Erica Villanueva

I am Erica Villanueva. I am an experienced, award-winning, bilingual communications leader.

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Erica Villanueva is an accredited public relations professional specializing in public affairs, branding, crisis management and health care related issues. She develops and implements strategic public relations and communications plans in support of client’s goals and objectives. Erica is skilled in gaining publicity for clients through earned media, strategic messaging and product branding.  She has an outstanding ability to quickly establish positive rapport with media outlets, government agencies, community organizations and the general public and is consistently successful in gaining positive results for clients. Erica is an "early adopter" and passionate about social and digital media. Erica was recently selected by Tallahassee Magazine as one of "15 Leaders on the Rise" and is the past-president of the Capital Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.

Account Manager at Ron Sachs Communications

March 2008 - Present | Tallahassee, Florida

Develop, coordinate and implement strategic statewide public relations campaigns.

Cross-Cultural Media Liaison at State of Florida

November 2005 - March 2008 | Tallahassee, Florida

Agency spokesperson specializing in Spanish-language communications. Copy writer and translator for statewide publications, brochures and other collateral materials.

New York University

2004 – 2005

Master's

Concentration: Spanish

University of Central Florida

2000 – 2004

Bachelor's

Concentration: Journalism

Travel, networking, public speaking, event planning, Spanish, social media and politics.