Melissa Ward joins Priority Marketing as assistant to the CEO 

Priority Marketing has hired Melissa Ward as assistant to the CEO, a new role as the firm expands its portfolio of services and adds new client partners.

Reporting directly to President and Chief Creative Officer Teri Hansen, APR, Ward manages an executive calendar, prepares meeting agendas and relevant documents, secures meeting spaces, coordinates schedules, facilitates communications with clients and community partners, prioritizes tasks, manages workflow and completes additional administrative tasks as assigned.

Before joining Priority Marketing, Ward was a senior executive assistant for Chico’s FAS, a global women’s specialty retailer of private branded, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories and other non-clothing items. Ward’s previous positions include executive assistant to the CEO at LSI Companies, a firm specializing in the development, acquisition, and disposition of land and improved properties in Southwest Florida, and executive assistant to the CFO at Bonita Bay Properties, a real estate development company.

Ward attended Grand Valley State University.