Hollie Geitner brings strong public relations management skills to PR agency
WordWrite Communications, one of Pittsburgh’s fastest growing PR agencies, has added veteran public relations professional, Hollie Geitner, as its vice president of Client Services.
Formerly vice president of Marketing and Communications with non-profit Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP), Geitner has 14 years of experience managing public relations and marketing campaigns. Prior to joining the PDP, Geitner was manager of Corporate Communications for Greensburg-based Allegheny Energy overseeing internal communications to the company’s more than 4,000 employees. She also spent eight years in the Corporate Communications Department of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield focusing primarily on media relations efforts for the insurer and its subsidiaries.
As vice president of Client Services for WordWrite, Geitner will manage client accounts working to share their great, untold stories by using every tool in the PR toolbox, including social media, research, writing and media relations.
“Hollie brings a wealth of experience and strong relationships that will benefit our growing team,” said Paul Furiga, president and CEO of WordWrite. “Her health care background and PR expertise will be integral to our growth strategy as our client roster expands over the next several months.”
Geitner received her B.A. in Communications/Journalism from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and began her career working in the Camp Hill, PA office of Pennsylvania Blue Shield before transferring to Highmark Inc.’s Pittsburgh headquarters in 2001.
Learn more about Hollie here.
About WordWrite Communications, LLC WordWrite Communications, LLC helps its clients share their great, untold stories with everyone who needs to hear them. WordWrite specializes in crisis, employee, executive and media communications with particular expertise in health care, manufacturing and technology. WordWrite clients range from small start-ups to Fortune 1000 and global firms. WordWrite clients share a fundamental belief in the value of two-way communications and authentic stories told by fluent storytellers. Among WordWrite’s clients are: KIT Solutions, Koppers Inc., MEDRAD, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., The Pittsburgh Business Group on Health and Redstone Highlands. For more information on WordWrite, visit http://www.wordwritepr.com, http://www.facebook.com/wordwritepr, or http://twitter.com/wordwritepr.
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