Jessica Antle
Background
With 25 years of corporate communications experience, Jessica is a seasoned professional
whom CEO’s trust with their most critical business issues. She is sought after for her
expertise in building brands through thought leadership, handling sensitive corporate
issues and financial events, crisis communications, employee communications programs,
and content management strategy.
Jessica is the Practice Lead, PR and Strategic Communications at Beacon Digital Marketing.
Prior to this, Jessica was the head of Brand Marketing and Communications at AvidXchange,
a top 30 global unicorn who went public in October of 2021.
Prior to this, Jessica was the head of Global Communications at Dorel Sports, a portfolio
company with popular consumer brands such as Schwinn, Mongoose and Cannondale sold
in more than 80 countries worldwide. A member of the management team, Jessica was
responsible for setting the strategic communications agenda while leveraging public
relations to drive business results. Jessica’s team’s responsibilities included media
relations, social media, sports marketing communications, employee communications,
executive communications, philanthropy, advocacy and global integration and coordination
of communications around the world.
Prior to Dorel, Jessica spent seven years at MasterCard Worldwide in roles of increasing
responsibility, from Director of Corporate Communications to Chief of Staff for the CMO.
During this time, she had leadership responsibility for crisis communications, public policy
communications, the launch of the new MasterCard corporate brand and communications of
the company’s IPO, at the time the 12th largest IPO in history.
Earlier in her career, Jessica built her experience in PR and marketing working on agency
accounts for brands like IBM and Blackberry.
A winner of a Theodore Sorenson National Speechwriters Award and a PR Week Award,
Jessica graduated cum laude with a B.A., in Public Relations and Political Science from the
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She also has her Master’s in Communications
Management with Syracuse University and completed the NYU Professional Certification in
Investor Relations.