Sandy Young - Senior Account Executive

Sandy Young has worked for many of San Diego’s top public relations and marketing communications firms, as well as with clients throughout the nation, on a full-time and consultant basis. Her areas of expertise include writing/editing, social media and media relationship building. She has also served as a freelance writer for media outlets, including AOL's La Jolla Patch and 944 Magazine, as well as a columnist for SanDiegoBargainMama.com and regular contributor on the SoCal PR Blog.

Prior to joining the J.Walcher Communications team, Sandy served as a senior account executive at Benedetto Communications (now Chemistry), where she led a variety of hotel, restaurant, health and real estate clients. She also served as the PR firm’s social media specialist, overseeing client and agency blog development and social networking tools.

Sandy also worked for The McRae Agency as an account manager, consistently achieving top media coverage for her clients, including in/on CNN, USA Weekend, Self, Outside, Popular Mechanics, The San Diego Union-Tribune and CNET.com. At the agency, Sandy devised and implemented public relations campaigns on a local to international scale and facilitated publicity for multiple conferences and trade shows.

Sandy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in literature/writing from the University of California, San Diego.

She is on the board of directors for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter, where she currently manages the organization's website communications and recruits and coordinates volunteer efforts. As well, she has been a highlighted speaker on PR topics for the Moms in Business Unite Conference and San Diego State University's English department.