Lynn McConaughey

About Lynn McConaughey

A strategic communications planner and program leader with over 25 years of experience helping organizations reach important audiences and enhance brand awareness. My expertise is developing and managing outreach and assessment programs, measuring and analyzing the impacts of engagement with media and other stakeholders, and enacting courses of action to solve complex problems and enhance an organization’s vital mission.SKILLS• Developing and executing strategic communications plans• Acquiring, analyzing and integrating information• Identifying appropriate audiences for communications objectives• Measuring effectiveness of actions and messages and visualizing media data trends• Managing and mentoring staff• Writing and editing communications materials• Organizing teams and tasks to meet fast-paced deliverables

Experience

1. Senior Strategic Communications Specialist

   Canvas

   Aug 2024 — Present

   Strategic Communications support to the office of Technology Innovation for the Industrial Base, Office of the Secretary of War for Research & Engineering, Science and Technologies Futures. We are a catalyst and facilitator for the movement of new and emerging technologies from proof of concept to production, supporting the defense and commercial industrial bases to meet warfighter needs.

Education

• Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  BA, Political Science

Skills

• Writing
• Editing
• Policy
• Program Development
• Management
• Crisis Management
• Event Planning
• Politics
• Proposal Writing
• International Relations
• Government
• Press Releases
• Strategic Planning
• Analytics
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Crisis Communications
• Policy Analysis
• Speech Writing
• Strategic Communications
• Training
• Social Media
• Corporate Communications
• Public Policy
• Public Speaking
• Data Analysis
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Team Management
• Analysis