Liz Shows

Liz Shows is Director of Corporate Communications at Odyssey Marine Exploration. She works across the company to align communications with the business plan so every external touchpoint—press materials, digital channels, presentations, and partner content—tells a consistent, accurate Odyssey story. With 17+ years in ocean-exploration communications, Liz leads strategy and execution for external communications across the corporation, subsidiaries, and client projects.

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She translates complex technical work into clear, durable messages and equips leaders with briefings, talking points, and presentation materials for media interviews, conferences, and speaking engagements. Liz manages media relations end-to-end, builds message houses and editorial calendars, and writes, edits, and quality-checks Odyssey’s applications, reports, and presentations.

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In coordination with external government-relations team, she also leads Odyssey’s lobbying and policy-engagement communications, supporting regulatory strategy, stakeholder outreach, and alignment with U.S. and international ocean-resource policy objectives.

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Partnering closely with Business Operations, Liz leads employee communications and company-wide ESG strategy communications—coordinating internal updates, change communications, and culture initiatives. She also oversees spokesperson training and media coaching; brand and content guidelines and asset governance. Her remit includes employer brand and recruiting communications (with HR), crisis-readiness drills including issues-management and escalation protocols; and after-action reviews, and communications support for major transactions, policy engagement, and investor-facing materials (with Legal/IR). Liz serves on Odyssey’s ESG working group and committee, as well as the Corporate Charitable Donation committee.