Wikimedia Foundation/Communications

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Communications

Communications is a Wikimedia Foundation department. The teams in the department share information, create connections, protect and grow our reputation, build belonging in and awareness of — the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects, and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself — with a global audience.


Leadership

Anusha Alikhan

Chief Communications Officer

Zack McCune

Director, Brand Studio

Nazneen Nawaz

Senior Director, External Communications

Evelyn Mwangi

Director, Internal Communications

Mayur Paul

Senior Director, Movement Communications




Brand Studio
We connect Wikimedia to culture by creating storytelling objects (videos! murals! animated GIFs!), guiding creative partnerships, and developing marketing campaign materials. Everything we make works towards increasing awareness, usage, and support for Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects worldwide.

The team

Zack McCune

Director of Brand

Corli de Kock

Senior Brand Strategist

Tas Elias

Brand Collaboration Lead

Samir Elsharbaty

Brand Associate

Blanca Flores

Designer

Mathoto Matsetela-Hartmann

Senior Manager, Global Brand

Jordan McRae

Multimedia Designer

Marina Ramos

Senior Copywriter





External Communications
The Wikimedia Foundation's External Communications team works to raise awareness of Wikimedia projects and movement among audiences beyond the Foundation and our volunteer community.

The team

Nazneen Nawaz

Senior Director, External Communications

Alberto Anton

Integrated Marketing Specialist

Gabrielle Basha

Executive Communications Associate

Brooke Camarda

Senior Marketing Specialist

Lauren Dickinson

Senior Communications Manager

Ed Erhart

Communications Specialist

Vidhu Goyal

Lead Communications Specialist

Barbara Kandek

Communications Specialist

Gwada Majange

Lead Communications Specialist

Lucas Pasqual

Senior Social Media Specialist

Laura Pulecio Duarte

Public Policy Communications Specialist

Olga Spingou

Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing





Movement Communications
Movement Communications brings people together and works to create a sense of belonging. We build connections, help people understand our mission and celebrate their role in its success.

The team

Mayur Paul

Senior Director, Movement Communications

Rae Adimer

Movement Communications Associate

Aida Akhmedova

Movement Communications Specialist

Giselle Bordoy

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Latin America)

Oscar Costero

Translator (Spanish)

Benoît Evellin

Community Relations Specialist

Szymon Grabarczuk

Lead Community Relations Specialist

Johan Jönsson

Product Ambassadors Manager

Winnie Kabintie

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Africa)

Chris Koerner

Senior Movement Communications Specialist

Elena Lappen

Lead Movement Communications Specialist

Luca Martinelli

Community Relations Specialist

Belinda Mbambo

Senior Manager, Global Movement Communications

Lisa McCabe

Senior Manager, Movement Communications

Junko Nakayama

Facilitator, Japanese communities

Uzoma Ozurumba

Senior Community Relations Specialist

Mahuton Possoupe

Global Movement Communications Specialist (Africa)

Amal Ramadan

Senior Community Relations Specialist

Rachit Sharma

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Asia)

Kelsi Stine-Rowe

Senior Manager, Movement Communications

Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Europe)

Sandister Tei

Community Relations Specialist

Benedict Udeh

Community Relations Specialist

Gregory Varnum

Senior Strategist, Movement Communications

Nick Wilson

Senior Community Relations Specialist

Manar Yacoub Criner

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (MENA)}





Internal Communications
Internal Communications seeks to create an engaged and informed staff at the Wikimedia Foundation, increasing the sense of welcoming and belonging in our workplace culture. We aim to ensure that each person in our globally distributed organization has access to the information they need to collaborate and achieve our mission.

The team

Evelyn Mwangi

Director of Internal Communications

Lindsay Ferguson

Internal Communications Lead





Program Management
The program management team operates across all teams in the Communications department in order to bring a collective resonance to all team, departmental, and foundation-level work: managing, overseeing, and shepherding various aspects of each team’s work.

The team

Carla Casilli

Senior Manager, Program Management

Amba Priya Dube

Project Manager

Lena Traer

Senior Creative Project Manager