Megan Ross Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado And Charlottesville, Virginia

• Responsible for planning, development, and implementation of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center's marketing and communications strategies and PR activities • Senior strategist who works with Executive Director, Board, and staff to help define organizational priorities and implement Strategic Plan objectives• Led CPAC's Framing the Future Capital Campaign to fund relocation to a larger space at 1200 Lincoln St. in Denver; exceeded fundraising goal• Collaborate with Executive Director and staff to develop strategic plans for key initiatives such as the Month of Photography Denver Festival• Manage foundations program; write all foundation proposals • Lead writer and messaging expert• Editor of Month of Photography Denver Festival website and printed guide

Greater Denver Area

Assisted the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Boulder Library Foundation, Evan Anderman Photography, and other clients with a range of marketing, PR, and communications needs.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Managed five-person marketing team responsible for communications to 10,000 supporters in SELC’s six-state region• Implemented annual marketing plan and budget• Developed and implemented SELC's first social media content strategy • Translated complex legal casework into digestible, visually compelling stories • Wrote digital and print content including newsletter stories, email, social media posts, direct mail, reports, fundraising appeals, video scripts and advertisements• For five years in a row, directed a successful PR campaign to promote a list of the Top Ten Endangered Places in the Southeast, resulting in hundreds of local and national media hits, interviews, and increased traffic to SELC’s web site • Played leadership role in restructuring SELC's PR department • Worked closely with attorneys, PR staff, and fundraising teams to ensure messaging accuracy and consistency across all communications channels • Developed and implemented a marketing strategy for Southern Exposure, an innovative documentary film fellowship project created to raise awareness of environmental issues in Alabama; produced introductory film• Managed dozens of outside vendors and consultants• First non-attorney selected to participate in SELC’s Leadership Training Program, a year-long course that included professional management training, a Myers-Briggs test and 360 Review

B.A., Media Arts And Design

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Honors Program, Features Editor at The Breeze (campus newspaper)Concentration: Media Writing.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa)*, Creative Nonfiction

Completed 18 credit hours toward degree; left due to outstanding job offer