Hunter Atkins
Marketing | Business | Strategic Communications | Content Creator | Corporate Communicator
- Role
- Acting Director of Communications at Brawlball Official
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Hunter Atkins
Award-winning journalist turned corporate communicator with 10+ years reporting for tier-one outlets and building impactful communications strategies for Fortune 500s, nonprofits, and startups. Skilled in strategic communications, executive messaging, content strategy, digital campaigns, stakeholder engagement, and multimedia storytelling, with proven results driving audience growth, investor confidence, and organizational visibility. Currently a communications consultant serving clients across legal, sports, and corporate sectors.Prior to reporting for the Houston Chronicle, I contributed to The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Forbes, with other stories published by The Wall Street Journal, ESPN The Magazine, SI.com, NationalGeographic.com, Maxim.com, Newsday, Virginia Coastal, Men\'s Journal, Popular Science, VICE.com, and VIBE.I got my first break as a 17-year-old reporter for The Chicago Sun-Times. I attended Northwestern University\'s Medill School of Journalism. I reported abroad for The Cape Times in Cape Town, South Africa, and then I interned for Newsday in New York. I graduated college in 2011 and, defeated by the surging unemployment rate, I fled to Europe to run with the bulls in Pamplona. After narrowly avoiding certain death from a near-ramming, I wrote about my hair-raising experience and managed to impress then-New York Times sports editor Joe Sexton. Joe gave me a small opportunity, then a big one. I was off and running.
Experience
Acting Director of Communications
Oct 2023 — Present · Las Vegas, NV, US
Lead communications, content, and brand strategy for a basketball startup, overseeing social, digital, and live event execution.Drive rapid audience growth, increasing Instagram by 75K and TikTok by 11K in the first month (+700% overall following).Direct multimedia content across six platforms, managing editors, videographers, and external PR partners.Produce press materials, investor decks, and broadcast plans, supporting distribution across 13 streaming platforms and DirecTV with reach exceeding 165M subscribers.Oversee website development, merchandise design, and execution of live basketball tournaments to build brand visibility and fan engagement.
Education
Northwestern University
Bachelor's, Journalism
2007 — 2011
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