Antuan Guerry

About Antuan Guerry

Highly motivated and skilled professional with 20+ years experience building public…

Experience

1. Public Affairs Specialist

   U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

   Nov 2019 — Present · DC, US

   Internal Communications Team Lead executing organizational communications objectives in delivering on-time and relevant information to local and remote employees nationwide. Keeps the workforce informed through communication products and channels like the weekly digital internal newsletter called the Dish, event planning, and supporting both local and virtual town hall video productions. Writer, editor, mentor, and trainer who provides direction for colleagues to turn complex scientific information to easily digestible news for the general public. Using HTML/CSS, produces relevant content and provides editorial support of both a public-facing web site and intranet site.• Managing editor of weekly 10-page digital newsletter collaborating with over 30 departments to produce relatable, pertinent content for workforce consumption. • Re-brand and re-design of internal communication channels including the production of over 70 weekly newsletters, increase intranet traffic by and start-up digital signage usage.• Developed a COVID-19 intranet page helping to bridge a communication gap for a remote workforce. • Edited over 75 written products and graphics from colleagues prior to public release ensuring highly complex information and scientific jargon is translated into layman terms for effective communication.• Produced content for organizational social media platforms that helped increase traffic 37% in a year with more than Facebook, 28,200 Twitter, and 37,600 LinkedIn followers, and on average more than 130 media outlets.• Track media interest, assist and respond to requests for organizational media engagement with workforce.

Education

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications and Media Studies

  2012 — 2016

• Coastline College

  Associate of Arts (A.A.), Communication, General Studies

  2010 — 2013

Skills

• Leadership
• Program Management
• Strategic Communications
• Social Media Communications
• Photography
• Defense
• Editing
• Social Media
• Press Releases
• Dod
• National Security
• Adobe Acrobat
• Indesign
• Microsoft Office
• Top Secret
• Security Clearance
• Navy
• Social Media Marketing
• Military
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Public Affairs
• Military Operations
• Social Media Outreach
• Operational Planning
• Broadcast Journalism
• Active Dod Secret Clearance
• Journalism
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Videography
• Military Training
• Military Experience
• Crisis Communications
• Adobe Bridge