Philippa Courtney

Advertising, public relations, and corporate communications professional with a B.A. in Communi­cations from Ryerson Polytechnic Institute and over twenty years of professional brand messaging strategy development and communications writing experience.

Specializes in turning complex subjects into entertaining, easy-to-understand, communications that get results.

Reputation for grounding creativity with strategic thinking and in-depth research.

Industry experience includes professional services, retail, non-profit, utilities, scientific, military, and governmental agencies.

●  Advertising copy for print, television, & radio

●  Brochures

●  Catalog communication strategy

●  Direct marketing

●  Employee handbooks

●  Fact sheets

●  Feature articles

●  Newsletters

●  News releases

●  Presentations

●  Press packages

●  Brand tag lines & slogans

●  Training manuals & workbooks

●  Video scripts for employee orientation, public affairs, &
corporate marketing

●  Website design strategies

Wrote the copy for Northwest Natural’s Corporate Guide for Employees.

Created and co-produced a provocative, yet tasteful 30-second television advertisement for a natural herbal “aphrodisiac” that passed network approval and helped launch Metabolife.

Wrote and produced The Changing Faces of Kauai, a12-minute video that was praised by islanders and helped reduce growing hostility toward the US military presence on the island.

Developed creative story angles that resulted in consistent feature story coverage for a regional ridesharing program.

Created the San Diego Cares About Clean Air public information campaign leading to successful adoption of legislative bill for California’s Smog Inspection and Maintenance Program.

Wrote TV scripts for MTM Productions and Metro Media.

Created the Million Dollar Banana Peel campaign for national law firm. The campaign attracted extensive media coverage, filled every seat in a conference, and launched a new practice area for the law firm.

Developed creative story angles that resulted in a wide variety of print and TV coverage for a book author and columnist.

Bartell Hotels

Bigger Than Life Promotions

California Department of Transportation

Children's Hospital of Oakland

City of San Diego

Considine and Considine

Creative Consumer Media, Los Angeles

Frontline Video

Grossmont College District

Hamburger Hamlet Restaurants

Hewlett-Packard Company

HomeBuyer Agents, Inc.

Jenkins and Perry

Kaiser Permanente

KITT-Radio

Living Environments NW, Inc.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps

McKinnon Productions

MTM Productions

Nepegen Pharmaceuticals (Metabolife)

Northwest Natural Gas Company

Otay Water District

Planar Systems

Public Schools Federal Credit Union

Real Estate Consumer Education Group

Realty Technologies, Inc.

The Standard Insurance Company

US Strategic Defense Command

401-316-0629    Courtney (at) CourtneyAndFiske (dot) com