APRIL HAMILTON
Résumé
Internal Communications | Employee Experience | Creative Production
Professional summary
I create the messages, experiences, and systems that help people understand what their company is doing, why it matters, and where they fit.
For more than 20 years, I’ve supported leaders, employees, sales teams, and customers through executive presentations, global town halls, employee video, intranets, culture and recognition content, product education, web, social media, and live production.
Much of my judgment was built working directly with CEOs, COOs, CHROs, CFOs, and senior leadership teams—learning how the business is run, then turning those priorities into clear, human communication.
I can find the structure, challenge a buried message, design the asset, run the live moment, and build the workflow that makes the next one easier.
Build the system. Shape the message. Make the moment land.
Selected impact
A few numbers that show the scale behind the work.
1,200+
Employees reached through global town halls and leadership communications across 20+ offices in 15 countries.
400 daily
1,000 monthly
Active users on the global WordPress intranet that replaced an underused SharePoint platform.
7 days
To build an in-house live-broadcast workflow for sensitive acquisition communications across North America, Europe, and APAC.
200–300
Remote employees supported through recurring CEO content, weekly video, intranet updates, company news, and culture communications.
The work I do
Employees, Culture & Connection
Internal communications, employee experience, culture content, recognition, HR and People partnership, remote-workforce engagement, recruiting communications, and employee resource platforms.
Executive Communications & Company-Wide Moments
Leadership messaging, executive presentations, Board materials, all-hands and global town halls, major announcements, speaker preparation, live broadcasts, video, Q&A, and post-event publishing.
Creative Production & Communication Systems
Presentation design, video and motion, web and intranet platforms, visual systems, templates, toolkits, governance, channel planning, reusable assets, production workflows, and AI-assisted process design.
Tools & technology
PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, InDesign, WordPress, SharePoint, Sprout Social, monday.com, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace and Slides, WebEx, Zoom, Slack, Teams, NewTek TriCaster, DSLR cameras, lighting and audio equipment, Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot, Claude and GPT-based tools, and Figma training.
The work behind the résumé
These case studies show the decisions, constraints, wrong turns, technical problem-solving, and hands-on production behind the finished work.
Building a Global Live Stream in Seven Days
A sensitive executive communication had to reach employees across several regions. I volunteered to build the live-broadcast solution—and had seven days to make it work.
Keeping a Fully Remote Workforce Connected
A recurring communication rhythm built across CEO content, weekly video, intranet publishing, company updates, quarterly meetings, and culture communications.
Using AI to Untangle a Video Workflow
I used AI as a thinking partner to map a complicated production process, expose exceptions and missing decisions, and design a clearer monday.com system.
Reshaping a 45-Slide Quarterly Business Meeting
A fast-turn production assignment became a full presentation system balancing business information, leadership messaging, recognition, energy, and usability.
Experience
A career that began in broadcast production and grew into creative communications, employee experience, executive support, digital platforms, and the systems connecting all of it.
American Public Life
Digital Marketing Analyst
February 2024 – Present
Strategic Communications, Employee Content, Product Education & Multimedia
- Translate regulated insurance products, business priorities, recruiting, sales enablement, and employee-culture messages into clear presentations, video, web, social, training, and internal communications with leadership and legal/compliance review.
- Produce and edit product explainer videos used across the website, broker portal, sales presentations, social media, YouTube, training, enrollment meetings, and client presentations.
- Produced more than 600 social posts in 2025, contributing to 61K+ impressions, 5,900+ engagements, 2,200+ video views, nearly 2,000 post link clicks, and LinkedIn follower growth of approximately 18%.
- Produced a Graphic Design USA award-winning internal brand video introducing the company’s “Decisions Matter” theme; the work began as employee communication and was later adapted for external client audiences.
- Build communication toolkits, visual systems, scripts, motion graphics, infographics, training assets, and reusable creative materials; use analytics and AI to improve early-stage thinking and production without giving up human judgment.
Related case study: AI-Assisted Video Workflow & Creative Operations →
PCI notthebigcompany
Freelance Executive Presentation Design
2026
Executive Storytelling, Presentation Strategy & Fast-Turn Production
- Invited back to reshape a 45-slide quarterly business meeting deck in PCI’s Canva space, improving narrative pacing, hierarchy, recognition content, photography, motion, and reusable presentation components while source material continued to change.
- Treated the deck as one communication system rather than 45 separate slides, balancing business information, leadership messaging, recognition, energy, and usability for the person presenting it.
- Completed the fast-turn presentation in approximately 14 hours.
