Donald Trump has made several new additions to his campaign staff. | Getty Trump hires rapid response director from Ultimate Fighting Championship

Donald Trump's campaign unveiled two hires to its communications team on Monday, further adding to the presumptive Republican nominee's push toward his general election contest against Hillary Clinton.

Bryan Lanza, who most recently served as communications director for the conservative non-profit Citizens United, will serve as deputy communications director for surrogates, the campaign said. "Mr. Lanza’s focus will be on organizing and mobilizing Trump supporters in an effective way that allows Mr. Trump’s America First message to resonate with voters," according to the announcement. Kevin Kellems, the Trump campaign's director for surrogates, resigned earlier this month, calling it a "brief" and "interesting experience."


Trump is also bringing on Steven Cheung as rapid response director, whose job the announcement says will be to keep "the campaign up to date on breaking news and pushing back on false or unbalanced reporting." Cheung, who the campaign notes in its announcement worked most recently as the director of communications and public affairs for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has also worked on several Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, as well as the John McCain-Sarah Palin GOP ticket in 2008.

"These additions to the campaign will be critical to spreading Mr. Trump’s message and defeating Hillary Clinton in November," the campaign said in its announcement. "The Trump Campaign will continue to build out the communications team as we head toward November 8th."