John Marsh : Financial Services Experience

• Southern Banker Magazine - Managing Editor (1989-1991)
  • Managed editorial operations; wrote and edited articles covering all aspects of the industry; covered institutions of all sizes.
  • Wrote articles for American Banker, which owned Southern Banker at the time.
    
    
• Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – Editor (1991-1994)
  • Managed editorial operations; edited and wrote articles on economics, banking and Federal Reserve operations for three quarterly national newsletters, Economics Update, Financial Update and Regional Update.
  • Freelanced banking articles for Georgia Trend magazine during this period.
    
    
• Wachovia Corporation – Vice President, Public Relations Manager (1994-1998)
  • Managed the PR programs for the company’s Georgia consumer bank, its credit card bank, capital markets and treasury services divisions.
  • Wrote news releases, bylined articles and speeches for executives, standby statements and various other internal and external communications.
  • Edited the corporation’s Community Reinvestment Act magazines; planned and executed internal and external communications programs for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
    
    
• William Mills Agency – Group Director, Editorial Director (1998-1999)
  • Managed PR programs for clients that sell technology products and services to the banking industry; had overall responsibility for the firm’s editorial quality.
  • Wrote and/or edited bylined articles for executives, news releases and various other communications pieces for clients.
    
    
• Manning, Selvage & Lee – Editorial Director, Sr. Acct. Supervisor (1999-2000)
  • Managed PR programs of financial and technology companies, including directly representing Centura Banks Inc.; supervised agency’s editorial output & taught writing classes.
  • Wrote and/or edited various editorial and communications pieces, including annual reports, Web sites, speeches, brochures, press kit materials, bylined articles, case studies and news releases.
  • Wrote 1999 Centura Banks Inc. annual report, which won the National Association of Investors Corporation’s Nicholson Award as best annual report among mid-sized financial services companies.
    
    
• Marsh Communications – President (2001-Present)
  • Develop and manage investor relations, PR, corporate and marketing communications programs for financial services clients.
  • Specialize in areas including: consumer and commercial banking, mortgage banking, credit & debit card portfolio management, investor communications, financial services technology, alternative investments and insurance services, among others.
  • Lead firm’s Editorial Services practice: direct editorial consulting; write and/or edit communications pieces, including press releases, bylined articles, earnings releases, speeches, opinion articles/op-eds, white papers, annual reports, brochures, Web sites, newsletters and media kits, among others.

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