Marketing & Communications
The Marketing & Communications team advances John Jay's strategic goals and builds and protects its reputation. We do this by creating compelling content that highlights our strengths and shares our story via our website, social media channels, publications and more. See below for more info on what we do and how we can work together.
Editorial
The editorial team promotes John Jay by telling its stories and elevating its mission and visibility. It produces Justice Matters, a bi-annual magazine; John Jay News, a monthly e-newsletter; JMail, a weekly student-focused e-newsletter; and articles covering the accomplishments of faculty, students and alums that are regularly published on the website. Please contact Andrea Dawn Clark, editorial director, at anclark@jjay.cuny.edu with questions.
Graphic Design
The graphic design team provides consistent visual content that creates a strong, recognizable brand [see branding guidelines] and help bring John Jay’s identity to life. This includes ads, signage, website graphics, event promotion, social media graphics and logos.
To collaborate with us, please fill out our graphics request form or contact Laura DeVries, creative director, at ldevries@jjay.cuny.edu.
Media Relations/Find an Expert
For news information or to reach a faculty expert, please contact Richard Relkin, director of media relations, or Jan Benjamin, public relations coordinator. Find our faculty expert guide here.
Social Media
Our social media team manages John Jay's social channels and promotes our mission and the accomplishments of the our community. See our channels below and contact Gina Mingione, social media manager, at gmingione@jjay.cuny.edu with questions.
Instagram [general] Instagram [student] Facebook LinkedIn YouTube
Video Production
The video production team produces and delivers professional videos aligned with John Jay's strategic priorities. To request video production, please complete the video production request form. Contact Thomas Jaeger, director of video production, at tjaeger@jjay.cuny.edu with questions.
Web Services
The web services team manages the public-facing John Jay website which includes updates, maintenance, SEO, analytics, etc. We can help with content strategy and creation, event websites, web forms, etc. Contact Anh Phan, web assistant, at aphan@jjay.cuny.edu with questions.
For information on the new website project, including status reports, content development guidelines, training videos and a user guide, please click here.
Team Members
Jan Benjamin, Public Relations Coordinator
jbenjamin@jjay.cuny.edu
Andrea Clark, Editorial Director
anclark@jjay.cuny.edu
Shirley Del Valle, Writer/Editor
sdelvalle@jjay.cuny.edu
Laura DeVries, Creative Director
ldevries@jjay.cuny.edu
Bryan Harrold, Video Producer
bharrold@jjay.cuny.edu
Thomas Jaeger, Director of Video Production
tjaeger@jjay.cuny.edu
Chunhui Meng, Web Developer
cmeng@jjay.cuny.edu
Anastasia Parent, Graphic Designer
aparent@jjay.cuny.edu
Anh Phan, Assistant Web Manager
aphan@jjay.cuny.edu
Kira Poplowski, Chief Communications Officer
kpoplowski@jjay.cuny.edu
Richard Relkin, Director of Media Relations
rrelkin@jjay.cuny.edu
Praim Samsoondar, Communications Production Specialist
psamsoondar@jjay.cuny.edu
Justin Thomas, Video Producer
juthomas@jjay.cuny.edu