Kellye Crane is an accomplished, award-winning communicator with 15 years of experience in strategic public relations and marketing communications. Crane specializes in high tech clients, and has also worked with some of the world's leading consumer products companies.
Crane's expertise includes strategic planning, writing services, media relations strategy and marketing communications. Since forming Crane Communications in 1995, Crane has helped manage award-winning public relations and marketing programs for ADP, BellSouth, Coca-Cola, IBM, Intel and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Previously, Crane was an Account Executive with GCI/Atlanta, where she managed media relations programs promoting the 1996 Olympic sponsorships of IBM and BellSouth. Prior to joining GCI/Atlanta, Crane was with high-tech PR pioneer Alexander Communications (now Ogilvy PR Worldwide), where she began and operated that agency's Trade Show/Events department, providing services for clients including Hewlett-Packard, CompuServe, Borland and Novell. Crane initially worked with Alexander Communications as an Assistant Account Executive, with past placements including front page stories in ComputerWorld, InfoWorld, Network World and PC Week, and feature coverage in leading national trade and business media including Information Week, NBC News, PC Magazine, PC Week, Sky Magazine, Telephony and Time Magazine.
Crane Communications Business Affiliates
These are just some of the many quality consultants working with Crane Communications:
- Karen Strong, Strong Communications, is a media and analyst relations expert, with more than a decade
of experience obtaining key placements for some of the nation's top companies.
- Nicole Nearman, Nicole Nearman Communications, has nearly 15 years of PR experience working top companies
like BellSouth, Deloitte & Touche and IBM. Nearman's specialties include strategic writing services.
- Dr. Timothy Brezina, Emory University, is an accomplished sociologist and an expert in data analysis.
Dr. Brezina specializes in survey methodologies, including those used in market research.
- Jennifer DuBerg has more than 10 years of experience providing in-depth support and account coordination
services to PR teams.
- Julie Charvat, Jacworks, is a skilled and creative designer offering services related to communicating identity and
message through graphic design, marketing, public relations, and business development.
- Ruth Williams, Independent Meeting Associates (IMA), has been involved in the corporate event area of high technology industry for over twenty years. IMA delivers a team of seasoned professionals with experience in all phases of meeting planning, special events and trade shows.
