Rebekah Childers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Takeda Pharmaceuticals Deerfield, Illinois

Senior Manager, International Operations Corporate Communications, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, June 2009 - present 

Align communications for commercial activities in North America, Europe and Asia, including investor relations and crisis preparation. Manage international media relations and employee communications. Set and manage international communications budget.

• Develop and implement internal and external communications programs for seven c-suite executives
• Manage communications internally regarding process and functional change for nine international departments
• Conduct media relations for territory expansion announcements; managed12 announcements in 2009 garnering international coverage
• Drive global branding project and implementation team with 34 affiliates worldwide to ensure reputation consistency

Manager, Corporate Communications, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., April 2008 – June 2009 

Drafted and executed external communication activities, including media relations, for commercial and research organizations. Held additional internal communications responsibility for subsidiaries in San Diego, San Francisco and London.

• Managed communications policies and procedures during a nine-month special teams integration project; result of a joint venture ending
• Developed programming, content and roll-out plan for updated comprehensive intranet site, resulting in 65% increased usage
• Worked in corporate headquarters in Tokyo for one month; trained on global culture initiative and product development process

Manager, Community and Association Relations, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., July 2007 – April 2008

Held responsibility for U.S.-based management and strategic direction of Takeda corporate citizenship. Conducted research into best practices and benchmarking to identify social impact opportunities. Aligned corporate giving programming with global subsidiaries.

• Created cross-functional corporate giving committee to review and approve incoming donation requests, resulting in new donation processes and 15 new non-profit association relationships
• Updated paper-based matching gift policy to an online program, resulting in an approximately 50% increase in use
• Created and implemented a two-day off policy for volunteering, as well as a dollars for doers program allowing employees to receive grants for non-profit organizations in recognition of volunteer hours
• Managed annual employee volunteer day to refurbish local schools in need; conducted six events with more than 300 employees at each

 

Burson-Marsteller Chicago, Illinois

Manager, Corporate Communications, November 2005 – July 2007

Acted as the direct client contact for top-tier public relations and marketing directors at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Merrill Lynch and Radio Flyer. Created and managed program budgets and led teams across the country. Managed c-suite communications.

• Supervised three individual project teams in multiple industries, including pharmaceuticals, finance and retail
• Conducted media relations for consumer-education campaign related to financial literacy; increased coverage by more than 100% in 2006

Senior Associate, Corporate Communications, November 2003 – November 2005

Developed C-suite communications to support internal and external branding, messaging and programming. Wrote and reviewed external communications including press releases, newsletter content, byline articles, Web content and white papers.  

• Managed media outreach for five advisors in top financial firm spokesperson program in Midwest garnering more than 120 media hits

Associate, Corporate Communications, May 2002 – November 2003

Supported internal and executive communications. Managed logistics and communications details surrounding quarterly employee meetings.

• Developed global crisis communications and preparation strategies at a corporate level; conducted internal and external Chapter 11     bankruptcy communications including the development and translation of materials for 12 countries 

 

PR21 [name changed to Zeno Group] Chicago, Illinois

Account Executive, Consumer/Brand Marketing, July 2001 – May 2002

Conducted educational programs and developed materials to increase consumer brand awareness and corporate education for Bosch and Skil Power Tools. Coordinated ongoing media relations and special event weekends with a 70% average turn-out rate and post-event media coverage in publications including Inc., BusinessWeek, Maxim, FHM.

 

Assistant Account Executive, Technology, July 2000 – July 2001

Drafted product and corporate documents including press releases, fact sheets and industry byline articles for Tantivy Wireless Communications, apartments.com and cars.com. Drafted executive communications for employees including internal emails and event speeches.  

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ohio University Scripps School of Journalism, Bachelor of Science of Journalism - June 2000

 

 

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