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Salaries

Typical salary range

$45,000 – $50,000

/ yr

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People

Founders

Kim Gallaspy
Chief of Staff and Strategic Advisor to the President
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Paul Lyon
Managing Director Center for the Study of the National Guard
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Jerry DeFatta
Jerry DeFatta
Assistant to the President for Advancement and Special Projects
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Marketing leadership

Morgan Smith
Morgan Smith
Director of Marketing and Communications
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Karelia Pitts, MMC
Karelia Pitts, MMC
Director of Marketing and Communications for the USM College of Education and Human Sciences
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Bailey Harris Shoemake, MBA
Bailey Harris Shoemake, MBA
Director of Marketing and Communications, Southern Miss Business
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April Jordan
Assistant Director of Marketing
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Margie Jepson
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
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Hiring contacts

Denise Booth
Denise Booth
Human Resources Business Partner
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Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

3 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +2.3% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$1.4M

Last raise

$1.2M

Grant, 1 years ago

Funding history

Jun 2025

Grant University Of Southern Mississippi · $1.2M

Dec 2024

Grant University Of Southern Mississippi · $139K

Audience

Monthly website visitors
457.9K
Month over month-14.5%
Quarter over quarter-17.8%
Top sourceDirect (48.3%)
Ad budget per month$201.9K
Average search rank44.8
Traffic source mix
Direct
48.3%
Search
33.7%
Referral
10.9%
Social
2%
Paid referral
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

111.2K

12-mo growth

+7.3%

Monthly growth

+0.4%

News

Links

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