Melissa Barnes

As Twitter’s influence grows around the world so too does the marketing opportunity for global brands. In her leadership role Melissa is focused on accelerating the success of Twitter's top global partners through her work with C-level executives and their global teams. Her goal: drive measureable business results through more robust activations at the market level, as well as scaled worldwide.

Previously Melissa was a senior vice president at Fleishman-Hillard, where she lead the consumer digital team and helped companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, BMW, Tommy Hilfiger, Hyatt and others cut their teeth in social business planning. She has deep experience in developing long-term strategy, content and community management models and managing crises within social media.

Melissa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.