Joe G.

About Joe G.

Google “Joe Grey” and what do you get? Cat stories. Well, I can’t compete with whiskers and fur. So I don’t. Funny, because my career might have nine lives. I think I am on the fifth or sixth so far. In one life, I wrote for a hard-copy business magazine, traveling Texas and interviewing CEOs, celebrities and Hall-of-Fame athletes-turned-entrepreneurs. I learned how to interview and write from old-school pros before that era passed away. RIP. After that, I was able to catch the wave of irrational exuberance that transformed a modest book publisher into a hot internet start-up, and the force propelled my career from writer to manager of editorial teams. Cowabunga! I then jumped into the blue waters of corporate communications because I had a chance to work for one of FORTUNE Magazine’s Best 100 Companies to Work For. Those days seem like caviar and high seas cruises to me.(Maybe because our whole company took an all-expenses-paid cruise to Cozumel while getting paid! Top that, Google!) I’ve worked in the financial industry. At a communications agency. At a billion-dollar multinational manufacturer. They taught me to be creative, well researched and mistake free. They taught me experience is almost worth the price of getting older!

Experience

1. Senior HR Communications Lead

   UFP Industries

   Dec 2021 — Present

   I manage UFP\'s employee communication channels, including intranet, internal TV network, print and digital newsletters, and companywide email. I also write and edit external UFPI news releases, web copy and marketing materials.

Education

• Loyola University New Orleans

  Music

  1984 — 1986

• Southern Methodist University

  Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing

  1987 — 1991