Kristen Peterson
About Kristen Peterson
Kristen Peterson is the Corporate Communications Manager for Corporate Marketing & Market Access at Boston Scientific, with a background in marketing and communications roles across various companies.
Title and Current Role
Kristen Peterson serves as the Corporate Communications Manager for Corporate Marketing & Market Access at Boston Scientific. She has been in this role since 2023. In this capacity, Kristen supports key communications initiatives, including organizational announcements and leadership meetings. She also works as a thought partner to the Chief Marketing Officer, contributing to the creation of global messaging strategies for internal stakeholders and advising on external thought leadership content across social media platforms.
Previous Roles at Magid
Before joining Boston Scientific, Kristen Peterson worked at Magid in various capacities. From 2023, she served as the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications for nine months. Prior to that, she was the Marketing Director from 2022 to 2023 for one year and Senior Marketing Manager from 2018 to 2022 for four years. Her roles at Magid involved overseeing marketing strategies and communications, contributing significant value over her five-year tenure.
Corporate Communications Experience
Kristen Peterson has extensive experience in corporate communications, evidenced by her tenure from 2016 to 2018 at Patterson Companies, Inc., where she served as a Corporate Communications Specialist. This role, located in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, helped lay the foundation for her expertise in this field. Additionally, her earlier roles as a Communications Consultant at HealthPartners and Account Executive at Weber Shandwick further advanced her skill set in corporate communications and client management.
Marketing and Public Relations Career Beginnings
Kristen Peterson began her career in marketing and public relations with an internship at Lawrence & Schiller in 2008, serving as an Account Planning & Research Intern for one year. She gained further experience with internships at SDN Communications and DataSync in 2009, doubling as a Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Intern. Her role at Padilla Speer Beardsley as an Assistant Account Executive in Manufacturing and Technology, followed by an Account Executive role at Weber Shandwick, solidified her foundation in the industry.
Education Background
Kristen Peterson achieved her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree at Augustana University (SD), studying Business/Communications and French from 2005 to 2009. This educational background provided her with a robust foundation in communications and an understanding of diverse cultural perspectives, which she has applied across her various professional roles.