud Solutions provider, where she focused on organizing corporate strategy, messaging, and national events by generating, driving, and executing marketing campaigns and projects. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and advertising from the University of Lima in Peru, and she is based in Atlanta, GA, where she enjoys hiking, photography, and spending time with her family, friends, and Beagles.

Experience

1. Director of Communications, Global Brand

   Fiserv

   Jun 2021 — Present · Alpharetta, GA, US

   Global Brand and Communications drives Fiserv brand leadership through brand building, culture creation and marketing performance capabilities designed to evolve and elevate the brand experience through strategic messaging, tools, channels, programs, processes and frameworks.• Responsible for communication strategy, associate engagement initiatives, culture creation and brand building across the Finance Organization working directly with the Finance Leadership team.• Responsible for communication strategy, associate engagement initiatives, culture creation and brand building across the Enterprise Risk & Compliance Organization working directly with the Risk Leadership team.• Hispanic & Latino Council Chapter leader, responsible for supporting Hispanic and Latino associates and their allies across Fiserv in reaching their highest potential and fostering a work environment where all associates have an opportunity to embrace their values and culture.• Responsible for volunteer and community service programs through Juntos Chapter leadership.Fiserv, Inc.(NYSE: FI), a Fortune 500 company, aspires to move money and information in a way that moves the world. As a global leader in payments and financial technology, the company helps clients achieve best-in-class results through a commitment to innovation and excellence in areas including account processing and digital banking solutions; card issuer processing and network services; payments; e-commerce; merchant acquiring and processing; and the Clover® cloud-based point-of-sale and business management platform. Fiserv is a member of the S&P 500® Index and one of Fortune® World’s Most Admired Companies™

Education

• Universidad de Lima

  Bachelor Degree in Communication Sciences, Marketing

  1990 — 1996