Robert Munson Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Leadership of the incredible SOCAP Global team and day-to-day operations. SOCAP is the thought leadership platform for the accelerating movement towards a more just and sustainable economy. We convene a global ecosystem and marketplace – social entrepreneurs, investors, foundation and nonprofit leaders, government and policy leaders, creators, corporations, academics, and beyond – through live and digital experiences that educate, spur conversation, and inspire investment in positive impact. SOCAP’s mission is to unlock the power of markets for impact.Robert led the acquisition of SOCAP Global in 2022 before taking over as President. In under 5 months, Robert and team rebuilt the company from zero employees to execute a successful 2022 flagship event. In that same time, Robert and team complete a capital raise, restructured the company finances, constituted a new board and executed on a new vision and mission for the the company.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Managing Director, Communications, Marketing and Storytelling (April 2021 - Present)Executive head of marketing and communications for global leader in social impact. Responsible for big-picture, creative, strategies to create an inspiring vision for visibility growth, campaign and program design, media and public relations, and data-driven measurement. Leads the implementation of full communications strategies, processes and lifecycle: branding, strategy, marketing, communications, public speaking, thought leadership, public relations, advertising, content creation, measurement & analytics, across traditional and digital media, for both the Center and our partners & clients. Lead of world-class storytelling team charged with helping social entrepreneurs and impact organizations better tell their story. The Sorenson Impact Center advances global impact through innovation in impact investing and finance, public policy and government spending, and corporate and social sector behavior with organizations across the globe.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Led unprecedented brand growth as head of marketing and communications. Managed staff of 50+ individuals in marketing, communications, social media and creative content, creative services, fan experience, television production, and live-events divisions. Charged with defining, communicating, and fulfilling the promise of the brand through creative content, strategic communications, engaging social media, fan engagement, positive public relations, targeted digital marketing, and revenue growth support. ❖ Increased operational efficiencies and built a strong foundation for historic brand growth by aligning the mission and vision of communications, marketing, creative, and content divisions with each other, with the department, and with larger organizational goals.❖ Created first content and social media divisions charged with creating dynamic strategies for social growth and engagement. Awarded “Best In Sports Social Media” by Sports Business Journal besting Major League Baseball and Bleacher Report, and led the nation in social media engagement for college sports.❖ Established a department-wide unifying vision of the brand with a strategy that reimagined and fully articulated the brand narrative.❖ Increased creative workflow efficiencies, department-wide consistency of use, and clarity of product offerings by establishing new comprehensive brand standards. ❖ Dramatically improved efficiencies, fan and customer insight gains, and ticket sales through new digital marketing team and aggressive data analytics strategies.❖ Planned and executed compelling and informative regional and national public messaging campaigns.❖ Led department public relations strategy and media relations.❖ Member of the executive leadership team and lead communicator and media contact.

❖ Senior advisor to Sanderson Strategies Group, a national communications firm in Washington, DC providing decision-maker strategies for business, advocacy and entertainment.❖ Clients include government, political, nonprofit and environmental organizations.❖ Responsibilities include but not limited to reputation management consulting, strategic planning, media and content development, video, television and presentation strategy, press and editorial relations.

Executive director of sports-industry agency working with major sports clients on a variety of communications, marketing and brand initiatives. SSG Sports Clients include Major League Baseball, individual MLB teams, individual professional athletes, executives and coaches and collegiate athletic programs. - Provided confidential counsel and direction for executives in leadership roles.- Developed award-winning content and scalable content strategies.- Designed and executed public relations and reputation management strategies. - Guided clients in defining their brand and building equity in the marketplace.- Led crisis management and media relations strategies.- Designed and presented media training programs for staff.- Consulted on organizational restructuring and talent evaluation.

Established a high-value revenue generation company delivering strategic communications, media and PR consultancy services. Oversaw the communications and press strategy for political campaigns, including development and execution of messaging across the map. Delivered consultancy services to private and public sector clients in relation to Public positioning, Brand strategy, Campaign Strategy, Media content development, Speech writing and public relations, Long-term strategic planning, Reputation management, and Crisis management.

Founder, PartnerFounded and built 4Site as a grassroots and political activism development company specializing in utilizing technology for political and non-profit clients. Clients included US Congresspersons, congressional committees, federal agencies, national environmental non-profits, public relations firms and political campaign committees.

Associate Director of Marketing CommunicationsProduced marketing and sales materials for Ntercept, a Washington-DC based polling company. Also responsible for media relations and general public relations duties.Associate Director of ProductionUsing Ntercept’s proprietary language (XML based), produced polls and surveys. Also responsible for video filming and encoding.

Senior ProducerResponsible for team of 5-8 producers developing politically-oriented news, polling and interactivity for SpeakOut.com. Included was management of large-scale projects such as 2000 presidential election coverage, creation of interactive content and graphics, editorial decision making, and the integrations of websites purchased by SpeakOut.com. Reporter, Interactive Media ProducerResponsible for creation and management of interactive content on SpeakOut.com Original design and concept of interactive news reports.

Master'S Degree

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism, Graphic Design