Contacts
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Leadership
Name | Team | Role | |
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Mark Owczarski | maowczar@vt.edu |
Communications and Marketing |
Interim Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Chief Spokesperson |
Primary Contacts
Alphabetical, by team
Name | Team | Expertise areas | |
---|---|---|---|
Annie McCallum | anniem2@vt.edu | Advancement Communications | Alumni communications and strategy |
Erica Stacy | stacye@vt.edu | Advancement Communications | Virginia Tech Magazine |
Zeke Barlow | bzeke@vt.edu | Communications and Marketing | College communications |
Jesse Tuel | jtuel@vt.edu | Communications and Marketing | Unit communications |
Kate Adkins | katelino@vt.edu socialmedia-g@vt.edu |
Editorial and Visual Strategy | Social media team lead |
Shannon Andrea | sandrea@vt.edu | Editorial and Visual Strategy | D.C.-area communications |
Margaret Ashburn | mkashburn@vt.edu | Editorial and Visual Strategy | Media relations |
Shay Barnhart | shaybar@vt.edu vtnews@vt.edu |
Editorial and Visual Strategy | Virginia Tech News team lead |
John Jackson | johnj1@vt.edu |
Editorial and Visual Strategy | Product, email, and web development team lead |
Donna Meese | dmeese1@vt.edu | Editorial and Visual Strategy | Virginia Tech News publishing |
Michael Stowe | mstowe@vt.edu | Editorial and Visual Strategy | Content strategy and editorial team lead |
Megan Zalecki | meganz@vt.edu | Editorial and Visual Strategy | Visual storytelling; video production; photography |
Heather Ducote | hducote@vt.edu, vtbrand@vt.edu |
Marketing | Branding, marketing, trademarks use and permissions, signage, and Marketing team lead |
Tiffany Pruden | tiffany1@vt.edu | Marketing | Design strategy and team lead |
Stephen Milleson | milleson@vt.edu | Marketing | Digital marketing and advertising, SEO, marketing analytics; Annual Giving, Donor Relations, donor growth marketing |
Licensing & Trademarks | licensing@vt.edu |
Marketing | Trademarks use and permissions, licensing, retail liaison, lockup logo requests |
Susan Gill | susan83@vt.edu | Marketing | Organizational processes and project management |
Albert Raboteau | raboteau@vt.edu | Principal Partnerships | Donor communications |
Brad Soucy | bsoucy@vt.edu | Principal Partnerships | Partnership communications and team lead |
Campus Partners
Alphabetical, by college and by unit
Teams and Functions
Advancement Communications
- Alumni relations
- Donor communications
- Special events
Campus Partners
- Academic colleges
- Administrative units
Design Strategy
- Marketing graphic design
- Motion design
Digital Communications
- Daily email
- Student email
- news.vt.edu/vt.edu
- Social media management and strategy
- Response management
Editorial Strategy
- Virginia Tech Magazine
- Writing/Editing
Marketing Strategy
- Advertising
- Marketing analytics and SEO
- Brand management and support
- Licensing and Trademarks
Media Relations
- News releases, media advisories
- Facilitating interview requests
- Studio
- @vtnews Twitter
Platform Development
- Front-end web development
- UI/UX (interface design and user experience)
- Websites and product platform data measurement and analysis