Stephanie Zappala

Creative, data-driven Marketing & Communications Director/CMO with 10+ years leading growth and successful teams in the Arts, Entertainment & Nonprofit sectors across the USA, Australia & UK.

Role
Director of Sales and Marketing at La Jolla Playhouse
Location
San Diego, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Stephanie Zappala

MARKETING MANAGEMENT10+ years marketing management experience at premiere cultural organizations in USA, Australia and UK, developing strategy and executing campaigns across traditional and digital media. Solid track record in driving revenue. LEADERSHIP10+ years as a key member of leadership teams, managing teams and casual workforce, including recruitment, training, development and mentorship. SUBSCRIPTIONS8+ years leading successful subscription sales campaigns.CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT6+ years leading CRM program for subscribers, implementing successful initiatives to increase loyalty and acquisition. DIGITAL, SOCIAL, WEB10+ years developing best practice website UX, digital and social media strategy, including campaigns with 100%+ ROI and managing social media communities of 400K+. COMMUNICATIONS AND PR 10+ years of institutional media relations, internal and external communications, crisis communications, message map development for cross-departmental usage, artist media training, press release writing. Exemplary communications and presentation skills.CONTENT 10+ years’ developing engaging, segmented, creative digital/social content for audiences.BRAND Development and cross-departmental roll-out of brand strategy, positioning and guidelines.BUDGET AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT10+ years managing multi-million budgets effectively.CUSTOMER SERVICE | BOX OFFICE | VENUE10+ years managing audience and customer service communications in arts organizations, including creation and implementation of policies and procedures, venue hire sales packaging.WRITINGCopywriting for advertising, content and campaigns. Speech and remark-writing for senior leadership. BROAD RELATED SKILL BASE Background in journalism and photography. Extensive experience in art direction and photo shoot producing.

Experience

  1. Director of Sales and Marketing

    La Jolla Playhouse

    Aug 2022 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Arts and Culture Strategy

    2021 — 2021

  • Swinburne University of Technology

    Graduate Diploma of Arts (Writing)

  • Google Analytics Academy

    Google Analytics

    2021 — 2021

  • Australian College of Journalism

    Diploma, Writing and Photography

    1998 — 1999

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Executive Program, Social Impact Strategy

    2023

  • University of Sydney

    Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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