Communications Strategist · Salt Lake City

Strategy, storytelling, & scalable content for the brands building what's next.

Digital Writing Design Advocacy

Results-driven communications pro with 10+ years across global tech and public policy — building content strategies that move audiences, scale teams, and align with business goals. Currently Digital Content Manager at Inkhouse PR.

Hi, I'm Kyle.

About

A long way from a Wyoming farm, but still rooted there.

I started my career by honing my skills in client relations and digital media at startups like Elevati and Adoption.com. At Sutherland Institute, I advanced to donor relations manager, implementing Salesforce and managing donor interactions. My expertise then took me to the United States Congress, where I developed communication strategies for the Joint Economic Committee.

Now, as a Digital Content Manager at Inkhouse, I lead organic social strategy for global tech clients, complimenting and elevating their digital and PR strategies. When I'm not strategizing or writing, you'll find me on nature walks, watching Netflix, or losing hours in used bookstores.

Selected Work

Four disciplines, one toolkit.

Digital content has always been the speciality — strategy, social, paid and organic, scaled across teams building 200–300 pieces of content per month for clients from government to global tech.

Inkhouse PR

Digital Content Manager

Apr 2022 – present · Salt Lake City

I focus on paid and organic social media strategy and oversee social content development for global tech industry clients. This requires regularly communicating campaign progress, updates, and optimization as well as working to generate quality content to maximize performance. Training AI tooling to increase team efficiency and oversee client CMS for accurate, timely cross-platform delivery. In addition, provided constructive feedback to junior team members as a mentor.

Inkhouse →

Treasure Communications LLC

Founder

Jun 2021 – Dec 2024 · Salt Lake City

Provided strategic communications consulting and advisory services to a diverse client portfolio including Utah Tech Leads, Silicon Slopes, The Beehive, and Becky Edwards for U.S. Senate, where I served as Communications Director. Delivered integrated solutions spanning social media management, email marketing, media outreach, messaging strategy, branding, and design.

U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee

Communications Director

Apr 2019 – Jun 2021 · Washington D.C.

Directed all communications strategy and execution for the Joint Economic Committee during the 116th and 117th Congresses. Developed and implemented integrated campaigns to expand the Committee's outreach and influence, spanning social media strategy and execution, graphic design, video editing, animation, web design, and editorial writing.

JEC →

Case study · Inkhouse × Dialpad

The Super Bowl commercial that needed a comms plan to match.

Planning

I led this digital content plan from idea to execution. Once the video team sent over a storyboard, we brainstormed a full communications plan to promote Dialpad's first Super Bowl commercial — integrating PR and digital across social, influencer relations, and media. Objective: maximize reach and engagement before, during, and after launch.

Execution

We teased the spot with social posts to stir curiosity, paired with a press release. Influencers amplified it on social. Day-of and post-launch activations stretched the investment's reach as far as it could go. We tracked metrics weekly and made strategy adjustments as necessary.

See the campaign →

Social content, day to day

A sampler

Not every campaign is a Super Bowl spot. Same care, smaller stage — content built around audience, channel, and building business momentum.

Email & LinkedIn newsletters

Direct lines to the audience

Newsletters build quality digital relationships through direct, consistent delivery straight to the inbox. Some samples below.

Video production & animation

Full-stack content

Video and animation are part of my full-stack approach to content. I have produced and animated in-house, which means faster turnarounds and tighter alignment with the broader strategy.

Long form, short form, press release, op-ed, essay, social caption — writing shapes strategy, design, and every campaign I touch. A career's worth of practice behind it.

Databricks · Press Release

Databricks Achieves Expanded FedRAMP® Authorization for its Lakehouse Platform

Announced Databricks' FedRAMP® Authorized status from the federal program's PMO — validating Lakehouse for federal agencies and contractors.

Read release →

The Hill · Op-Ed · 2018

Studying the Constitution can bridge political gaps — and ward off fake news

Co-authored op-ed making the case that reading the founding documents — together, across the aisle — does more for civic literacy than another hot take.

Read op-ed →

Substack · Personal Essay

My First Pumpkin Spice Latte

Personal essays on whatever's worth slowing down for — culture, politics, growing up. Published on Substack.

