Neilly Joniak,
Senior Communications Manager

Neilly Joniak is a Senior Communications Manager, who brings over 20 years of leadership experience across corporate and agency environments. As a seasoned communications strategist, she excels at translating complex operational goals into high-impact, unifying narratives. She specializes in integrated brand management and campaign leadership, with a proven track record of managing full project lifecycles, high-profile agency partnerships and large-scale experiential events.

Neilly spent much of her career as the Director of Client Services and Marketing at Esrock Partners. During her tenure, she managed cross-functional creative teams for over 40 national brands, scaled annual revenue by 233% through marketing automation and implemented advanced agency ERP systems that doubled company profitability.

Transitioning her expertise to corporate communications, Neilly served as the Strategic Internal Communications Lead for a national distribution network. In this role, she unified diverse, high-volume operations under a single corporate narrative by architecting a multi-channel digital ecosystem—including broadcasts, podcasts and social media—to deliver strategic counsel and translate critical HR, safety and operational goals for a massive workforce.

An expert in end-to-end event execution, Neilly orchestrated high-profile live and virtual industry trade shows, directing vendor negotiations and creative strategy to maximize attendee engagement.

Neilly holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Southern Illinois University and a Certificate in Marketing Technology from Northwestern University.