Brad Shellgren

Award-winning communications and content leader with 20+ years of experience in strategic storytelling, brand development, digital content creation, and audience engagement. Proven success leading integrated marketing initiatives that strengthen brand awareness, drive enrollment growth, and build meaningful audience connections.

Brings a unique blend of newsroom urgency, creative vision, and strategic marketing expertise developed through leadership roles in education, media, and broadcast journalism. Skilled in translating complex ideas into compelling content across digital, video, social media, and live platforms.

Core strengths include content strategy, brand storytelling, video production, marketing communications, social media engagement, media relations, and cross-functional collaboration.

Communications and content leader with 20+ years of experience in broadcast media, marketing, and brand strategy. Proven success driving audience growth, increasing enrollment by 40%, growing social media audiences from hundreds to thousands, leading award-winning content teams, and managing high-profile communications across television, education, sports, and digital platforms. Skilled in strategic storytelling, media relations, content creation, public engagement, team leadership, and multimedia production.

University of South Florida - M.A. Journalism - DePauw University - B.A. Communications