Jamie Hampton

About Jamie Hampton

I try not to overplay the bike metaphor (I mean, Mixte is the name of a bike frame), but the reason that I’m here today is because of a bike. In the late I was bike commuting to my agency job in San Diego (I had sold my car because I couldn’t afford it). As the only bike commuter on the road, I waited at a stoplight, sharing the space with a Honda Element. But when I arrived at work, I stashed my used, slightly bent bike in the hallway, and sat down to do PR for Honda. Yep, I was bike commuting to work to use my professional talents to sell SUVs.It was that day that I made a plan to follow my personal values professionally, and within a year, I was the communications director for one of the world’s largest Waterkeeper organizations. As its first advocacy communications director and only communications staff member, I learned how the communications department can be spread thin by an organization’s comprehensive needs and the requirements to support internal departments, the board of directors and external stakeholders. It’s also where I experienced firsthand the inefficient nature of communications, driving me to develop Mixte’s proprietary extension-of-staff model and our focus on systems development. This leap into the nonprofit sector also revealed to me more about the white dominant world of public relations (about 87% white in the United States) while also introducing me to environmental justices happening in my backyard (which primarily impact communities of color). My vision for what I could accomplish professionally evolved into building an agency committed to social justice, achieved by supporting community-driven activists.More than what my professional track taught me, I also realized this vision would require some of my life’s most important work – acknowledging my privilege and understanding where it comes from and how it affects my presence and leadership. Once you see the injustice, you can’t unsee it.This relentless focus on equity – both through our clients and with our team – led to Mixte being recognized in 2021 as one of the nation’s best boutique agencies, and in 2019 as PR Team of the Year. Today, I am one of two principals, and I nurture company culture and create community engagement opportunities, including the development of Mixte Classroom and Tracks Apprenticeship. I do this from my backyard, nestled in the mountains of Central Oregon.

Experience

1. Principal

   Mixte Communications

   Dec 2014 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Mixte is an immigrant-owned, woman-owned and values-run agency that only works with community-minded leaders. We don’t sacrifice our moral code for profit, we’re nationally recognized with excellence for Best Boutique Agency (twice!) for our commitment to equity.We offer award-winning digital marketing, public relations and strategic communications for advocacy nonprofits across the country who are fighting for all people to thrive.

Education

• University of Oregon

  B.S., Journalism and public relations

  1998 — 2001

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor's degree, Journalism

Skills

• Nonprofits
• Non-Profits
• Email Marketing
• Strategic Communications
• Newsletters
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Social Media
• Web Content
• Strategy
• Online Marketing
• Creative Direction
• Marketing
• Press Releases
• Promotions
• Blogging
• SEO
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Event Planning
• Web Content Management
• Corporate Communications
• Public Speaking
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Integrated Marketing
• Trade Shows
• Community Relations
• Editing
• Marketing Strategy
• Leadership
• Environmental Communications
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Event Management
• Writing
• Advertising
• Website Development
• Copywriting