Related case study: Quarterly Business Meeting Presentation Design →
PCI notthebigcompany
Multimedia Production & Communications Specialist
January 2021 – January 2024
Executive Communications, Culture, Remote Workforce Engagement, Video & Intranet
- Partnered closely with the CEO on the communication system surrounding his daily leadership content, weekly videos, company announcements, presentations, and business updates for a fully remote workforce of approximately 200–300 employees.
- Designed, built, and maintained RiseWithDrew.com; prepared and published the CEO’s leadership content internally and supported the recurring publishing and distribution rhythm.
- Produced executive video communications end-to-end—supporting scripts and leader voice, filming, editing, motion graphics, publishing, and distribution—and used engagement data to understand what landed and adjust future content.
- Built presentations, intranet content, training materials, employee job aids, event and culture communications, and repeatable production workflows supporting quarterly meetings, business updates, and everyday employee communication.
- Wrote and published the 2022 press release announcing PCI’s #55 ranking on the Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ list, with CEO and leadership approval.
- Received a peer-nominated quarterly company values award selected by the leadership team.
Related case study: Culture & Remote Employee Communications →
Capital One — FS Tech & Data
Senior Communications Specialist, Contract
November 2020 – December 2020
Technology Communications, Templates & Remote Employee Engagement
- Created branded communication templates and animations for Slack and Google Slides, improving consistency and making repeatable department communications easier to produce and use.
- Redesigned the department intranet and produced communications and presentation visuals for a fully remote year-end update supporting approximately 2,000 employees.
Cisco
Multimedia Producer & Communications Consultant, Contract
July 2019 – November 2019
Technical Communications & Executive-Ready Storytelling
- Translated IT application-development work into clear executive presentations, project proposals, and intranet communications for non-technical audiences.
- Created an HR/recruiting explainer video and supporting communication materials across PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Cloud, and intranet platforms.
Dynata, formerly Research Now
Global Multimedia Production Manager
December 2011 – July 2019
Global Internal Communications, Executive Partnership, All-Hands & Communication Systems
- Led multimedia and communications production for a global B2B data organization of 1,200+ employees across 20+ offices in 15 countries, partnering with executives, Global Internal Communications, HR, Training, IT, Legal, Sales leadership, and regional teams.
- Produced quarterly global town halls across three to five live sessions, coordinating executive narratives, CEO/CFO talking points, presentations, Q&A, rehearsals, live broadcasts, recordings, replays, and employee feedback across time zones.
- Built the global WordPress intranet that replaced an underused SharePoint platform, increasing adoption from fewer than 100 active users to approximately 400 daily and 1,000 monthly users; established content standards, contributor training, and governance.
- Built an in-house live-broadcast workflow in seven days for sensitive acquisition-related communications across North America, Europe, and APAC. The work earned a CEO Award.
- Created C-suite and Board-facing quarterly materials, KPI and data visualizations, executive committee content, leadership presentations, and scalable PowerPoint and communication systems.
- Designed and developed a WordPress LMS used for HR compliance and Sales training, along with a culture-focused careers site supporting recruiting, employer brand, office storytelling, and HR campaigns.
- Led cross-functional project teams, vendors, freelancers, IT partners, production specialists, and executive stakeholders across video, web, print, events, and communication projects without relying on direct authority.
Related case study: Executive Communications & Secure Live Streaming →
Broadcast & production foundation
My early career gave me the hands-on production foundation I still draw from today: editing, motion, storytelling, live and field production, technical troubleshooting, and getting finished work out the door.
Studios 121
Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer
September 2010 – December 2011
Produced broadcast and promotional content for FamilyNet and YoutToo, formerly ALN. Edited network promos, created motion graphics and branded video elements, assembled programs for broadcast, and supported live and field production.
RadioVision
Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer
May 2006 – October 2010
Edited broadcast, web, promotional, and commercial video; created motion graphics and visual assets; managed approved outputs and archived projects; and supported shoots as a director, camera operator, gaffer, production assistant, and talent.
Education
Art Institute of Dallas
Associate of Applied Science in Video Production
Graduated March 2006 with Honors | GPA 3.5
Awards & recognition
- CEO Award, Research Now / Dynata — Awarded after I built the live-broadcast solution for sensitive acquisition-related communications.
- Graphic Design USA Award, American Public Life — Internal branding video introducing the “Decisions Matter” theme.
- Quarterly Company Values Award, PCI — Peer-nominated recognition selected by the leadership team.
- STAR Award, Research Now — Manager-nominated recognition from Mike Maccioli, 2012.
- Gold ADDY Award, American Advertising Federation of Fort Worth — National television campaign.
Looking for someone who can shape the message and build what it needs?
I’m interested in internal communications, employee experience, executive communications, creative communications, multimedia, and related roles where the work needs both judgment and hands-on production.
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