Three communications and marketing professionals: Public Relations Manager Ken Valenti, Senior Account Executive Emily Hilliard and Marketing Coordinator Nicole DiCarlo have joined award-winning Focus Media in Goshen, a full-service public relations and marketing firm.
Focus Media President and CEO Josh Sommers said, “These new team members will help further advance our expertise in digital and online marketing.”
Valenti, a public relations professional since 2014, joins Focus Media after providing public relations services for several school districts in Westchester County and building a freelance business with clients in government, health care and business. He holds a master”™s degree in writing from Manhattanville College in Purchase, and a bachelor”™s degree in communications from Fordham University in the Bronx.
Hilliard brings nearly a decade of marketing and design experience in industries such as hospitality, retail and industrial manufacturing. A graduate of SUNY New Paltz with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, she will help develop strategies, create high-impact marketing campaigns, enhance media presence, increase community engagement and produce content for presentations, websites, social media and video.
DiCarlo, who earned a bachelor”™s degree in fine arts at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York, specializes in social media, film and video production and content creation. She has amassed a highly engaged audience of 72,000 followers on TikTok, went ”˜viral”™ with over 2.4 million views, and her username has been searched on the app over 3.2 million times. She attributes her growth to expertise with several types of software, broadcasting live from around the nation and engaging with her followers.
Since launching Focus Media in 2002, Sommers has assembled a highly talented team of marketing experts, public relations strategists and graphic designers.
