Deerfield Township hires economic development manager

Officials with Deerfield Township, Ohio, have hired Jim Flick as economic development director and public information officer.

Flick has more than 11 years’ experience in data analytics, research, communications, project management and public affairs within government, real estate and legal settings.

Prior to joining Deerfield Township, Flick spent two-and-a-half years at the city of Cincinnati’s Department of Community and Economic Development as a development officer within the Major Projects Division and was an Interim Division Manager of its Policy and Communications Division.

He also spent five years at the commercial real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield, most recently as the Vice President of Research and Marketing.

Flick is currently an Adjunct Instructor for the Masters of Public Administration program at Northern Kentucky University, where he earned his master’s degree in 2010.