Leah Ray is Principal and Director of Content at HKS. She oversees the firm’s website and social media channels, as well as the team of writers, strategists, designers and photographers who create it. Her team’s work has been recognized for communications excellence by the Telly Awards and the Public Relations Society of America. With degrees in architecture and design studies, her expertise lies in getting to the heart of a story and communicating it across multi-media platforms. Prior to HKS, she was a leading member of Gensler’s public relations and marketing teams and taught architecture theory at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Illinois Tech.