Kate Patterson
Social Media Lead - Lockheed Martin
Kate is a social media manager and digital content creator who helps organizations build engaged audiences and drive measurable results across digital platforms. She has spent the past eight years at Lockheed Martin, leading community management and social strategy for the past four years across domestic and international channels, partnering with business leaders to ensure consistent brand voice, visual identity and best practices.
With expertise in content creation, SEO, analytics and editorial strategy, Kate brings a data-driven approach to storytelling. She previously supported executive-level communications, managing C-suite content and LinkedIn profiles while leading internal and external employee engagement initiatives. Most recently, she led a video-first social media campaign at the Paris Air Show, showcasing Lockheed Martin’s cutting-edge technologies, international partnerships and leadership through dynamic, timely content that reached audiences well beyond traditional trade show attendees and delivered the company’s strongest social media engagement metrics to date.
Kate holds a master’s degree in strategic communication with a concentration in public relations from Drexel University and a Hootsuite certification in social media marketing. She is passionate about empathetic leadership, strategic storytelling and exploring how AI can shape the future of communications.
