Rachel Lipsitz
Vice President, Corporate Communications & Advocacy at PharmaEssentia- Claim this Profile
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Paul Arndt, MBA
I have had the absolute pleasure to have worked with Rachel while at Porter Novelli, and then again at Vida Communications. She is an individual who cares for her work in every detail. Rachel is upbeat, productive, and a creative thinker. Her agency experience provides her with exceptional insights in resolving business issues. She has a unique ability to quickly grasp the fundamental nature of a situation, apply her experience to develop an effective and feasible solution, and obtain consensus for the plan of action. I have always been impressed with Rachel’s confident and friendly demeanor, which allows her to quickly establish rapport, and more importantly – credibility – amongst broad and diverse audiences. Any organization would benefit from having Rachel represent them and would be an asset to the organization.
Paul Arndt, MBA
I have had the absolute pleasure to have worked with Rachel while at Porter Novelli, and then again at Vida Communications. She is an individual who cares for her work in every detail. Rachel is upbeat, productive, and a creative thinker. Her agency experience provides her with exceptional insights in resolving business issues. She has a unique ability to quickly grasp the fundamental nature of a situation, apply her experience to develop an effective and feasible solution, and obtain consensus for the plan of action. I have always been impressed with Rachel’s confident and friendly demeanor, which allows her to quickly establish rapport, and more importantly – credibility – amongst broad and diverse audiences. Any organization would benefit from having Rachel represent them and would be an asset to the organization.
Paul Arndt, MBA
I have had the absolute pleasure to have worked with Rachel while at Porter Novelli, and then again at Vida Communications. She is an individual who cares for her work in every detail. Rachel is upbeat, productive, and a creative thinker. Her agency experience provides her with exceptional insights in resolving business issues. She has a unique ability to quickly grasp the fundamental nature of a situation, apply her experience to develop an effective and feasible solution, and obtain consensus for the plan of action. I have always been impressed with Rachel’s confident and friendly demeanor, which allows her to quickly establish rapport, and more importantly – credibility – amongst broad and diverse audiences. Any organization would benefit from having Rachel represent them and would be an asset to the organization.
Paul Arndt, MBA
I have had the absolute pleasure to have worked with Rachel while at Porter Novelli, and then again at Vida Communications. She is an individual who cares for her work in every detail. Rachel is upbeat, productive, and a creative thinker. Her agency experience provides her with exceptional insights in resolving business issues. She has a unique ability to quickly grasp the fundamental nature of a situation, apply her experience to develop an effective and feasible solution, and obtain consensus for the plan of action. I have always been impressed with Rachel’s confident and friendly demeanor, which allows her to quickly establish rapport, and more importantly – credibility – amongst broad and diverse audiences. Any organization would benefit from having Rachel represent them and would be an asset to the organization.
Experience
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PharmaEssentia
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Taiwan
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Biotechnology Research
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100 - 200 Employee
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Vice President, Corporate Communications & Advocacy
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Sep 2022 - Present
● Build and advance PEC’s reputation and engagement with priority external audiences ● Develop thoughtful, holistic external and internal communications strategies, and positively position PEC to advance our strategy, values and priorities ● Lead PEC’s patient advocacy engagement efforts to make a positive impact in the lives of patients and families ● Build and advance PEC’s reputation and engagement with priority external audiences ● Develop thoughtful, holistic external and internal communications strategies, and positively position PEC to advance our strategy, values and priorities ● Lead PEC’s patient advocacy engagement efforts to make a positive impact in the lives of patients and families
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Bristol Myers Squibb
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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R&D Communications - External Communications Lead
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Apr 2020 - Aug 2022
● Created and executed all external communications strategies for the company’s global R&D organization ● Collaborated with R&D leadership team to raise visibility of company’s science, innovation and leadership across key therapeutic areas ● Secured top industry awards, speaking engagements and media coverage ● Created and executed all external communications strategies for the company’s global R&D organization ● Collaborated with R&D leadership team to raise visibility of company’s science, innovation and leadership across key therapeutic areas ● Secured top industry awards, speaking engagements and media coverage
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Syneos Health Communications
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United States
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Advertising Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Vice President
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Aug 2011 - Mar 2020
● Established meaningful long-term relationships with clients, patient advocacy groups, patients and caregivers to develop initiatives to raise awareness of and connectivity around the impact of living with rare diseases ● Developed and oversaw the execution of integrated public relations, corporate communications and advocacy relations programs for biopharmaceutical clients across various therapeutic areas ● Executed targeted media, social media and internal communications campaigns that maximized visibility of corporate and product milestones, such as product approvals, data announcements, corporate achievements and awards Show less
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Self Employed
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United States
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700 & Above Employee
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Communications Consultant
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May 2009 - Aug 2011
● Executed appropriate communication strategies and tactics to allow biotechnology clients’ communications to reach target audiences, including media, peers, employees, customers and investors ● Developed corporate, product and technology messaging platforms and positioning for a range of life sciences clients and products ● Led virtual speaker training workshops for biotechnology executives around major speaking events ● Executed appropriate communication strategies and tactics to allow biotechnology clients’ communications to reach target audiences, including media, peers, employees, customers and investors ● Developed corporate, product and technology messaging platforms and positioning for a range of life sciences clients and products ● Led virtual speaker training workshops for biotechnology executives around major speaking events
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Vida Communication
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San Diego, California, United States
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Account Supervisor
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May 2008 - Aug 2011
● Provided consultation to biotechnology, life sciences tools, surgical device and venture capital clients in areas of corporate and business development, communication strategy, and corporate/product positioning and messaging ● Developed and executed strategic, goal-oriented public/investor relations and corporate communications programming for all clients ● Developed various communication tools, including press releases, Q&A documents, product and corporate messaging documents, and conference call scripts Show less
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Porter Novelli
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United States
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Account Executive
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2004 - 2008
● Built comprehensive communication plans, including strategies for managing outbound communications, developing proactive media and investor programs and implementing key opinion leader development ● Built comprehensive communication plans, including strategies for managing outbound communications, developing proactive media and investor programs and implementing key opinion leader development
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Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Public Relations, Business
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