Leslie Patton

EVP @ Weber Shandwick | MSJ from Northwestern University

Role: EVP, Media Relations Strategy, Corporate Advisory at Weber Shandwick
Location: Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Leslie Patton

With over 17 years of professional experience, my journey has taken me from analyzing…

Experience

EVP, Media Relations Strategy, Corporate Advisory
Weber Shandwick
Mar 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

Northwestern University
MSJ
2009 — 2010
University of Michigan Business School
BBA
2002 — 2006

Skills

Journalism
News Writing
Editorial
Investigative Reporting
Online Journalism
Feature Articles
Ap Style
Storytelling
Breaking News
Headline Writing
Newspapers
Marketing Communications
Social Media
Strategic Planning
Social Media Marketing
Ap Stylebook
Editing

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Current company

Weber Shandwick

Public Relations and Communications Services · 4.1K employees · New York, New York, United States

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 + 2025 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2025, 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the past three years, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 250 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Weber Shandwick is part of Omnicom Public Relations and Omnicom (NYSE: OMC). For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/.   Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

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About Leslie Patton

Experience

EVP, Media Relations Strategy, Corporate Advisory

Education

Northwestern University

University of Michigan Business School

Skills

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