Director of Emerging Media at Iowa PBS
johnston, iowa, united states
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Claim your profileWith nearly 20 years experience as an innovative digital, content and marketing professional, I bring expert-level collaboration to the team, compassionate leadership skills that improve workplace culture and meaningful results focused on a company-wide vision.Nearly a decade into my public media career, I am currently the Director of Emerging Media at Iowa PBS, a department I have lead for nearly five years. As part of station leadership, I work alongside my colleagues leading station strategy and building inter-department collaboration. The Emerging Media Department is unique - focused on innovating our station on emerging platforms, we work closely with every station department on advancing their strategies, as well as the Iowa PBS Foundation on seeking new ways of bringing in funding. My role involves both hands-on work and overseeing my own staff and the work of others in other departments in nearly everything the station does - content creation, distribution, platform development, community engagement, promotions, fundraising and more.Along with leading the Emerging Media Department, I also chair our inter-department Audience, Research and Tracking Committee. This group works on helping the station staff achieve data literacy, make data-driven decisions and plan audience development strategies across teams.






Master Of Arts, Communication, Composition at Iowa State UniversityGraduated: 2008
Bachelor Of Arts, English, Journalism at University Of Northern IowaGraduated: 2006