Andrew Oppmann

About Andrew Oppmann

Strategic communicator, television executive producer and former media executive, leveraging 30-plus years of experience for news groups in seven states and 15-plus years as a higher education administrator to shape and extend the brand of Greater Nashville\'s largest university.

Experience

1. Vice President, Marketing and Communications

   Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

   Jul 2013 — Present · Murfreesboro, TN, US

   Lead MTSU’s marketing and communications efforts to tell our unique stories on multiple platforms. Our team shapes and implements digital, traditional and experiential advertising and communications strategies that serve the needs and priorities of the university’s colleges and units. Also, as the university’s chief spokesman, I work with the President and Provost to shape executive-level outreach.As executive producer of MTSU True Blue TV, I am also responsible for the university’s premier video platform and public access channel for live broadcasts and campus original programming. Host and executive producer of “Out of the Blue,” MTSU’s public service TV program and podcast that airs on NewsChannel 5+ and channels in 17 states, as well as Spotify and Apple podcasts. The program has received multiple national Telly Awards, including two for special webcasts produced as part of MTSU\'s COVID-19 response.Also, on behalf of the President, led or fostered special initiatives, such as bolstering MTSU’s ties to Peru, Kenya, China and The Bahamas; launching the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center; and establishing partnerships with major brands, including The Grammys; the Academy of Country Music; Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival; EAA AirVenture; Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force volunteer civilian auxiliary; the Grand Ole Opry; Nashville Predators; Nashville Sounds; Big Machine Music City Grand Prix; Tennessee Air National Guard; Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America; and the Great Tennessee Air Show. Served as producer of campus concert events for A-list artists, including Wynonna, Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, Reba, and Peter Frampton.

Education

• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

  Doctor of Education - EdD, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

  2025

• FEMA Emergency Management Institute

  ICS 100, 200, 300, 700, 702 and 800 certificates, FEMA Incident Command System protocols

  2015 — 2018

• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

  Master of Professional Studies, Strategic Leadership

  2017

• University of Kentucky

  B.A., Journalism

  1985

Skills

• University Relations
• Editing
• Crisis Communications
• Breaking News
• Creative Direction
• Blogging
• Strategic Communications
• Advertising
• News Writing
• Newspapers
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Creative Writing
• Corporate Communications
• Newsletters
• Web Content Writing
• Social Media Marketing
• Multimedia Journalism
• Multimedia Communications
• Feature Articles
• Video
• Publications
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Proofreading
• Media Relations
• Social Media
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Zoology
• New Media
• Content Development
• Newspaper
• Content Strategy
• Web Content