Read on Substack →

Social media & newsletter writing

On-brand, on-voice

Copy built for the scroll and the inbox — on-brand, on-voice, on-purpose.

The full writing samples PDF

Long form

A curated set of professional writing across press, social, and editorial — packaged into a single document for easy review.

Download samples

Design is central to communications, not decorative. I learned the principles, practice them, and put them to work — telling clients' stories in formats that actually get looked at.

Digital design

Social, graphic, motion-ready

JEC 2020 Report Style Guide

U.S. Congress · Joint Economic Committee

A full brand and layout style guide I developed for the Joint Economic Committee's 2020 annual report — covering typography, color, grid, and component usage.

Download style guide

Web design

Built for hierarchy

Web design philosophy in one sentence: define what you want people to do, then build the page around that.

In 2015, I felt the need to get involved. Since then I've worked in advocacy nonprofits, political campaigns, and the halls of Congress — all in an effort to make communities a better place for everyone.

Utah Tech Leads

Communications Manager

Provided consultation, management, design, and communications services for UTL, a Utah-focused nonpartisan political action committee — including social media strategy, paid advertising, messaging, branding, and more.

UTL →

Becky Edwards for U.S. Senate

Communications Director

Led communications for Becky Edwards' Republican primary run against Senator Mike Lee — social media, email marketing, media outreach, messaging strategy, branding, design, and execution.

Campaign site →

U.S. Congress · Joint Economic Committee

Communications Director

All communications strategy and execution for the JEC through the 116th and 117th Congresses — social campaigns, graphic design, video, animation, web, copywriting. Result: 60% lift in web traffic and engagement.

JEC →

Brimmer Communications

Communications Consultant

Managed media & government relations projects on tight deadlines — graphics, video, research, and copy delivered in hours, sometimes minutes. Quality production at any hour of the day.

Volunteer work & civic projects

Showing up

Organizer

The Banished! Ride

In 1988, a Utah legislator proposed banishing AIDS patients to Antelope Island. Each year we ride out there to commemorate this dark chapter of Utah's LGBTQ+ history.

Visit site →

Founder

Restore the Deseret Alphabet

Founder of Restore the Deseret Alphabet, a passion project advocating for Utah's forgotten 19th-century writing system through outreach, education, and awareness.

Visit site →

Co-Host

Inside The Hive Podcast

Want a little Bravo with your C-SPAN? A Utah-focused political podcast co-hosted with Hannah Barton. Produced by The Beehive.

Listen →

Founder

The Utah Civics Project

Through 2019–2020, built a one-stop civic engagement platform for Millennials and Gen Z. Brought 2,000+ young voters through the primary and general election seasons.

Usher & Ticket Taker

Pioneer Theatre Company

A fully professional theatre in residence at the University of Utah, producing classic, contemporary, and world-premiere work.

About PTC →

Usher

Ford's Theatre Society

The site of President Lincoln's assassination — museum, theatre, and immersive history in Washington, D.C.

Ford's Theatre →

Researcher

Better Days 2020

Historical research on the women's suffrage movement — cataloging burial sites of suffragettes, combing local archives, and supporting events.

Better Days →

Social Media Strategist

Jeff Howell for House District 23

Led social strategy and content design across Facebook, X, and Instagram. Advised on web, press releases, candidate statements, and overall campaign strategy.

Digital Specialist

Leland Christensen for Congress

Designed all social content across YouTube, Facebook, X, and Instagram — 100+ graphics in 6 months — plus consulted on the campaign website and digital strategy.

Recommendation

Kyle is one of the greatest coworkers I've ever worked with. He's smart, talented, professional, and humble — and someone who seems to know how to do anything, which makes him in high demand around the office. On top of it all, he's got the social skills and sense of humor to make him an asset (and a lot of fun) for any environment or project. I would highly recommend Kyle for any job — including President of the United States.

Christine Cooke Fairbanks — Former Colleague, Sutherland Institute

Want the short version?

Ten years of competencies, experience, and education on a single page.

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10+

Years experience

60%

Lift in web traffic & engagement at JEC

200+

Pieces of content per month

30+

Happy clients served

Get in touch

Let's talk through a complex comms challenge.

Outside perspective, scaled content strategy, or just a second set of eyes on a tricky message — happy to chat. Reach out and I'll get back to you quickly.

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