George Mc Quade speaks to Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS)
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George McQuade III
¨ 818-340-5300 ¨ 818-618-9229 ¨
George@MAYOCommunication.com
Profile: 10 Years of Award-Winning Global PR +
former working member of the press with skills in:
Developing, managing and executing public relations, corporate communications and media relations plans for fortune 500’s, government agencies and nonprofits. Powerful management/leadership skills in corp. comm., public relations, media relations, marketing communications and social media.
Professional Accomplishments
ü Created the largest statewide media campaign (w/four former California governors), that resulted in the passing ofCalifornia’s $20 billion “Prop B” transportation measure.
ü Dissuaded “CBS 60 Minutes” from doing a negative story after two Housing Authority of City of LA board members resigned under fire (“64 allegations of wrong doing”). PRSA recognized stellar achievements in strategy with a first place PRism Awards for “Best Crisis Communications
Globally branded Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation as the “Go To Think Tank” for all economic news, for 10+ years, under two CEO’s, doubling membership and boosting assets to $30+ million. Capturing global media: 2011-2012 LAEDC Economic Forecast
ü Revitalized PERI Software Solutions, Inc.’s corp. comm.. and (Newark, NJ) reputation, keeping the company from suffering devastating loss of US Dept. of Labor multimillion dollar fines. Company grew from $50 -$80 million, adding multimillion dollar SoCal utility contracts.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VICE PRESIDENT – PUBLIC RELATIONS & MEDIA RELATIONS
MAYO Communications, Los Angeles,CA | 2000 – Present
Founded full service Los Angelesbased public relations firm with offices in San Diego, New York, and Bern, Switzerland. Provided exceptional management and development oversight resulting in 110% business growth over 5 years and 50% growth during recession.
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), CA | 1995 – 2000
Successfully served the HACLA board of directors and executive director by developing and implementing public relations campaigns, resident relations internal campaigns and effectively building stronger professional relationships with politicians, HUD and other state and City key stake holders.
MEDIA RELATIONS/CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS Manager Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles,CA | 1992– 1995
Managed all SoCal Gas Company media relations and crisis communications programs. Expanded media coverage by 50 percent minority owned enterprises. Managed outside agencies, vendors and SoCalGas Co. partnerships.
Award-winning News Producer/News Anchor, Announcer & News Correspondent
KNBC-TV, KTTV-TV, KGET-TV, KCOY-TV, NBC Mutual News, CBS, KNX, KFI and KGIL.
Los Angeles, CA| 1985– 1992
An expanded view of project management skills,
ROI and key achievements upon request.
Media Placement is MAYO Communications
niche:
“We Don’t guarantee media, we just get!”
George McQuade on Social Media do’s and don’ts.
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George is also the West Coast Bureau Chief
#1 in Breaking News on Media, Marketing & PR on
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To book Mc Quade for your national conference call
818-340-5300 or 8818-618-9229. He speaks to Film
Publicity classes at UCLA, undergraduate school at
USC and public relations and media class at Loyola
Marymount University and Cal-State Dominguez Hills.
