Leslie Hart

About Leslie Hart

Leslie Hart’s strategic communications experience includes corporate, start-up, legacy, and nonprofit environments spanning consulting, media, news, the arts, entertainment, and academia.As Head of Flagship Publications and Editor in Chief, Leslie leads editorial strategy for publications that reach readers across Citi’s global presence.As co-lead of Teneo’s U.S. executive communications coaching offering, Leslie prepared CEOs, C-suite executives, and senior corporate leaders for critical conversations with their full range of stakeholder audiences. She advised executives in advance of external and internal events such as IPOs, media appearances, investor days, conferences, brand and product launches, leadership team meetings, and employee town halls. She also advised a broad portfolio of Fortune 100 clients on executive positioning, corporate narrative, content creation, DE & I, sustainability initiatives, and reputational challenges.Prior to Teneo, Leslie worked as a video producer and digital strategist for New York University School of Law. She interviewed legal scholars, trustees, senior administrators, and students in support of NYU Law’s communication and marketing objectives. Leslie earlier worked on the team that launched Al Jazeera America, devising and leading digital and social media strategy for the public affairs show “Consider This.” Additional credits include presidential election coverage for Current TV, live event and media production for the World Science Festival, and culture and climate desk coverage for the PBS newsmagazine “Need to Know.”As a journalist, she specialized in conducting compelling interviews with notable figures from a range of industries. Past interview subjects include Sir Mervyn King (former governor of the Bank of England), Bryan Stevenson (author of \"Just Mercy\"), Sara Moss (vice chairman of The Estée Lauder Companies), Philip Alston (UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights), filmmaker Ken Burns (“The Civil War” and “Baseball”), and actor Tony Hale (\"Veep\" and \"Arrested Development\").Leslie completed her MBA with distinction at NYU Stern and earned a Master of Science degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Communication.Strategic Communications | Executive Communications | Content Strategy | Marketing Strategy | Executive Storytelling | Media Training | Coaching | Message Development | Event Management

Experience

1. Director, Global Communications

   Citi

   Oct 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Head of Flagship Publications and Editor in Chief

Education

• Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

  High School Diploma

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  Master of Science, Broadcast Journalism

• NYU Stern School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction, Management / Marketing / Entertainment, Media & Technology

• Northwestern University

  B.A. in Communication, summa cum laude

Skills

• Video Editing
• Multimedia
• Musical Theatre
• Storytelling
• Journalism
• Theatre
• Final Cut Pro
• Broadcast Journalism
• Broadcast
• Television
• Producing
• Writing
• Stage
• Performing Arts
• Web Video
• Editing
• Social Media
• Video
• News Writing
• Music
• Publishing
• Radio