In the span of three short years, Julian collaborated with Georgia Tech to launch and build partnerships with U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories. Serving as the inaugural Program Manager, Julian’s impact includes:

• Leading strategic communications, content strategy, and stakeholder engagement initiatives supporting U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory partnerships, public research programs, and regional workforce development efforts.

• Managing a $10K/month communications and outreach budget while building analytics dashboards that improved reporting visibility and optimized engagement across distributed regional networks.

• Overseeing content publishing workflows, digital communications, and cross-functional coordination across leadership, research, and external partner teams.

• Supporting email marketing and newsletter distribution utilizing HubSpot, Mailchimp, and Emma, focusing on audience retention and engagement.

• Building editorial reporting systems and analytics workflows using Tableau and Google Analytics 4 that reduced manual reporting efforts 70% while increasing audience engagement and average time-on-site 40%.

• Coordinating cross-functional collaboration among government, academic, and institutional stakeholders to support large-scale public initiatives and coalition-based partnerships.

• Designing data-informed communications workflows that reduced campaign asset turnaround timelines 65% and improved stakeholder alignment across multi-organizational initiatives.

• Supporting large-scale public engagement events, workshops, and community-facing activations alongside federal laboratories, sustainability leaders, and regional partners.

• Translating complex institutional, scientific, and policy-related information into accessible public-facing messaging for diverse audiences.