Ryan Hughes

Ryan Hughes is a senior public relations professional with over ten years of experience focused on providing clients with media relations and crisis communication support. In his most recent role as Senior Manager at Hiltzik Strategies, Hughes managed account teams from a variety of industries, including but not limited to those in media, entertainment, sports, tech, politics, publishing, finance, retail, real estate, public affairs, education, consumer goods, B2B, and philanthropy. As Senior Account Executive at the bipartisan public affairs firm ROKK Solutions in Washington, D.C., Hughes managed high level media relations for clients in both the private and public sectors, with a particular focus on how to leverage their message with policymakers in Washington. In this capacity, Hughes has developed close working relationships with reporters and producers at the local, national and international level. He joined ROKK Solutions from Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, where he served in a pivotal role handling conservative media relations for Governor Scott Walker's (R-WI) campaign for President, and later managed key aspects of the surrogate booking operation for Governor John Kasich's (R-OH) campaign for President.

Ryan Hughes is a senior public relations professional with over ten years of experience focused on providing clients with media relations and crisis communication support. In his most recent role as Senior Manager at Hiltzik Strategies, Hughes managed account teams from a variety of industries, including but not limited to those in media, entertainment, sports, tech, politics, publishing, finance, retail, real estate, public affairs, education, consumer goods, B2B, and philanthropy. As Senior Account Executive at the bipartisan public affairs firm ROKK Solutions in Washington, D.C., Hughes managed high level media relations for clients in both the private and public sectors, with a particular focus on how to leverage their message with policymakers in Washington. In this capacity, Hughes has developed close working relationships with reporters and producers at the local, national and international level. He joined ROKK Solutions from Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, where he served in a pivotal role handling conservative media relations for Governor Scott Walker's (R-WI) campaign for President, and later managed key aspects of the surrogate booking operation for Governor John Kasich's (R-OH) campaign for President.

Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Indiana University