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Temple hires new public relations manager The City of Temple hired Emily Parks as its new public relations manager. Parks will serve as the city’s spokeswoman and be responsible for all City media relations and community relations efforts. “Emily brings a strong set of communication and journalism skills to the team along with a wealth of knowledge in strategic communications, community engagement and relationship building,” Marketing and Communications Director Heather Bates said. “Those skills will serve Temple and its residents well as we work to build community engagement and maintain clear and open communication.” In her role, Parks will also oversee media relations and work to develop and improve community engagement and involvement efforts in the city. “I’m very excited to join the City of Temple and build on the already stellar work they do in communications,” Parks said. “This role puts me in the unique position of ensuring our citizens are heard and informed and gives me the opportunity to do everything I can to support the city’s efforts to make Temple a place we all love.” Parks has more than 15 years’ experience in journalism, communication and city and state government public relations, having most recently served as Chief of Communications for the City of Hutto.Prior to that, Parks served as social media coordinator for the Texas Department of Transportation, where she handled writing for digital highway signs and social media. She has also served as director of communications and spokeswoman for multiple school districts in Texas. Parks has a degree in Communications from the University of Texas at San Antonio, her master’s degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Communicator through the graduate certification program at Texas Christian University.
The City of Temple hired Emily Parks as its new public relations manager. Parks will serve as the city’s spokeswoman and be responsible for all City media relations and community relations efforts.
“Emily brings a strong set of communication and journalism skills to the team along with a wealth of knowledge in strategic communications, community engagement and relationship building,” Marketing and Communications Director Heather Bates said. “Those skills will serve Temple and its residents well as we work to build community engagement and maintain clear and open communication.”
In her role, Parks will also oversee media relations and work to develop and improve community engagement and involvement efforts in the city.
“I’m very excited to join the City of Temple and build on the already stellar work they do in communications,” Parks said. “This role puts me in the unique position of ensuring our citizens are heard and informed and gives me the opportunity to do everything I can to support the city’s efforts to make Temple a place we all love.”
Parks has more than 15 years’ experience in journalism, communication and city and state government public relations, having most recently served as Chief of Communications for the City of Hutto.Prior to that, Parks served as social media coordinator for the Texas Department of Transportation, where she handled writing for digital highway signs and social media. She has also served as director of communications and spokeswoman for multiple school districts in Texas.
Parks has a degree in Communications from the University of Texas at San Antonio, her master’s degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Communicator through the graduate certification program at Texas Christian University.