University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Writer and Communications Consultant

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Freelance writing and corporate communications consulting business

Clients have included the American Hospital Association, Bank of America, Baxter, Better Business Bureau of Chicago/Northern Illinois, Chorus America, Crystal Cruises, GK Development, Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal, Loyola University Chicago, University of Chicago, Wright State University, and marketing agencies The Tradeshow Network Marketing Group, Kent Cole Smith & World, and The Screamer Company

Byline

Writer and consultant

- Created and instituted the company's first comprehensive communications program
-  Built advertising awareness for LINC in the health care marketplace to the highest score among all competitors, according to independent market research
-  Managed public relations program via Bozell, Inc., which moved from 1.5 million to 10 million impressions
-  Created industry-leading financial report, the LINC Hospital Capital Survey
-  Reported to the CEO and provided executive communication support

The LINC Group

Vice President, Corporate Communications

Manager of Speechwriting & Issues Management
-  Responsible for researching and writing speeches for the Chairman and senior executives and monitoring key economic and political issues that affected business prospects

Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
-  Planned and oversaw the execution of communications programs to sell Continental's services and products to corporations and financial institutions worldwide

Director of Editorial Services
-  Managed staff and freelance writers in the writing and editing of corporate and consumer sales promotion and all communications to stockholders and employees
-  Served as senior writer for high-level projects such as investor communications and crisis communications related to the bank's financial downfall

Associate Editor & Senior Writer; Writer
-  Handled complex and diverse writing assignments, including nationwide direct mail campaigns, international marketing brochures, stockholder reports and speeches

Sara Vice

Sara Vice