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THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER RESUME SAMPLE PROVIDES STYLISTIC IDEAS THAT YOU MAY USE IN YOUR RESUME
FirstName LastName
Street Address
City, ST ZipCode, Country
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PROFILE | ||||||||||||
Seasoned Public Affairs Professional with 16 years of experience in public relations and government affairs. Developed successful positioning against emerging issues through expertise in:
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SUMMARY | |
• Industry and company reputation as an innovative, creative and proven professional with industry contacts and political and corporate relationships. • Comprehensive public relations, public affairs, government affairs, lobbying, and related public and private sector liaison experience with multiple achievements. • Use knowledge of corporate goals and initiatives to work through planning, organizational leadership, and consensus-building • Skilled in writing and persuasive communications (written/verbal). • Client interaction includes all levels of community, corporate and public sector personnel. • Adept at management problem/opportunity identification and developing strategies utilized to drive operations and improve the major project or program functions. | |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
Maxwell Management, New York, NY | 1996 – Present |
Manager of State Government and Public Relations | |
Key representative in all of the company’s priority the Southeastern United States. Analyze, plan and implement advocacy and public affairs strategies to achieve positive public policy decisions, maintain access to state decision-makers and protect the company’s image. Responsible for providing ongoing and timely strategic counsel on behalf of manufacturing plants, interacting with business leaders on public affairs and legislative issues. Coordinate government involvement of each state’s leadership team. Selected achievements/contributions:
• Coordinated successful campaign that involved advocating the company’s business policies and issues to top government leaders, including governors and other state leaders. These ongoing campaign efforts have led to improvement and action based on a more positive view of the company’s policies and values. | |
Maxwell Management, New York, NY | 1994 – 1996 |
Manager of Multi-State Government and Public Affairs | |
Selected achievements/contributions: • Negotiated key tax incentive packages for company expansions in this area through communications and issue leadership skills. • Interacted closely with several state agency personnel, media personnel and other state leadership to secure passage and/or defeat of legislation. This resulted in savings for the company. • Planned, developed and executed a media relations training program for company leadership. | |
Maxwell Management, New York, NY | 1989 – 1994 |
Public Affairs Specialist | |
Researched, initiated, developed and implemented all external communications for the company’s manufacturing businesses. Reported to the President and General Manager. Managed communications for a variety of products at various life-cycle stages for the company. Selected achievements/contributions: | |
Maxwell Management, New York, NY | 1988 – 1989 |
Senior Public Affairs Representative | |
Served in the senior role during the period of intense public attention for the company’s largest facility. Managed comprehensive public affairs, interacting with national media, activist groups, and community leaders. Selected achievements/contributions: | |
Maxwell Management, New York, NY | 1986 – 1988 |
Public Relations Representative | |
Developed employee communication pieces and wrote topical articles for a corporate magazine with a distribution of 14,000. | |
SELECTED HONORS | |
Company Designation – Fast Track Executive Program International Public Affairs/Public Relations Excellence Award Presidential Scholarship Award Contribution – Excellence Award for Top 1% of Executives in the Company (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001) Nominee – Woman Executive of the Year 2000 Hour Volunteer Award (recognition for volunteer leadership in communities for the last 10 years) | |
EDUCATION | |
Portland State University, Portland, OR | 1986 |
PhD in Industrial and Labor Relations, May 1986 • Won 100% Academic Scholarship (4 Year Award Based on Leadership and SAT Testing) |
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