Nisa Schmitz, based out of the St. Louis area, provides communication and marketing services worldwide. From pitching to the media, creating media kits, developing media calendars, editing brochures and e-books, composing Web content, writing marketing collateral copy, creating and executing email marketing campaigns, and facilitating internal corporate communications, Nisa welcomes the opportunity to provide her expertise in all areas of communication, marketing and journalism. Her clients include Drury Hotels, PSAV, and Doubledot Media, among others.
She launched her career at Vox magazine, a weekly tabloid in Columbia, MO, with a circulation of 15,000, where she reported before advancing to an arts editor. After graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Missouri in Columbia, she became the public relations/alumni specialist at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, MO. After three years in that role, Harris-Stowe promoted her to interim director of communications, marketing and alumni affairs.
In 2011, Nisa joined Swank Audio Visuals as its communications manager and developed its overall internal communication strategy. After Swank merged with PSAV, her internal audience expanded to 4,500 employees across 1,200 locations.
To further her knowledge and understanding of public relations and communications, Nisa earned a Master of Science in Mass Communications from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she was honored with the John Rider Graduate Achievement Award for exemplary academic achievement.