about jennifer

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Jennifer Ecklund-Johnson, M.A., has five years experience in communications, including healthcare and corporate communications, public relations, and media relations. She currently is based in Chicago and works as a freelance communication consultant, editor and writer. As former producer of the Health In A Heartbeat program, she worked with Kaye Trammell and the Shands.org Web team to re-vamp the program’s Web site and launch a weekly eNewsletter. She wrote and edited scripts and also managed the Web site. Jennifer continues to write for the Health In A Heartbeat series. Other current projects include editorial management and feature writing for Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL, and Web site development for several small business clients.

Jennifer’s prior experience also includes working on the Shands HealthCare corporate communications team, coordinating communications efforts for the Neurological Center of Excellence at Shands at the University of Florida, editing publications for Shands HealthCare, coordinating public relations efforts for the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and working with Long Promotional Group in Chicago. She holds a master's degree in communication from DePaul University and a bachelor's degree in speech communications from North Park College in Chicago, IL.

... the buzz about jEJ

"The entire team and I were very impressed with Jennifer's polished preparation, ability to ramp-up quickly, and delivering on or ahead of schedule." - Jessica Hwu, closerlook, inc., Chicago, IL

"Jennifer has an amazing talent for writing. Even though she has never worked in the interior design industry, she was able to capture the essence of interior design and what I do in a manner that was sophisticated yet easy to read."
- Kristina A. Sterling, SEEK Interior Design Inc., Denver CO

"Jennifer has been superb. I've worked with a lot of marketing pros over the 20 years. She's one of the best." - William A. Friedman, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida

"Jennifer epitomizes professionalism. She's extremely bright, conscientious and driven to be successful in everything she does. I learned a lot by watching her interact with staff, clients and others. She always has a way of explaining things very concisely and getting her point across. Her products are excellent examples of how PR and Marketing products should look." - Garrett Hall, Shands HealthCare Marketing and Public Relations

"She always has a positive outlook and gets very excited about her work. Whenever the Web team is interested in trying out new technologies, Jennifer works with us in a collaborative working style to get the project off the ground, implemented and she continues to offer fresh ideas from the user's perspective to improve the project. Jennifer not only sees the benefit of how technology can improve the visibility and public relations efforts for her clients, she is willing to jump right into the process and get her "hands dirty" as the Web team works to streamline the process." - Kaye Trammell, University of Florida

"It is a pleasure to work with Jennifer. Her energy and enthusiasm are commendable. She has shown a high level of initiative in promoting the program, as well as good creativity with both the paid advertising and promotion of the program through public relations activities." - Polly Anderson, WUFT-TV/FM, University of Florida

For more information, contact Jennifer Ecklund-Johnson via e-mail at jen@jenej.com.