Steve Bauer

Steve Bauer is a Senior Vice President & Senior Partner with more than 25 years of PR agency experience. Steve brings a deep background in integrated marketing, social media strategy and governance, Generative AI and innovation, issues/crisis management, executive visibility, content marketing, and employee advocacy to lead and counsel many of the agency’s largest clients. Steve is one of the founders and global leaders for FleishmanHillard’s Media & Platforms practice group. He is known for helping iconic global brands as well as their executives, SMEs, and employees capitalize on social media and emerging communications platforms to achieve impactful business results. As one of the FleishmanHillard’s top social media advisors, he has successfully led and managed global teams, programs and reputational threats for top clients and executives, including AT&T, Bayer, Edward Jones, Emerson, Enterprise, Gatorade, General Motors, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Samsung, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Western Union. Steve is a core member of both the FH Issues & Crisis Taskforce as well as the FH Generative AI Task Force. He is a founding member and co-chair of the PR Council’s Digital & Social Media Community, and is also a founding member of the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) Digital Media Marketing Advisory Board.