BLUE DOGS MEDIA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Copywriter and Strategic Planner
In addition to helping clients grow in strategically aligned ways, Amy is personally invested in community development. She is a member of Leadership Montana's Class of 2017 and the inaugural Master's Class of 2019, is a certified Gracious Space facilitator, and serves on the advisory council of the Gracious Space Institute - a national initiative to increase civility and collaborative leadership.
She is a founding board member for the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which is dedicated to fostering strength and self-reliance in women and in rural, agricultural communities. The Foundation has awarded over $100,000 in community grants, teaches timber skills, recently piloted a leadership program focusing on girls in their junior year of high school in rural communities, and oversees the Red Ants Pants Music Festival with 18,000 in attendance in 2018.
She previously served for six years on the board of Garden City Harvest grows food to nourish bodies, inspire minds, and strengthen community. Garden City Harvest recently completed building a $2.8M Community Farmstead to expand programming beyond teaching how to grow food to also include food preparation and preservation. With more than 20 sites in Missoula, current programming includes Farm to School, Community Gardens, Youth Development, and Neighborhood Farms.
Lisa McKinney's creative talents have been employed designing and marketing for a diverse clientele that includes evolving or developing, small businesses, independent artists and athletes, national non-profits, and national outdoor brands. Because of Lisa's unconventional path and over 15 years of professional experience across different industry sectors she offers a unique combination of business, technical, and creative skills. She loves teaching and helping others grow and thrive in their own businesses.
Lisa is an independent thinker and creative marketer with extensive experience in brand development, digital and print communications, social media, analytics, paid and earned media. She values the importance of being a nimble practitioner on every digital platform she oversees and uses her marketing and artistic instincts to create effective multi-channel marketing solutions that drive audience engagement, helping businesses reach their desired audience and beyond. Creative work featured in HOW, New York Times, DHA, and Montana Addy's.