Harry Hoover

Current

Partner at My Creative Team
Owner at Hoover ink PR

Past

VP - Public Relations at Loeffler Ketchum Mountjoy
Senior PR Account Manager at Barron & Whitesell
Manager - Media Services at Cameron Brown

Assistant Director Public Information at Mecklenburg County
Managing Editor at WAYS Radio
Reporter, Editor, Talk Show Host at SIS Radio

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Education

University of North Carolina

Recommended

6 people have recommended Harry

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

Harry Hoover’s Summary

strategic communications planning, marketing, PR, media relations, branding, search advertising

Harry Hoover’s Specialties:

Expert in providing clients bottom line communication programs. Branding, PR, strategic planning and positioning, email marketing, local web search advertising, relationship management, media relations, blogging, customer retention for Associations, Tourism marketers, Finance and High Tech firms.

Harry Hoover’s Experience

Partner

My Creative Team

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

* Oversee network of independent professionals in creative disciplines
* Seek out new top-notch creatives to add to the team
* New business development
* Quality control
* Strategic Marketing and PR Consulting
Owner

Hoover ink PR

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

October 2001 — Present (7 years 10 months)

Hoover ink PR brings big agency experience to bear on small to mid-sized business communication challenges. We work with organizations that are serious about success to develop and implement communication programs that provide bottom line results.
VP - Public Relations

Loeffler Ketchum Mountjoy

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

1990 — 2001 (11 years)

Performed strategic PR planning and program implementation for the agency and its clients, including Duke Power, NC Division of Tourism, Verbatim Data Storage, & Velux Skylights.
Senior PR Account Manager

Barron & Whitesell

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

1987 — 1990 (3 years)

Developed and implemented client PR programs, as well as supervised several junior PR account people.
Manager - Media Services

Cameron Brown

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

1985 — 1987 (2 years)

Handled media relations and corporate communications activities for Cameron Brown, the mortgage subsidiary of First Union National Bank and its 137 offices nationwide.
Assistant Director Public Information

Mecklenburg County

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

1983 — 1986 (3 years)

Media liaison for all of county government.
Managing Editor

WAYS Radio

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1977 — 1983 (6 years)
Reporter, Editor, Talk Show Host

SIS Radio

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

1977 — 1983 (6 years)

Reporter for SIS Radio's radio news and weekly newspaper operations. Covered business, cops and courts, and wrote media criticism column. Managing Editor of 7-member all news radio operation. Hosted and produced one-hour M-F news/talk show.