Melinda Hecht

About Melinda Hecht

What I do best: Build trusting relationships across multiple stakeholder groups, develop targeted communications strategies, and translate ideas into easy-to-digest messaging and creative storytelling that strengthen your brand, culture, and employee engagement.My experience spans numerous industries including tech, education, professional services, not-for-profit, government/public sector and food & beverage. Currently, I lead People Executive Communications for our US Firm and am aligned to Deloitte Services LP.

Experience

1. People Executive Communications Leader

   Deloitte

   Aug 2023 — Present

   Serve as a trusted advisor to CPO and senior leadership and partner closely with the Offices of the People Leader and CEO on strategy and messaging aligned to the firm’s People priorities - Develop and drive communications strategy for Deloitte\'s Chief People Officer- Lead a high-performing virtual team of communications professionals who oversee our Talent (HR) programs- Build and deliver an integrated employee communications strategy that enables our leaders to scale the business through clear, timely, and transparent communications that keep our employees informed, bring them along in the journey, and communicate the \"why\" behind decision-making- Collaborate with Talent Experience & Engagement to design and execute internal, external, and social campaigns that drive employee engagement and demonstrate the value of our culture and brand- Manage Partner, Principal & Managing Director Talent Communications and advise on sensitive and/or confidential topics, such as partner performance cycles, compensation, development, well-being, retirement, etc- Use data to inform comms strategy, content, messaging, tone, frequency, and vehicles

Education

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• San Jose State University

  Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Skills

• Social Media Marketing
• Powerpoint
• Crisis Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Strategic Communications
• Copywriting
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Proposal Writing
• Program Management
• Chicago Manual
• Sharepoint Server
• Blogging
• Event Planning
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Press Releases
• Newsletters
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Video
• Web Content Writing
• Microsoft Word
• Web Content
• Corporate Communications
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Management
• Communications Planning
• Project Management
• Content Development
• Speech Writing
• Social Media
• Filemaker
• Strategy
• Messaging
• Intranet
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Market Research
• Editing
• Nonprofits