University of Notre Dame

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marketing & Communications Leader

Adjunct Instructor teaching entertainment marketing "Conquering Content Chaos: Film Marketing and Distribution in the Attention Economy" at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Adjunct Instructor

Creates, designs, and implements integrated marketing and PR strategies for individuals, companies and nonprofits. Performs market analyses, conducts marketing and branding audits, develops go-to-market messaging frameworks, and makes marketing investment recommendations. Ability to make complicated information simple, enjoyable, and easy to consume. Stellar writer. Experience, perspective and pep talks.

ColRockLLC

Marketing & Communications Consultant

Worked with aspiring college students of all backgrounds, sensibilities, and levels of preparation to develop strong study, communication, and time management skills; research and solidify their college lists and application strategy; assemble compelling Personal Statements and Supplemental Essays; and prepare their submissions in the Common App.

The Write College

Founder and Head Coach 

Developed and taught courses on writing, messaging, public speaking, and interpersonal communications at Union County College, New Jersey's first community college.

Union College - NJ

Adjunct Professor

Created and executed full-funnel campaign strategies for CBS television shows, contributing to the broadcast network's #1 ranking for over a decade amid the explosion of digital and social media and the shift to binge viewing and streaming platforms. Proven leader and doer who built and managed a high-performing team of communicators and brand activation strategists in New York and Los Angeles with affiliate partners around the U.S.

Vice President of Marketing Communications

Empowered domestic and international sales and distribution teams with sales decks, presentations, websites, and one-sheets. Managed promotional projects and events involving short- and long-term marketing strategies, overseeing digital innovation, special events, multiplatform PR campaigns, and marketing budgets.

Director of Marketing Communications

Hired to create the CBS messaging platform following the split from Viacom. Developed positioning and wrote press releases, executive speeches, presentations, and more for Wall Street, the Board of Directors, SEC, industry analysts, employees, and other important audiences.

Director of Financial Communications

Lead presentation writer and strategy analyst for the Executive Vice President Co-Heads of Life & Annuity, the company's primary business. Managed the strategic planning process-from offsite meetings, to writing, editing and distributing strategy templates and whitepapers and writing annual report letters. Worked with Finance to create quarterly reports for the Board of Directors. 

Played a crucial role in the creation of the retirement income product line. Working with senior management, managed the research, communications, and strategic planning process from the ideation stage to product launch.

New York Life

Assistant Vice President

Supervised 5-person staff managing content for corporate Intranet. Provided current regulatory and operational information to 11, 000 employees.

Director of Intranet Communications

Supervised internal communications team and its weekly product, compliance and regulatory email blasts, weekly newsletter and a quarterly magazine.

Managing Editor

Senior Marketing Services Associate

Edited and posted stories to the WSJ front page. Wrote and posted foreign stock market stories.

The Wall Street Journal

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing Intern 

Fact checker and research assistant for Nation columnist Patricia Williams and fact checker for assorted pieces by various authors and writers including Gore Vidal, Robert Reich, Christoper Hitchens, and more.

The Nation

Fact Checking Intern 

Responsible for screening, logging, and transporting file tape in support of news stories created and distributed by CBS Newspath producers.

CBS News

Productions Secretary 

Babysitter from the time I was 14 years old for children of all ages including a child with special needs.

Colleen Inc.

Babysitter 

Earned $5/hour off the books at a high-traffic Italian restaurant answering phones and managing take-out orders, managing the cash register, and hostessing.

Colleen M Kenny