Communications Expert | Strategist | Writer | Content Creator
Valerie Geiss is a multi-talented cross-platform writer, storyteller, and strategist. She has a successful track record of raising the visibility and thought leadership positioning of premier brands.
An agile writer, she can apply her expertise to any subject. Specialties include STEM, tech & cybersecurity, media, youth leadership development, social issues, travel, hospitality, and international arts and culture.
Her expertise includes strategic campaigns, executive communications, cross-platform messaging and visual assets, and media relations.
Awards include: Gold Stevie Award-Winning Communications Department of the Year; PR World Awards’ Gold Winner PR Achievement of the Year, Nonprofit Campaign of the Year.
Strategic Campaigns. Compelling Content.
Valerie raises brand awareness and engages audiences through exceptional storytelling and content creation.
She has driven communications initiatives for world-class organizations both global and local, such as Girl Scouts of the USA, Maclaren, Identity Theft 911, The New York Times, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Starhotels, MoMA, Morgan Library & Museum, Queens Theatre, Brooklyn Public Library, Elite Traveler magazine. She also works with individuals to showcase their accomplishments – from CEOs to artists. Following are some of the stories she has placed in the media.
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CEO interviews highlights include A-list media such as:
TODAY Show over four-minute CEO profile interview, Good Morning America, CEO Bloomberg Panel Moderator spot covering Davos, NPR, and Digital Trends Live.
Valerie’s work has inspired such feedback as “She delivers the kind of stories every organization and CEO dreams of – positive, strategic and image enhancing” and “A media pit bull, knows how to frame and build a narrative, she’s flexible and dynamic, definitely an out of the box thinker.”
Partnerships and Events
Valerie has experience working with internal and external stakeholders to promote signature initiatives, ranging from corporate partners such as Accenture, SAP, Walmart, General Motors and AT&T, to over 100 independent Girl Scout councils, community organizations and funder relationships.
Events and panels include:
Girl Scouts National Conventions of 10,000 girls, SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW Unplugged, SAP: A Call to Lead, Axios’ The Future of Science Education, SXSW, The Atlantic Festival, WNET’s American Graduate Day, Smithsonian’s What It Means to Be American, The New York Times “Salute Our Heroes” Expo for veterans, Morgan Library and Museum reopening, MoMA’s Bernardo Bertolucci Retrospective Opening Night, Green Hope Services for Women Opening
