Brienne Kennedy

About Brienne Kennedy

Engaging with empathy; supported by a natural curiosity and always striving to do my best.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Marketing and Communications

   Riggs Distler

   Aug 2019 — Present

   Develops and implements cohesive brand and marketing strategies for Riggs Distler\'s Operations and Shared Services groups through teamwork and collaboration. • Promotes communication within the organization through transparency and frequency of information distributed via multiple transmedia methods. • Provides strategic marketing and communications leadership leveraging traditional and new media to continually improve strategies and communications for best impact and engagement. • Writes digestible content and creates rich visual assets that effectively promote Riggs Distler\'s Heavy Industrial, Generation and Utility services for a wide variety of audiences and platforms. • Leads employee engagement initiative for corporate events including volunteering, team building and celebrations. • Plans and manages the organization’s participation in special events, conferences, trade shows, etc. to ensure they meet the company’s targeted audiences and reflect company brand. • Provides communications support including board and investor relations, employee communications, internal publications, external requests for information, customer communications, website copy, and other content creation. • Advocates for employee professional development through direct personnel management, continuing education and skill building • Member of Riggs Distler\'s Helping Hands, which is a philanthropic arm of the organization dedicated to generating positive change in the communities where we live and work through charitable acts. • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council member dedicated to promoting fair treatment and full participation of all people.

Education

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Print Journalism

  2000 — 2004

• Cornell University

  Certificate | Strategic Storytelling

  2023 — 2023

• Cornell University

  Certificate | Brand Management

  2020 — 2020

• Cornell University

  Certificate | Corporate Communications

  2022 — 2022

• Cornell University

  Certificate | Social Media Marketing

  2021 — 2021

• Cornell University

  Certificate | Business Strategy

Skills

• Facebook Marketing
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Leadership
• Customer Satisfaction
• Social Media
• Facebook
• Microsoft Word
• Adobe Photoshop
• Photoshop
• Art Education
• Marketing
• Organizational Development
• Powerpoint
• Customer Engagement
• Customer Support
• Creative Problem Solving
• Management
• Illustrator
• Social Media Marketing
• Team Management
• Project Management
• Adobe Illustrator
• Social Networking
• Event Planning
• Customer Oriented
• Email Marketing
• Customer Acquisition
• Order Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Customer Service
• Customer Insight
• Team Building
• Art Direction
• Graphic Design
• Order Processing
• Sales
• Grassroots Fundraising
• Microsoft Office