Helen Shik
Helen Shik joined Schwartz Communications in 1996. She has more than 15 years of experience in public relations helping emerging-growth companies launch new therapies with high-impact media coverage.
At Schwartz, Shik has worked with many of the agency’s medical device, biotechnology and healthcare IT clients, including Heartstream (now Philips Medical), Northstar Neuroscience, Hologic, Haemonetics, Cyberonics, Proxima Therapeutics (now Hologic), Neuromonics, Home Diagnostics, EnteroMedics, Calypso Medical, Wright Medical, C. R. Bard Urology, Sanarus Medical, Pheromone Sciences, Agencourt, PHT Corp., PerkinElmer Life Sciences and Phase Forward. In addition to developing positioning that resonates with the media and mentoring junior staff on media relations tactics, Helen works directly with senior reporters and producers and has secured coverage of her clients in outlets such as the CBS Evening News, Dateline NBC, the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, Reader's Digest, The Associated Press, The Dow Jones, Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek, The Boston Globe and Fast Company.
Helen has extensive experience working with the broadcast media, and has helped many clients launch newly FDA-approved therapies. Helen and her teams have won a long list of industry awards, including several Bell Ringer, Communicator and Bulldog Awards.
Prior to joining Schwartz, Helen worked in the PR group of Lehman Millet, a medical marketing agency, where she launched the first diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease and worked with a local biotech company developing oral vaccines. At Cudaback Strategic Communications, she worked with a wide range of clients, including a medical device company with the first robotic solution for hip replacement surgery, The Smithsonian Institution, Computerworld, PCWorld and Arthur D. Little, Inc.
She earned a B.A. in political science from Boston University in 1987. She served for several years on the board ofthe Publicity Club of New England. She is a current member ofthe Healthcare Communication & Marketing Association and a member of the board of directors of Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley. She can be found on soccer field sidelines every weekend, rooting for her sons.
Twitter: @HelenShik
