Marsha Walker Email & Phone Number

Asheville, NC, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Client list includes: Americans for Public Broadcasting/Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Source Song Festival, Ted Nash, David Berkman, Dakota Jazz Club, TU Dance, Mill City Summer Opera, Sugar Creek Opera, Consortium Carissimi, Elena Ruehr at Trinity Church Wall Street, Long Tail Audio, Livit Better and Zenon Dance Company.* Successes include.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Directed sales, marketing, communications, public relations, and brand management of music venue and restaurant in downtown Minneapolis with annual ticket revenue exceeding $3 million, capacity of 270, 370 members, and 380+ performances annually. Serve as a crucial cross-functional partner for Artistic, Executive and Operations departments. Directed the.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed single ticket marketing for over 150 events annually with attendance up to 150,000 and venue capacity of 2,077. Oversaw budget of approximately $1 million, and achieved revenue target of $4 million for an organization with an annual budget of $30.6 million. Planned, managed, implemented and evaluated single ticket sales strategies to achieve.

Minneapolis, MN

Managed an internationally-recognized professional modern and ballet dance company of five full-time members and a dance school of 200 youth with a combined budget of $1 million. Recruited by MDT/DI’s executive committee to lead the organization after a recent downsizing. Oversaw promotion, staff/volunteers, production, fundraising and special events for.

Managed brand and strategy department at New York City marketing and advertising firm. Successes include creating new marketing strategies for prominent nonprofit organizations such as The Jewish Museum (NYC) and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. * Oversaw project planning, client timelines, budgeting and new business development for clients in the.

Managed marketing efforts for a 42-year-old company with a full-time equivalent staff of 57, annual outreach of 450,000 people and an annual budget of $9 million with annual earned revenue of approximately $3 million. Successes include setting three records for individual ticket sales in one week during the 2008-2009 season (selling 10% of the 1,764 seat.

Promoted 23-year-old nationally-acclaimed jazz club through media relations, guerilla marketing tactics, and the creation of new collateral. Successes include increased audience attendance and a 30% increase in media mentions.

Managed an internationally-recognized Minneapolis-based professional modern and jazz dance company of eight members and a dance school of 2,100 youth and adult students with a combined budget of $550,000. Successes include a 30% increase in media coverage, a highly-publicized collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ted Nash, new media sponsorships.

Co-founder and manager of a nationally-renowned jazz club and nonprofit organization in St. Paul, Minnesota. Successes include extraordinary media attention, national recognition as one of the “100 Great Jazz Clubs” worldwide by DownBeat magazine and local recognition as “Best Local Impresario” for “community-minded programming” by Village Voice.

Managed 17-year-old resident theater with a staff of eight and a $50,000 annual budget. Managed company budget, created a triannual direct mail campaign, and recruited and maintained volunteers. Responsible for all aspects of marketing and public relations. Successes include presenting a unique theatrical concept that allowed for additional productions on.

Managed fundraising for a 23-year-old resident theater with a base of 700 individual donors and a $1,100,000 annual budget. Supervised the annual fund which included managing government contributions, creating the biannual direct mail campaign, writing grant proposals, reporting to foundations and corporations, managing donor communications, and staffing.