Christine is the day-to-day contact for chief executive officers, chief operating officers and a host of other senior executives charged with managing their business operations, and has served as lead communications counsel to numerous blue chip firms in a wide range of markets including software, hardware, Internet start-up, consumer, healthcare and non-profit. She oversees strategic planning and day-to-day tactical execution of communications programs for a variety of international clients, as well as overall business operations of the firm including new business, staff management and company vision and growth. Christine has managed communications during various mergers and acquisitions for clients such as Salesnet/RightNow, Unisphere Networks/Juniper Networks, Intranets.com/WebEx and more, and directs a wide range of focused communications and investor relations initiatives that produce desired results for PerkettPR's varied clients.
Lisa Dilg is the driving force behind client strategies and program execution for PerkettPR. Across her account teams she is responsible for building results-oriented communications programs to strategically position clients within their respective industries. With over 15 years experience, her specialized media and social media relations strategies help clients to influence new markets, secure top-tier coverage, capture industry attention and drive interest from key audiences. Lisa is an expert across a multitude of client industries including; collaboration, community building platforms, CRM, online marketing, online advertising, online video platforms, healthcare technology, human capital management and learning technologies, interactive marketing, mobile applications, SaaS, social networks, security, and more.
Claire works with PerkettPR clients on day-to-day activities including strategic planning, messaging, launches and events, media, social media and analyst relations, and integrated marketing communications campaigns. Claire has over a decade of public relations experience working within both agency and corporate environments, and holds particular expertise in healthcare, enterprise hardware and software solutions, and consumer products.
At PerkettPR, Claire runs extremely successful campaigns for her clients while also managing business development initiatives, training and other key programs for the agency. Claire has been instrumental in developing and managing award-winning public relations campaigns for clients across multiple industries including; gaming, manufacturing, healthcare, security, semiconductor, social networks for business, telecom, and more.
Jeff serves as Director of Social Media and Technology at PerkettPR and is responsible for driving the strategy, direction and execution of social media programs for clients and PerkettPR's own new media efforts. Jeff also serves as the guru behind PerkettPR's Social Media Workshop offering and spends the majority of his time educating team members and clients on current social media concepts and tools, as well as crafting custom social media packages for clients who are ready to begin executing on new media initiatives. In addition, Jeff is responsible for producing blogs, podcasts and videos for PerkettPR and client's who want to add additional multimedia components to their website. He also assists clients and team members with viral campaign execution and research including identifying relevant new sources of opportunity in the social media space. Jeff also attends social media events and blog conferences to stay up to date on the latest advances and further aid clients looking to expand on their exposure in new media world. Jeff is a wealth of information to the PerkettPR team and continually educates team members and clients on changes and trends impacting the social media landscape.
As an account supervisor, Christine brings more than 10 years of experience in high tech public relations to PerkettPR. Passionate about technology, her clients and their success she serves as a key member of the account support team working closely with her clients to provide public relations, and analyst relations support, strategic counsel, creative story development, project management and messaging development.
Christine comes to PerkettPR from Beaupre & Co. Public Relations where she worked for more than seven years supporting a number of high technology clients including Z Corporation, GlassHouse Technologies, Lucent, Pegasystems, SolidWorks, Kopin Corporation, and Groove Networks prior to and during its acquisition by Microsoft.
With nearly a decade of Recruiting and HR experience, Melissa serves as Human Resources Manager for PerkettPR focusing on all recruiting, employee development, training, employee relations, offsite event planning, benefits administration, and employee policy and procedure for the agency.
Prior to PerkettPR, Melissa worked for Digitas (a Publicis-owned company) a leading international digital marketing services firm, where she served as Senior Recruiter/HR Generalist for several key groups across the agency including; Marketing, Strategy & Analysis, Creative, Project Management, Promotions and Corporate Services capabilities. Melissa managed these responsibilities for multiple offices within the Digitas/Publicis footprint and helped recruit and grow the company nationwide, hiring 300 people in 3 years.
