Senior communications counsel for organizations with a story worth telling
For more than two decades, I’ve helped organizations at every stage, from startups to think tanks to established brands, figure out what they want to say, who needs to hear it, and how to say it in a way that truly connects.
Today I work as a senior communications advisor and fractional leader, embedding with companies and organizations in the technology, health tech, and med tech space to lead thought leadership programs, develop and execute media strategies, and counsel executives on how to show up credibly in the public conversation.
I’m most useful when the stakes are high, the work is complex, and you need someone who can operate at a senior level without a long runway to get there.
- Thought leadership strategy and execution
- Media relations and story development
- Executive and CEO communications
- Messaging and positioning
- Crisis communications counsel
- Digital and content strategy
- AI adoption support for communications teams
How I work
I work best as an embedded senior advisor, close enough to your leadership to understand the strategy, experienced enough to translate it into communications that move people and shape the larger narrative.
Whether I’m directly advising a CEO, leading a small team on media and content, or working alongside an agency as a senior strategic layer, I bring the perspective of someone who has spent 25 years on both sides of the client relationship. I know what good looks like, and I know how to get there without a lot of wasted motion.
About me
My name is Tarek Rizk. I’ve spent the past twenty-five years in strategic communications — building the digital program at the Aspen Institute from scratch, leading client operations as SVP at Outcast, and running my own practice working with startups and organizations across technology, health tech, and med tech.
I’m also a board member of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and bring that civic and policy sensibility to everything I do.
I’m a trusted senior advisor to founders, CEOs, and communications leaders who need a real partner — not just a vendor.