Laura Ackerman

Current

• Director of Public Relations at Fuseideas

Past

• Seasoned PR Manager, Social Media Maven at Freelancer
• Senior Public Relations Manager at Kel & Partners
• Account Supervisor at Schwartz Communications

• Client Associate at Peter Arnold Associates

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Education

• Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business
• Brandeis University

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Laura Ackerman’s Summary

Consumer, Social Media and high tech public relations manager with many years agency experience.

Laura Ackerman’s Specialties:

Social Media, Online Advertising, Consumer Advisory Services, Security, Wireless Communications, Telecommunications, Open Source, Application Development and Storage Technology

Laura Ackerman’s Experience

• Director of Public Relations

  Fuseideas

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Building the PR practice for a world class marketing, ad and web design firm

• Seasoned PR Manager, Social Media Maven

  Freelancer

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)

  Freelance work while unemployed

• Senior Public Relations Manager

  Kel & Partners

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  Accounts include: Iconoculture, Burst Media, NLOP, IdentityTruth, Agion Technologies, and Skyscape

• Account Supervisor

  Schwartz Communications

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  November 1999 — March 2007 (7 years 5 months)

  Account Supervisor- 2006- 2007
  Senior Account Executive: 2003-2006
  Account Executive: 2000-2003
  Assistant Account Executive 1999-2000.
  
  Some accounts included: Red Hat, Eclipse Foundation, Honeywell, Hitachi, Staples.com, Ximian, Wells Fargo, TruSecure, TelCove, Softricity and Orange Ventures.

• Client Associate

  Peter Arnold Associates

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

  September 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 2 months)

  - Represented: Ray Kurzweil, Lernout & Hauspie, Sybari Software and Shareholder.com.

Laura Ackerman’s Education

• Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business

  MBA , Business Ethics , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  - Society for the Advancement of Management (S.A.M.), Bentley Member 2003-2005
  - Vice President of Public Relations for the Bentley Graduate Marketing Organization (GMO), 2003

• Brandeis University

  BA , Art History , 1994 — 1998

  Cum Laude, Honors in Concentration
  
  Spring 1997 semester spent in Florence, Italy in study abroad program at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute

  Activities and Societies:

  - Brandeis University Alumni Admissions Council Member, 1998-Present
  - Brandeis University Student Coordinator of Admissions 1997-1998
  - Brandeis University Student Coordinator of University Chapter of Amnesty International 1997-1998

Additional Information

Laura Ackerman’s Groups:

- Voting Member of Board of Directors for Ackerman and Associates, PC. 1998-Present.

•    Bentley University Alumni
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    Brandeis University Alumni Networking Group
•    HARO--Help A Reporter Out
•    Boston PR Professionals
•    Ethics - Ethical Professionals

Laura Ackerman’s Honors:

- Bell Ringer Awards with Kel & Partners- Bell- 2008, Merits awards: 3 in 2008.
- Bell Ringer Awards with Schwartz: Bell- 2004, Merits: 2006, 2005, two in 2004, 2003, 2002
- Schwartz Communications Creativity Awards- March 2007, June 2002 and November 2000
- CIPRA PR Awards, “Best Technology Campaign for 2000,” Red Hat, 2000
- CIPRA PR Awards, Finalist, “Best PR Campaign 2000,” Red Hat, 2000
- Platinum PR Awards, “Best Public Relations Campaign of the Year,” Red Hat, 2000