Scott Meis

Current

• Senior Project & Social Media Director at Carolyn Grisko & Associates

Past

• Publicity and Marketing Coordinator at Wishing Tree Records
• Assistant Public Affairs Officer at U.S. Navy

Education

• Vanderbilt University

Recommended

8 people have recommended Scott

Connections

198 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Scott Meis’s Summary

- Accomplished, award-winning Public Relations & Social Media Marketing professional with excellent interpersonal and refined communication skills.

- Recognized for high standards of accuracy, excellent attention to detail, team management and leadership skills, ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.

- Versatile strategic and technical skills base having worked with a variety of corporate, government and nonprofit clients.

I thrive on creativity and working with passionate coworkers who share my zest for tackling new challenges. I push myself every day to learn, analyze and adopt new online trends and strategies that ultimately help me structure successful online social media marketing campaigns.

I love developing engaging strategies and content that ultimately drives results and accomplishes client goals by motivating community action. Opening other people's eyes to new methods of reaching an objective in a more efficient and effective manner online. Merging online engagement with offline action and using a mix of traditional and new media tactics to push the envelope, pave new paths and seek out better solutions.

I'm a blogger. I'm a photographer. I'm a director/videographer. I'm a leader and a manager. I'm a listener. I'm a teacher. I'm a strategist. I'm an analyst. I enjoy making an impact and improving the lives of others.

That's what I do. That's why I'm passionate about social media and love being involved with online marketing and the PR industry as a whole.

Say hello!

www.ScottMeis.com
@ScottMeis

Scott Meis’s Specialties:

*Account Management
*Media Relations
*Social Media/Marketing/PR Strategy
*Online Marketing
*Community Management
*Brand Monitoring
*Blogging & Content Creation
*Social Media Training / Professional Presentations
*Video Production/Photography
*Web Analytics
*Website/Advertising/Materials Creative Development
*Professional Presentations and Articles can be found at www.ScottMeis.com/about/

Scott Meis’s Experience

• Senior Project & Social Media Director

  Carolyn Grisko & Associates

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

  CG&A is a mid-size strategic communications firm in Chicago that serves a wide array of corporate, government and non-profit clients. I am personally responsible for account management, social media marketing campaign development and online community management, campaign strategy, grassroots outreach, media relations, event coordination and overall project management. Additional roles include assisting clients with branding, advertising, video production and Web site design needs.
  
  o Project Director Jul. 2006 - Dec. 2007, Project Coordinator Jan. 2005 - Jun. 2006, Intern Sep. 2004 - Jan. 2005.
  
  Sample clients include: Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (Donate Life Illinois - Campaign Manager), Rush University Medical Center, Illinois Bureau of Tourism, Charter One Bank, American Cancer Society (Smoke-Free Chicago campaign), Chicago Transit Authority, Carfax, PhRMA, Southwest Home Equity Assurance Program, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, Epilepsy Foundation.
  
  www.grisko.com

• Publicity and Marketing Coordinator

  Wishing Tree Records

  (Music industry)

  January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)

  Assisted with launch of publicity division of label. Conducted tour promotion, artist relations, full-scale publicity campaigns for independent artists located nationwide.

• Assistant Public Affairs Officer

  U.S. Navy

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  May 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 9 months)

  Served as Assistant Editor for weekly base publication. Also served as lead sports and features reporter. Assisted with government media relations, press releases, senior officer media training and large-scale event coordination for ship commissioning and student graduation ceremonies.

Scott Meis’s Education

• Vanderbilt University

  B.S. , Communications , 1998 — 2002

  Graduated magna cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society, Naval ROTC

Additional Information

Scott Meis’s Interests:

Professional: Social Media Marketing, Blogging, Public Relations, Marketing, Grassroots Campaigns Personal: Music, Hiking, Golf, Photography (www.scottmeisphotography.com), Guitar, Travel, NPR

Scott Meis’s Groups:

Publicity Club of Chicago - Board Member
Social Media Club - Chicago Chp.
Chicago Interactive Marketing Association
Public Relations Society of America
American Marketing Association
HRSA - Organ/Tissue Donation Education Leadership Team

•    Linked n Chicago
•    Web 2.0
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Music & Marketing
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    YNPN Chicago
•    Twitter
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    Marketing Communication
•    Digital Marketing
•    Social Media Today
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Social Media Mafia
•    Ogilvy PR Worldwide/ 360° Digital Influence
•    Vanderbilt Alumni Group
•    Tweeple
•    Community 2.0
•    Vanderbilt University Alumni Network
•    Public Relations and Communications Professionals
•    Tweeters
•    Social Media Marketing Group
•    The Chicago Convergence
•    Social Media Club
•    Cause Communications
•    Donate Life
•    Chicago Web 2.0 and Social Media Marketing
•    Future Social Media
•    Loyalty 360 - The Loyalty Marketer's Association
•    Publicity Club of Chicago
•    Social Media in Travel
•    Chicago Twitter & Social Media
•    Linked Local In The Loop - Chicago

Scott Meis’s Honors:

Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival Award - Online Shorts Category (2009)
PRNews (2008 Nonprofit Interactive Award)
Publicity Club of Chicago (2007, 2008 - Top Quality of Life Award)
PRSA/Chicago Chapter (2007)
Summit International Creative/Emerging Media Awards (2007, 2008 - Emerging Media Award)
Hermes Awards (2007)
Davey Awards (2007)

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