Lorna Tychostup
International Communications Specialist
- Role
- Senior Strategic Communications Expert at Pragma
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lorna Tychostup
Senior communications specialist with over 20 years of experience working internationally in communications strategizing and outreach, branding, media, and public relations. Professional writer, editor, photographer, and video director/producer for multiple USAID-funded projects, NGOs, and private sector entities. Superior ability to develop/implement successful communication strategies, branding, messaging, and translate complex technical content into accessible reading for broad cross-cultural audiences. Excellent verbal, written, editorial, social media, research, and analytical skills. Exceptional diplomatic instincts and skills; comfortable working in diverse, highly pressurized, culturally sensitive, and conflict environments. Skilled trainer, proficient at developing positive, influential and collaborative relationships and building staff capacity to design, implement, and promote awareness of project activities, while effectively coordinating multiple assignments and meeting all deadlines. It helps that I love the work I do and have a good sense of humor. Specialties: Experience in conflict and post-conflict development scenarios. Communications and outreach development, management and training, field research, project documentation, capacity building, excellent conceptual and analytical skills, proven ability to design and translate complex ideas into successful actions and strategies, event planning and execution, media campaigns, photo exhibits, art direction, video field producer/director. Innovative, thrive on challenges, and highly self-motivated.
Experience
Senior Strategic Communications Expert
Nov 2022 — Present
USAID/Yemen - Economic Recovery and Livelihoods Project- USAID Middle East Economic Growth - Economic Management for Stability in Northeast Syria (EMS) Pilot
Education
New York University
MS, NYU Center for Global Affairs, International Relations and Middle East Concentrations
2006 — 2009
Stuyvesant HS
Science and Math
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