Brandon Thimke

Background

About Brandon Thimke

Core Qualifications • Strategic Economic Development: Partner on county-wide initiatives focused on business attraction, retention, and community revitalization by leveraging public-private relationships and aligning regional assets to drive long-term growth • Cross-Sector Collaboration: Identify incentive opportunities and promote workforce and development assets through close collaboration with local, regional and national stakeholders • Corporate Communications: Develop internal and external communications plans for a variety of target audiences, including employees, customers, external stakeholders and the general public, with overarching messaging and high-level strategies • Public Relations Expertise: Cultivate B2B and B2C data-driven, highly-integrated on-brand PR strategies across corporate, media, government and non-profit sectors • Marketing and Branding Strategy: Highly skilled in traditional and digital marketing with a record of designing strategies that consistently lead to increased revenue and brand awareness • Organizational Change and Crisis Management: Adept at applying change management best practices to develop clear, effective PR and internal communications strategies during difficult or emotionally-charged situations that balance external stakeholder messaging with internal communication channels • Situational Agility: Ability to pivot quickly and incorporate lessons learned to adjust strategies and meet the needs of rapidly-evolving situations