Meagan Manning Email & Phone Number

I have over 15 years of experience working in higher education, radio, media and customer relations management. My current professional venture, The Aviary Studio, is a fledgling recording studio located in an A-frame cabin in rural Menomonie, Wisconsin. Our mission is to serve as a creative hub focused on empowering and educating local music industry artists throughout the entire process of recording and distribution. In our first year and a half, we’ve produced 57 tracks and 5 Albums, many of which were the musicians’ first works. This summer, I helped Iead our small staff of four through a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $35,000 to upgrade our studio equipment and create an Emerging Artist Fund to support intentional artists unable to afford recording costs and business development. During the campaign, we crafted a unique outreach model based on our strategically positioning our small staff size and networks. This included highly targeted social media marketing content, well-placed Google Ads, direct marketing communications, email marketing, and working with prominent local and national influencers to share our story. Today, our social media audience regularly exceeds 5,000 views. Due to our small staff size and extremely limited budget, we attribute our Kickstarter success to an intentionally crafted, accessible story effectively marketed to the right audience. Based on what I learned at The Aviary, I recently started a Communications and Design firm aimed at helping artists and musicians achieve their individual marketing, social media, and outreach goals and grow their brand. When I'm not busy working, you can find me in the darkroom developing photos, mixing and mastering high quality audio recordings, painting, riding my bicycle, on the yoga mat, or traveling. Contact me at: meagan.manning@gmail.com

Listed skills include Media Production, Digital Media, Social Media, Digital Humanities, and 9 others.