HCM Welcomes Jailain Hollon as 2024 Communications & Policy Fellow
Jailain Hollon Joins HCM’s Communications Team as a 2024 Spring Fellow
Originally from New York and now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, Jailain Hollon is a seasoned media planning and digital strategy professional. With a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Creative Writing, focusing on media ethics from CUNY Baruch College, Jailain has refined his storytelling and strategic communications abilities. He has significantly contributed to ad agencies like OMD, Wavemaker, and Havas Media Group in New York, specializing in multicultural communications, integrated media planning, strategy, and digital investment. His efforts have boosted brand visibility and engagement for notable clients, including King's Candy Crush, Sanofi, and Audible.
Jailain's communications career began with advocacy and campaign communications, which was evident during his time with the Working Families Party and at ExpandED Schools, where he led successful brand strategy campaigns and notably enhanced the ExpandED Pathways fellowship program. At Wavemaker, he managed Audible's campaign strategies, while at Havas Media Group, he facilitated high-value digital media buys for Sanofi's RSV campaign. Most recently at OMD, he managed King's most extensive annual campaign, the 2024 All-Stars campaign, achieving strategic placements on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, MAX, and Hulu, and during major events such as NBA on TNT and NCAA March Madness.
Outside of work, Jailain enjoys diverse interests and talents. He has contributed to the Netflix documentary 'The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson,' earning an IMDb credit. An enthusiastic gardener, he cultivates a vibrant garden at home, a skill learned from his parents. While he loves dogs, Jailain truly thrives as a cat person, lovingly sharing his home with his wife, daughter, and two cats.
Welcome to HCM, Jailain!
About the HCM Strategists Fellowship Program
The HCM Strategists fellowship program offers a unique opportunity for professional growth and learning by granting first-hand experience in education public policy.
Our fellowship program is open to collaborative, organized problem-solvers who have a strong interest in education policy and are passionate about improving education for all students through communications and advocacy. Our fellows are enthusiastic, innovative and strategic thinkers with excellent verbal and written communications skills, and have a strong commitment to our clients and our work in the policy field. Our fellows play an important role in supporting leaders across our education team, specifically in the areas of state and federal funding, strategic finance and accountability, reporting systems and data transparency, advancing STEM opportunities for all students, and other areas of education policy.
HCM Strategists is an impact-driven consulting firm that believes in the transformative power of education and work-based learning to improve social and economic mobility for communities that have been marginalized or historically underserved. Our work delivers a consequential impact on the national narrative, policy options and leaders responsible for change.
