MICHELLE DAMICO:
CREATIVE PITCHES,
INTEGRATED STRATEGY

 

 

Michelle Damico is a natural communicator, with a successful career based on creative strategies, well-thought-out tactics and the right technology to secure placements in traditional media and through social media networks. She has more than 15 years of experience helping government, business and nonprofit organizations reach their key audiences through traditional media and integrated social media strategy.

 

Her media placements span Chicago and the nation's top-tier mass media, trade publications and online media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NBC’s Today Show, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Money, Entrepreneur, CNBC, MSNBC, NPR and major market TV stations. She was awarded three Golden Trumpets from the Publicity Club of Chicago for successful PR campaigns.

 

She's knowledgeable in key industry sectors, including manufacturing, technology, financial services, retail, homeland security and telecom. Damico has also led PR and marketing teams at several government agencies, including the Illinois Tollway, where her efforts helped secure editorial endorsements and passage of its $6.3 billion congestion relief program and the toll increase to support it. As the first director of cityofchicago.org, the City of Chicago Web site, Damico launched the pioneering program that first made it possible to buy Taste of Chicago tickets and apply for city jobs online. She also served as Communications Director for Mayor Richard M. Daley’s 1995 re-election campaign.

 

Damico credits her successful PR career to 15 years as a street reporter/newscaster for WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio, WXRT and WGN-AM. She’d love to connect with you on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

 

To contact Michelle: Michelle@marjhalperin.com