Brian Hoyt

Current

Public Information Manager at City of Gahanna
Public Affairs Officer at U.S. Navy Reserve

Past

Employer Account Representative at Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation | JobLeaders
Account Executive/Executive Recruiter at Pulsar IT Consulting
Veterans Coalition Director at Ohio Republican Party

Senior Account Manager at Northlich
Public Affairs Officer at US Navy

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Education

Excelsior College
Miami University
Worthington Kilbourne High School

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

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Brian Hoyt’s Summary

Self-motivated, results driven leader and Communications specialist with experience in the areas of grass-roots organizing, political campaigning and consulting, media relations and media coaching, Veterans’ issues, marketing communications, advertising, government relations, crisis management, internal communications, strategic communications planning special events and executive recruiting.

Brian Hoyt’s Specialties:

Strategic and Internal Communications, Media and Community Relations, Event Planning, Media Preparation and Coaching, Speech Writing, Presentations, Byline/Ghost Writing, Political Campaigning, Political Consulting, Grass Roots Efforts, Resume writing, interview preparation, Communications specialist, Executive Recruiting

Brian Hoyt’s Experience

Public Information Manager

City of Gahanna

(Government Administration industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)
Public Affairs Officer

U.S. Navy Reserve

(Government Agency; Military industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

• Establishing Navy Week Columbus, Ohio 2009. Serving as Action Officer (www.navyweek.org)
• Serve as media and community relations coordinator.
• Advisor to command leadership regarding public affairs issues.
• Responsible for media training and pre/post deployment media briefing.
• Develop talking points and command message alignment for leadership as well as Naval Reservists.
• Serve as the public affairs liaison to maintain enterprise wide message alignment and communications strategy.

Established relationship with the local media resulting in multiple print and television stories where there was no previous coverage.
Employer Account Representative

Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation | JobLeaders

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2009 — May 2009 (2 months)
Account Executive/Executive Recruiter

Pulsar IT Consulting

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Pulsar IT, part of the Gammill Group, specializes in recruitment for contract and permanent staffing in the Information Technology arena. Pulsar IT Consulting provides corporate clients and candidates with powerful resources for reaching their professional objectives.

• Managed full recruiting process including identification, sourcing, recruiting and interviewing of IT professionals for contract and permanent positions.
• Responsible for evaluations of candidates, checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, and closing candidates.
• Developed new business partnerships and maintained client relations including negotiation of fees and terms.
• Served as the primary point of contact for recruits and clients throughout the hiring or contracting process including, but not limited to communicating status, source of information, negotiate compensation, schedule interviews and start dates and coordinate all follow-up efforts.
• Contributed to marketing efforts including newsletters to contractors, client and prospective clients and secured front page print story resulting in over 200,000 impressions.
Veterans Coalition Director

Ohio Republican Party

(Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

July 2008 — November 2008 (5 months)

• Grassroots coalition director to recruit, coordinate and lead veterans to elect Sen. McCain for President & assist state wide candidates.
• Liaison between Ohio Republican Victory campaign and McCain-Palin campaign for all state-wide veterans’ efforts.
• Developed and executed recruitment plan for county Veterans Coalition Chairs to enable ‘ground level’ communications and coordination.
• Planned and executed statewide events & rallies with campaign surrogates and candidates resulting in media coverage and increased volunteer activity.
• Collected data and developed metrics of effectiveness of program. This enabled immediate changes to be made where necessary.
• Worked with communications and events team to suggest and coordinate Veteran specific events, messages & themes.

Developed a statewide Veterans Outreach program where a gap had been for years. Was able to bring disenfranchised coalition together and tap into the approximately 975,000 veterans in Ohio.
Senior Account Manager

Northlich

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Wrote and edited press releases, marketed and pitched stories for clients, developed strategic documents, and awards nominations.
• Developed and executed short- and long-term PR plans for a client’s non-profit state-wide program.
• Oversaw the coordination of event scheduling and represented the client at trade shows, events and conferences.
• Managed billing and budgets of account.
• Lead client meetings.

Developed and managed media outreach program resulting in over 63 print, television and radio stories translating to over 9.2 million impressions. Oversaw and developed a marketing project which led to increased client awareness and enrollment in the client’s non-profit state-wide program.
Public Affairs Officer

US Navy

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

1997 — 2007 (10 years )

Media Relations Officer
• Wrote, edited and distributed press releases.
• Formulated and executed crisis communications plan.
• Developed regional external and internal media strategies.

Deputy Director of Plans and Policy
• Developed and disseminated talking points and speeches.
• Coordinated speakers’ bureau in support of established communications strategies.
• Formulated public affairs strategy and communication themes.

Community Relations Officer
• Conducted Community Outreach by developing and maintaining a local, regional and national network of leaders, stakeholders and COIs.
• Coordinated and executed events hosting hundreds of distinguished visitors.

Media Training Facilitator
• Trained and prepared over 350 people including Admirals and Generals for interviews, press conferences and embedded media coverage.
• Developed an applicable curriculum and has resulted in better message alignment throughout entire naval enterprise.

Brian Hoyt’s Education

Excelsior College

BS , Liberal Arts , 2001 — 2002
Miami University

Political Science 1993 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity
Associated Student Government
Recensio Photographer
Intramural Sports (mainly Broom Ball and Frisbee Golf)
Worthington Kilbourne High School

1988 — 1992