Sean Castellano

● Currently serves as the Chief of Current & Media Operations. Leads team that proactively facilitates media engagements with local, national and international media outlets

● Lead communications advisor to U.S. Space Force Three-Star General; Senior public affairs advisor that delivers counsel to U.S. Space Force leaders both verbally and in writing with clarity, tact, and diplomacy

● Manages short and long-term projects that achieve deliberate messaging effects tied to U.S. Space Force lines of effort, Department of Defense priorities, and the National Defense Strategy

● Facilitates and exercises clear lines of communication and message alignment across U.S. and partner nation governments

● Maintains strict message discipline, staying tightly synced with offices across the DoD and whole of U.S. government to ensure strategic messaging campaigns are conducted as appropriate

● Plans and facilitates media, civic, and think tank engagements for the Commander of Space Operations Command

● Advises on public affairs approaches for many headquarters-level working groups to ensure staff integration

● Supports legislative advocacy efforts by coordinating grassroots communication campaigns at critical moments in international security policy debates

● Served as the Chief of Media Operations, organizing interviews and coordinating responses to queries from local, national and international media outlets

● Created and integrated messaging into public affairs guidance and preparatory materials for senior DoD leaders prior to public engagements

● Led international affairs efforts for staff. Spearheaded public messaging efforts on quintessential multinational national security efforts such as the Combined Space Operations Initiative and OPERATION OLYMPIC DEFENDER

● Conducted message alignment across U.S. and international governments to underscore a collective approach to public messaging

● Led U.S. Space Command’s human spaceflight support messaging campaign, highlighting the DoD’s partnership with civil agencies to include NASA and the FAA

● Served as the approval authority of U.S. Space Command’s visual information products and messaging reflected on official social media pages and websites

● Member of command’s crisis response team, manning watch floors in critical real-time scenarios to advise on DoD PA policies and procedures

● Served as the Interim Chief of Plans on U.S. Space Command PA’s Future Operations Team, integrating with command strategy, plans, and policy teams

● Integrated into combatant command planning cycles to develop strategic communication plans reflective of the command’s campaign plan and communication objectives

● Attended DoD exercise planning conferences, creating communication plans in coordination with staffs at all levels of DoD

● By-name selected to perform the public affairs mission of the U.S. Navy’s highest-ranking officer and service chief

● Developed messaging for the Chief of Naval Operations prior to engagement with the media, public, and internal DoD audiences

● Analyzed sentiment and media coverage frequency of Navy’s senior officer through intensive research; packaged analysis for presentation to organization leadership

● Planned and executed the Chief of Naval Operations social media strategy across four platforms with 227,000 followers collectively

● Familiar with DoD website platform; frequently updated Navy’s .mil website to showcase multimedia products

● Ensured Chief of Naval Operation’s public affairs strategy complied with legal and regulatory requirements

● Produced high-quality video, print, photographic, and electronic materials

● Earned 2021 Navy Media Award category, “Videographer of the Year”

● Served as first-line supervisor of 20 U.S. service members of various branches of service

● Prepared and delivered live FM radio broadcasts meant to share information with the public in and around Stuttgart, Germany

● Highly requested military journalist; by-name selected for individual public affairs support of 15 DoD missions around Europe and Africa

● Maintained close relationships with staffs from COCOM and MAJCOM levels

● Earned Navy Media Award category "Navy Videographer of the Year" (2020)

● Led a production team of 15 Navy journalists responsible for multimedia content highlighting U.S. Naval and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command objectives in INDOPACOM

● Responsible for building “Press Packages” for visiting media that included information about units, personnel, and asset capabilities

● Social media manager responsible for unit social media sites on multiple platforms targeting a range of internal and external audiences; Earned Navy Media Award category “Best Video Series” (2018)