{"id":10880,"date":"2024-03-07T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10880"},"modified":"2024-03-07T14:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:37:53","slug":"10880","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/10880\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">With 30 years of experience, Julie is an expert at creating innovative programs that build and elevate travel and hospitality brands through media relations, consumer engagement, and strategic partnerships and events at the local, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">national<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> and international levels. She leads the agency\u2019s public relations, social <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">media<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> and experiential marketing practice across the Americas in addition to MMGY <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW97536973 BCX0\">Global\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> New York City office. Julie&#8217;s hands-on approach is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">evident<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">, as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">she\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> personally involved in overseeing business development plus strategy and implementation of programs for the agency&#8217;s growing portfolio of clients, ensuring they integrate into overall marketing efforts and generate maximum exposure and impact. In 2023, Julie was named a Changemaker as part of PR News\u2019 Top Women in PR Awards, and she has won <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">numerous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> HSMAI Adrian Awards for her <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\">work.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> Julie currently serves as Co-Chair of Destination International\u2019s PR and Communications Committee and HSMAI\u2019s Adrian Awards Steering Committee. Previously, Julie spent 17 years at Edelman, helping to build the firm\u2019s global tourism and hospitality offering as executive vice president and deputy global director.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW97536973 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julie-freeman-2407a8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW97536973 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW97536973 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW97536973 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:20}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10883,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10880\/revisions\/10883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}