Tom Ciesielka, President of TC Public Relations, has worked in public relations, marketing, and business development for more than 25 years. He uses his media relations expertise to help clients carefully manage their reputation, whether it’s crisis communications at the speed of Twitter or thought leadership in a New York Times Op-Ed.
He manages each client’s mission, vision, and brand in local and national media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Fox News, and the Associated Press, and provides development strategies for professional circles on LinkedIn and other social media outlets. Throughout his career, he has represented his clients with integrity and honesty, and those values continue to be a cornerstone of his business today.
Tom relocated from his native Philadelphia to Chicago in 1984. Prior to founding TC Public Relations, Tom honed his public relations skills in film sales, representing studios such as Paramount Pictures, MGM, and New Line Cinema, and as the marketing director for the Museum of Broadcast Communications, where he promoted exhibitions on American soap operas, rock ‘n’ roll music, and Walt Disney’s innovations in broadcasting.
As TC Public Relations advances through its second decade, Tom leads an established team of professionals, mastering emerging technologies and communication tools that continually improve message distribution and client representation in the media. He thrives in this environment of collaboration, change, and focused improvement.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Tom Ciesielka
- Meeting Your Match - Law Firm Publicists as Matchmakers between Law Firms and Media - (Posted On Monday, September 06, 2010)
- Social Media Management -- Avoid a Crisis of Communications - (Posted On Saturday, August 28, 2010)
- Easy Tweeting - A Few Suggested Applications to Simplify Twitter - (Posted On Saturday, August 21, 2010)
- Know Who, How and When to Persuade - (Posted On Sunday, August 15, 2010)
- Watch Your Mouth - Knowing What to Say and How to Say It - (Posted On Sunday, August 01, 2010)
- Summer Cleaning - Updating and Maintaining Content on Various Social Media Platforms - (Posted On Sunday, July 11, 2010)
- Slick Attorneys - Thoughts About Attorney Marketing and the Gulf Oil Spill - (Posted On Wednesday, June 23, 2010)
- Pre-trial publicity - while sometimes a very slippery issue, can be crucial to winning in the court of public opinion. - (Posted On Tuesday, June 15, 2010)
- PR-Induced Firm Growth - On-Line is No Longer Optional - (Posted On Sunday, June 13, 2010)
- Quick Tips on Catching the Media’s Eye - (Posted On Thursday, June 10, 2010)