
Steven Thorpe
Senior Media Relations Manager
Capital One
Capital One
Senior Media Relations Manager
Tell Capital One's great community story to media outlets and through social media.
They would see me working with Capital One colleagues to identify and discuss one of the profound ways our company is "Investing for Good" in local communities and, from that, planning effective ways to educate and highlight that program or activity to key stakeholders -- the news media, customers, community leaders, educators, youth, and others. The day would be complete with implementing the strategy to tell that particular story and receiving positive recognition or coverage of the story.
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"Someone once told me not to go into PR, that reporters are jerks."