Jodi Swartz joins Weber Shandwick Baltimore to lead digital practice

(BALTIMORE, MD, January 5, 2016) – Jodi Swartz has joined global communications and marketing firm Weber Shandwick as senior vice president of its digital practice in Baltimore. Weber Shandwick’s digital practice serves regional, national and international clients, including multiple Fortune 100 firms. Swartz joins a team of editorial, production, platform and technology experts with deep experience creating content and online engagement.

Swartz brings proficiency in program development and strategic planning, multichannel marketing, web design and development, user-centered design, digital marketing and communications, social media, and digital media planning and buying. With almost 20 years of experience, Swartz has driven digital engagement and performance for clients in healthcare, education, financial services, government and consumer advocacy organizations. Her clients have included AARP, ADP, American Express, Barnard College, CACI, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rosetta Stone, Sarah Lawrence College, St. John’s College, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, The World Bank/Open Society Institute, University of Pennsylvania and Williams College.

Swartz earned three bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and is a graduate of the inaugural class of Towson University’s Professional Leadership Program for Women.

About Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is a leading global communications and engagement firm in 76 cities across 34 countries and operations extending to 124 cities in 81 countries. The firm’s diverse team of strategists, analysts, producers, designers, developers and campaign activators has won the most prestigious awards in the world for innovative, creative approaches and impactful work, including being honored as an Ad Age A-List Agency in 2014 and 2015, The Holmes Report’s Global Agency of the Year in 2014 and 2015, and PRWeek’s 2015 Global Agency of the Year. Weber Shandwick and its Prime unit have won a combined 25 Cannes Lions since 2009. Weber Shandwick was also named a Best Place to Work by Ad Age in 2014 and 2015 and PRWeek in 2013 and 2014. The firm deploys deep expertise across sectors and specialty areas, including consumer marketing, corporate reputation, healthcare, energy, higher education, technology, public affairs, financial services, corporate social responsibility, financial communications and crisis management, using proprietary social, digital and analytics methodologies. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit http://www.webershandwick.com.

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