Brian Knavish

Experience

1. Director of Marketing, Media Relations and Strategic Partnreships

   Allegheny County Bar Association

   Jul 2015 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   I oversee business development and non-dues revenue generation, marketing initiatives and media relations efforts for the Pittsburgh-area\'s largest legal trade association. My primary focus is managing the ACBA\'s relationships with business partners looking to market their products and services to Pittsburgh-area attorneys through advertising, event sponsorships and related endeavors. Advertising and sponsorship sales have tripled under my tenure, as we not only have increased sales via the vehicles that existed when I started, but I\'ve also developed new products, partnership concepts and sponsorship opportunities, allowing for the generation of additional non-dues revenue. Additionally, I manage the marketing of our bar association\'s offerings to our members, such as Continuing Legal Education courses, networking events, member discounts and the annual Bench-Bar Conference.Finally, given my background in the news media, I manage the bar association\'s media relations efforts, including the development and release of position statements and the coordination of legal subject matter expert interviews.

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  Bachelor's degree, English Writing

  1995 — 1999

• University of Pittsburgh

  Bachelor of Arts, English Writing/Journalism

Skills

• Event Planning
• Marketing
• Editing
• Strategic Communications
• Media Relations
• Marketing Communications
• Social Media
• Volunteer Management
• Fundraising
• Internal Communications
• Corporate Communications
• Publications
• Newspapers
• Photoshop
• Press Releases
• Public Relations
• Crisis Communications
• Non-Profits
• Newsletters
• Writing
• Nonprofits
• Storytelling