Jennifer Schlegel
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Marketing Director · Communications Director · Nonprofit Development

Where story meets strategy
and campaigns actually land.

20+ years building integrated campaigns, earning national media coverage, and growing communities across tech, nonprofit, and entertainment.

4x
Membership growth at Adobe
20+
Years of experience
$25M
Budget managed at TechSoup
190
Countries reached
Open to opportunities · Ventura County, CA
Jennifer Schlegel
MSNBC Coverage Secured SF Chronicle & Red Herring Adobe Agency Partner Program BA Cinema Studies, SFSU
Adobe·TechSoup Global·Showtime·Warner Bros.·Paramount Pictures·NOAA Farallones·KCRW-FM NPR·appHappy· Adobe·TechSoup Global·Showtime·Warner Bros.·Paramount Pictures·NOAA Farallones·KCRW-FM NPR·appHappy·

I find the story in every brand, campaign, and cause then make it impossible to ignore.

My career began in film and radio producing at KCRW-FM, evaluating scripts at Showtime, and working as an analyst at Paramount Pictures. That foundation gave me something most marketers don't have: a genuine instinct for narrative. From there I moved into technology and nonprofit communications, spending years at TechSoup Global directing campaigns for a 250+ person organization with a $25M operating budget that reached over 300,000 monthly visitors across 190 countries. I co-founded my own mobile startup, spent 12 years consulting across nonprofit, health, and technology sectors, and at Adobe owned all communications for an exclusive international agency partner program whose members included Digitas, Sapient, and AKQA.

The results speak across very different arenas. At Adobe I quadrupled partner program membership in under a year through storytelling-led campaigns and a custom web portal. At TechSoup I grew the Net2 registered user community from 2,000 to 8,000 in under six weeks, secured national coverage in MSNBC and the SF Chronicle, and produced the Netsquared Conference with Yahoo and Microsoft as $50K+ sponsors. I also co-founded a nonprofit, hip4sf.org, bringing that same communications instinct to civic causes. Whether the goal is earned media, membership growth, or brand launch, I build campaigns that move numbers.

Jennifer Schlegel
The best campaigns aren't built from briefs. They're built from understanding what the audience actually cares about, then giving them a reason to believe.
Jennifer Schlegel, on her content-first philosophy

Selected Work

Adobe Agency Partner Program
Marketing & Communications
Owned all communications, email, web portal, and partner branding for an exclusive international program. Quadrupled membership in under one year through targeted outreach and content-first campaigns.
4x MEMBERSHIPUNDER 1 YEARDIGITAS · SAPIENT · AKQA
Netsquared Conference
Event Production & Sponsorship
Built TechSoup's Global Events Department from scratch and produced this flagship conference with 400+ international attendees. Generated 152 global project submissions in under three weeks. Secured Yahoo and Microsoft as $50K+ sponsors and Cisco as host.
400+ ATTENDEESYAHOO · MICROSOFT152 SUBMISSIONS
Net2 Community Growth
Growth Marketing · PR
Grew the Net2 registered user base 4x from 2,000 to 8,000 in under six weeks. Secured national coverage in MSNBC, the SF Chronicle, and Red Herring. Managed the YMCA national partnership rollout.
4x IN 6 WEEKSMSNBC · SF CHRONICLEYMCA PARTNERSHIP
hip4sf.org Nonprofit
Nonprofit Founder · Comms Director
Co-founded a San Francisco-based nonprofit from the ground up, developing all communications strategy, brand identity, donor messaging, and community outreach infrastructure.
FOUNDERNONPROFITSAN FRANCISCO
Entertainment Marketing
Film · TV · Radio
Freelance marketing for Showtime, the Movie Channel, Sundance Channel, Travel Channel, and Warner Brothers Studios. Earlier career as Film & Script Evaluator at Showtime and Analyst at Paramount Pictures.
SHOWTIMEWARNER BROS.PARAMOUNT
12-Year Consulting Practice
Independent Marketing Consultant
Directed integrated marketing for up to 6 clients simultaneously across nonprofit, health, and technology: social media, SEO/SEM, lead generation, email campaigns, PR, white papers, and case studies.
6 CLIENTS AT ONCETECH · NONPROFIT · HEALTH2014 TO PRESENT

