Lena Shareef

Lena Shareef is an associate vice president on the digital team in Precision’s Washington, D.C. office. She has nearly a decade of experience in digital and social media, communications strategy, and audience development.

At Precision, Lena supports the digital team by drafting promotional and communications strategy documents, producing digital content, and managing projects to ensure deadlines are met for various clients.

Prior to joining Precision, she worked as a senior producer on National Geographic’s audience development team. She managed several social media accounts for them while also developing promotional campaigns for various projects, including single-topic magazine issues, documentary films, and television shows streaming on Disney+. She has also worked at two other agencies in digital strategy, including FleishmanHillard in New York City and Fenton in Washington, D.C.

Lena graduated with a bachelor’s degree in film and video production with a minor in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C. She received her master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In graduate school, she helped organize the first student-led conference on journalism.

Lena was born in Ohio but grew up moving around quite a bit and spent her childhood in Pakistan, Ukraine, and the American Midwest (specifically Michigan and Ohio). She lives in Rockville, Maryland with her husband and two cats.