Marissa Lemar
Communicator, Writer, Educator | Doctoral Student in Teaching and Learning
- Role
- Public Affairs Officer at U.S. Navy Reserve
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marissa Lemar
I am a communications professional with 15+ years experience managing teams and leading…
Experience
Public Affairs Officer
Apr 2014 — Present
Led the development of a quarterly newsletter for the U.S. Navy Reserve public affairs community, to include writing articles, editing submissions and performing desktop publishing• Handle visual, audio, and written communications for internal and public audiences• Lead and train teams of Navy enlisted Mass Communication Specialists to engage internal and external audiences through traditional media, social media and community outreach programsPrevious Active Duty assignments:2017 Department of Defense Warrior Games, Washington, D.C. January - July 2017• Managed media outreach in support of Warrior Games, including coordination with international, national and local media with a total reach of 430 million people for all broadcast, print and online coverage• Wrote press releases and news stories highlighting important updates and announcements• Developed communications plan and community outreach strategy to engage with variety of audiences• Drafted speeches and talking points for senior Department of Defense and community leadersJoint Task Force – National Capital Region, 58th Presidential Inauguration, Washington, D.C. October 2016 - January 2017• Planned, coordinated and executed all media opportunities with more than 200 media outlets, enabling coverage and facilitating interviews with senior leaders and service members• Organized community relations opportunitiesCommander, Navy Installations Command, Washington, D.C. February 2016 - July 2016• Managed first-of-its kind video project highlighting the shore enterprise, serving as principal liaison with Defense Media Activity in video creation, providing script writing and voice-over narration to project• Developed print products, including pamphlets and articles highlighting the command organization• Created communication plan to showcase command to internal and external audiences
Education
Brown University
B.A
2005 — 2009
University of Miami
Doctor of Education - EdD
2025
WVU Reed College of Media
Master of Science - MS
2022 — 2023
University of Southern California
Master's
2009 — 2011
The Johns Hopkins University
Master of Arts (M.A.)
2015 — 2018
Defense Information School
Public Affairs Qualification Course
2015 — 2015
Skills
- Diplomacy
- Editing
- Spanish
- Public Relations
- Analysis
- Event Planning
- Volunteer Management
- Intercultural Communication
- Social Media
- International Development
- Marketing Communications
- Public Policy
- Grant Writing
- Proposal Writing
- Program Management
- Policy Analysis
- Political Science
- Program Evaluation
- Writing
- Journalism
- Marketing
- Strategic Communications
- Blogging
- Research
- Politics
- Foreign Policy
- Microsoft Office
- International Relations
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