Experience

Marketing, Communications & Development Consultant
Independent · Ventura County, CA
2014 – Present
Directed integrated communications and marketing for up to 6 clients simultaneously across nonprofit, health, and technology. Delivered end-to-end programs spanning PR strategy, press releases, social media, SEO/PPC, email campaigns, lead generation, and crisis communications. Produced white papers, case studies, executive content, video scripts, and e-newsletters; managed media relations and built brand voice frameworks.
6 SIMULTANEOUS CLIENTSTECH · NONPROFIT · HEALTHFULL-FUNNEL
Co-Founder, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
appHappy · San Francisco, CA
2010 – 2012
Co-founded a mobile applications startup and led all brand communications, media strategy, and external messaging from pre-launch through active operations. Directed storytelling, product messaging, and a creative team while managing launch communications for a suite of multi-platform applications. Also handled operations, project management, budget management, hiring, and business development.
CO-FOUNDERPRE-LAUNCH TO LIVEMULTI-PLATFORM
Senior Program Manager, Marketing Consultant
Adobe Systems Inc. via Crawford Communications · San Francisco, CA
2008 – 2009
Owned all communications and marketing for the Adobe Agency Partner Program, an exclusive international initiative for top agencies including Digitas, Sapient, and AKQA. Designed and launched a custom partner web portal; wrote all messaging, email content, and promotional copy; produced online video and branding collateral. Quadrupled program membership in under one year through a content-first campaign strategy.
4x MEMBERSHIP GROWTHUNDER 12 MONTHSDIGITAS · SAPIENT · AKQA
Director, Events & Conferences · Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications
TechSoup Global · San Francisco, CA
2005 – 2008
Directed all marketing and communications for a 250+ person global tech nonprofit at $25M budget scale, reaching 300,000+ monthly visitors across 190 countries. Grew the Net2 user base 4x in under 6 weeks and secured national coverage in MSNBC, the SF Chronicle, and Red Herring. Built TechSoup's Events Department from scratch; produced the Netsquared Conference with Yahoo and Microsoft as $50K+ sponsors.
$25M BUDGET4x IN 6 WEEKS190 COUNTRIESMSNBC · SF CHRONICLE
Director, Communications & Development
Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association, NOAA · San Francisco, CA
2004 – 2005
Directed all PR and external communications for a US government-affiliated conservation nonprofit: press relations, press releases, e-newsletters, community outreach, and advocacy campaigns to government offices. Led website redesign and CMS launch; wrote grant proposals; supervised web developers and designers.
GOVERNMENT-AFFILIATEDGRANT WRITINGADVOCACY COMMS
Earlier Career: Entertainment & Media
Showtime · Paramount Pictures · KCRW-FM NPR · Warner Bros.
Pre-2004
Film & Script Evaluator at Showtime/The Movie Channel; Analyst at Paramount Pictures; Radio Producer at KCRW-FM (NPR), KPFK-FM, and KROQ-FM; Freelance Marketing for Showtime, Sundance Channel, Travel Channel, and Warner Brothers Studios. These years built a storytelling instinct that has defined every campaign since.
SHOWTIME · PARAMOUNTWARNER BROS.NPR / KCRW-FM

Core Skills

Integrated Communications Strategy97%
Content Strategy & Copywriting95%
Media Relations & PR94%
Brand Messaging & Storytelling93%
Digital Marketing: SEO, SEM, PPC, Email90%
Nonprofit Development & Grant Writing88%
Event Production & Sponsorship86%
Analytics & Campaign Measurement83%
Adobe TechSoup Global Showtime Warner Bros. Paramount Pictures KCRW-FM NOAA Farallones
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Open to Marketing Director, Communications Director, Nonprofit Development Director, and related senior roles. Remote-first; open to hybrid in LA, SF, or NYC.

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