Jessica Benton Cooney
Strategic Communications Leader | Advocacy, Media Relations, Stakeholder Engagement | Democracy • Human Rights • Global Development
- Role
- Senior Communications Consultant at International IDEA
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jessica Benton Cooney
Strategic communications executive with 20+ years of global experience in democracy…
Experience
Senior Communications Consultant
May 2025 — Present · Brussels, BE
Lead strategic communications for INTER PARES – Parliaments in Partnership, an European Union-funded initiative strengthening democratic institutions worldwide.• Manage communications for AGORA, the global parliamentary development platform, driving social media strategy, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge sharing across international partners.• Develop content and outreach campaigns that expand AGORA’s reach to several hundred practitioners and increase cross-parliamentary collaboration.
Education
Edgewood College
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2000 — 2004
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Masters of Science
2009 — 2010
Skills
- Event Planning
- Spanish
- Policy Analysis
- Proposal Writing
- Storytelling
- Speech Writing
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Copy Editing
- Social Media Marketing
- Crisis Communications
- Capacity Building
- Policy
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Newsletters
- Editorial
- News Writing
- Publications
- Program Management
- Change Management
- Blogging
- Human Rights
- Research
- Grants
- Ngos
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Journalism
- Politics
- Web Content
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Ap Style
- Editing
- Africa
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- International Development
- Civil Society
- Grant Writing
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