BIO

Jill Lazear joined the New Venture Communications team in January of 2006 as Director of Operations. Her breadth of experience includes working at ALZA Corporation as Assistant to the Vice-President for Corporate and Investor Relations and Corporate Communications where she fielded media inquiries, coordinated meetings with analysts, composed press releases while managing employee activities and prepared internal documents and presentations.

Jill has experience developing corporate advertising copy at Ackerman-Practicon where she served as Marketing Coordinator, helping to organize a new brand image and logo, and at Miller-Shandwick (now Weber-Shandwick Worldwide) as Executive Assistant to the Chairman. In this position, she created proposals for prospective clients, coordinated budget projections, client invoicing and account management.

After her departure from Miller-Shandwick, Jill accepted a position at Stanford University Medical School in the Department of OB/GYN for the Women’s Health Clinic, acting as the initial point of contact for clients while managing administrative aspects of WH@S and MSRP programs.

New Venture Communications is delighted to have Jill Lazear as the Director of Operations where she manages internal operations, client invoicing and HR responsibilities, including benefits, payroll, calculating and processing expenditure reports, and preparing monthly financial analyses and budget projections. Jill’s enthusiasm and professionalism are assets to the firm and we look forward to her continued success as a part of our team.