Media and Communications Specialist

Media and Communications Specialist: Kelly N. Patterson


Kelly N. Patterson has 10+ years professional writing and editing experience, with 8 years of international, multi-media PR, marketing, and communications experience serving mostly international and domestic non-profit organizations, academic institutions and the arts.


Current Position:

The Well Project – Atlanta, Georgia
e-Content Manager and Editor
Manages and edits www.thewellproject.org (English and Spanish sites)

• Initiated and manages an Editorial Advisory Board of HIV+ women to construct the 2007 website editorial calendar
• Uses EMC Documentum Web Publisher and EMC Documentum E-Rooms applications
  Producer and author of The Well Update, a monthly e-newsletter from The Well Project. http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/Tools/Newsletters/ENewsletterArchive.jsp;jsessionid=GgSRNdywK3DzfQL9XNnbhYXy5hxmqnnNJ2B3nvKt1VVTGp21JRWK!-512318635
• Designed and implemented all editorial and e-management policies and processes
• TRUST-e and Honcode management and renewal
• Google Analytics and Net Tracker management for Search Engine Optimization
• Serves as Public Information writer for the “Ask the Expert” section of www.thewellproject.org
• Recruited new writers and manages all contributing writers and medical review editorial staff, as well as Armedia (http://armedia.com/default.htm) tech support; final web content edits
• General PR and media communications content and delivery
• Manages Donor and Membership database
• Set up and maintains collaborative links with POZ magazine (online) on the development and implementation of a Local Resources Directory, as well as implements several reciprocal links with other reputable HIV/AIDS and health care multi-media venues
  
  
  Writing Positions and Contracts
  
  
  Providian Financial - San Francisco, California
  Corporate Communications Writer
  · Composed action complaint correspondence to State Attorney Generals, Better Business Bureau, and Office of the Comptroller of Currency on behalf of Directors of Consumer Relations, Media Relations, and Corporate Communications
  
  Seoul National University - Seoul, Korea <http://www.snu.ac.kr/engsnu/>
  Exam Script Writer
  · Scripted “Listening Comprehension” section of six independent university English board exams
  
  
  Educational Broadcasting Systems (EBS) - Seoul, Korea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Broadcasting_System>
  Script Writer
  · Member of a four-person writing team to script weekly television debate show, Conversational English: Pros and Cons
  
  
  ReefKeeper International - Miami, Florida
  Development Consultant
  · Composed letters of approach, queries, and grant proposals on behalf of Director Alexander Stone
  
  
  The Center for Positive Connections - Miami, Florida <http://www.positiveconnections.org/index.html>
  Development Consultant
  · Drafted organization Fact Sheet, letters of approach, queries, proposals, and other developmental documents on behalf of Executive Director Sheri Kaplan
  
  
  Habitat for Humanity International - Americus, Georgia <http://www.habitat.org/>
  Public Information Writer/Editor
  · Composed and then later (upon promotion), edited individual response letters to donors/clients/public for the Public Information Department
  · Composed biographical profiles of Habitat’s International Partners for press releases and Habitat publications
  
  
  Editing Contracts
  
  Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) – South Africa and UK <http://www.vso.org.uk/>
  Newsletter Editor
  Edited 25-page, quarterly newsletter for +300 VSO development workers and staff in South Africa
  
  
  Pick’n Pay Employee Health Newsletter – South Africa
  Newsletter Editor
  Edited 10-page, quarterly Employee Health newsletter for over 12,000 Pick’n Pay employees throughout South Africa
  
  
  
  CONTECH Legal Services - Reston, Virginia
  Legal Exhibits Editor
  · One month editing contract on the case: British Petroleum versus the State of Puerto Rico
  
  
  Sisters of the Presentation - San Francisco, California <http://www.presentationsisterssf.org/>
  Editor
  · Directed the production of bi-annual periodical, Light, (circulation 7,000) responsibilities included: editing, writing articles, conducting interviews, managing writing staff, and collaborating with layout designer
  · Composed donor acknowledgment letters and written material on behalf of President Sister Rosina Conrotto
  
  
  Habitat for Humanity International - Americus, Georgia
  Public Information Editor
  Co-edited Affiliate Tools Manual; a 12 volume publication for developing Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout the United States
  
  
  Media/Press Contracts
  
  Kelly has served as Media Liaison, or Press Officer for the following agencies:
  
  The Well Project www.thewellproject.org
• Art Basel Miami Beach 2005 <http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/ca/cc/ss/>
  The International Community of Women Living with HIV <http://www.icw.org/>
  The European Union Global Village Exhibit at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002)
  (The EU selected Kelly to “man” their “Global Village” exhibition booth at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2002, on behalf of all EU Sub-Saharan African-based international development projects.)
  
  Health and Sciences Reporter for Reuters (Sub-Saharan Africa Division) <http://www.reuters.com/home>
  Editor Martha Kerr
  
  Speech Writer <http://www.gerefoundation.org/>
  Scripted speech for Richard Gere, on behalf of the Gere Foundation, at the 14the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand 2004
  
  Film:

"Cup of Hope" written by Kelly N. Patterson, short film produced in Atlanta May 2007: about HIV Stigma and Discrimination.

Collaborations (“Community Liaison”) with documentary filmmaker, Deborah Shipley of “True Visions”, BBC and No Lie Productions, both in South Africa and Honduras

BBC http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/orphansofnkandla/synopsis.html
No Lie Productions http://www.nolieproductions.com/credits.html


Press Releases

PR/Marketing/Media:
Kelly brought the attention of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, specifically in South Africa, to several reputable international and domestic media outlets:

Note all of these have pdf attachments for each publication

The Washington Post
The New York Times
The Mail and Guardian
Swedish Press
The Montreal Gazette
The Sunday Independent
Natal Witness