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Kurt Iverson

Communications Public Relations Marketing | Consumer Goods

• Boston, MA

Hi, I'm Kurt Iverson, public relations professional and communications leader for consumer packaged goods company Procter & Gamble, Gillette. I'm returning to the US after an international assignment in the EU. Destination: Boston.

Kurt Iverson's Bio:

Kurt Iverson's Experience:

• Senior Communications Manager at Procter & Gamble

  October 2003 - Present | Boston, MA

  Present: Communications Leader for Gillette Shave Care team, North America. April 2008-July 2013: Global External Relations Manager responsible for all internal and external relations at Duracell batteries, a $2+Billion brand that is part of Procter & Gamble's Household Care business unit. 2003-March 2008: Oversaw internal and external communications for North America for P&G Pet Care brands Iams and Eukanuba, part of a nearly $3 Billion division of Procter & Gamble's Global Health & Well-Being business unit.

• Director at Weber Shandwick Public Relations

  February 2002 - November 2003 | Dallas, Texas

  Director for American Airlines public relations account. WSW is part of the Interpublic Group agency lineup, and the account included Temerlin McClain Advertising and a wide assortment of integrated agencies contributing to AMR's communications efforts.

• Communications Manager at American Airlines

  February 2000 - February 2002 | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

  Communications Manager on AA Corporate Communications team and Chief Spokesperson for American Eagle Airlines. AMR was the world's largest airline with 4,000 daily takeoffs and landings.

• Director at Buzz Public Relations

  September 1999 - January 2001 | Dallas, Texas

  Built a PR agency team within an existing advertising agency with high tech and telecom accounts that included Uniden (phones, radar detectors, marine radios, FRS and CB radios and more), 1-800-Hosting, Global Converging Technologies, Evolo, Lotto. The agency eventually was sold to Leo Burnett, part of the Publicis Group.

• Communications Manager at Bustin & Co.

  January 1998 - December 1999 | Dallas, Texas

  Bustin was a boutique agency/consulting firm specializing in PR, marketing communications, government relations, database marketing and advertising. It was affiliated with the Omnicom group of agencies.

• Communications Manager at Pinnacle Trading Cards

  January 1994 - November 1998 | Dallas, Texas

  Communications/Marketing Manager and Product Development consultant for a multi-brand manufacturer of sports trading cards: Pinnacle, Score, Donruss, Action Packed, etc. Part of a turnaround effort, this company was an investment in the Robert Bass family of companies before closing in 1998.

• Journalist at Dallas Times Herald

  April 1984 - December 1991 | Dallas, Texas

  Sports reporter: Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, College Football & Basketball/Southwest Conference. I joined the DTH when it was part of the venerable Times Mirror Co. The chain ended up divesting of us, setting off a multi-year downfall that ended in the paper being sold to the competing Dallas Morning News, which shut us down. Times Mirror is now part of Tribune Co.

Kurt Iverson's Education:

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  1980 – 1984
  BJ

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