Hi, I'm Art Coulson, owner of Redbird Media & Design. We specialize in Strategic Communications | Media Strategy | Print+Online Design | Social Media Consulting
Art Coulson's Bio:
Art Coulson's Experience:
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School Board Member at ISD 196
2007 - PresentOne of seven elected school board members in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district, Minnesota's fourth-largest district with 28,000 students, 4,000 employees and an annual budget of $400 million. Appointed to fill a vacancy in 2007; elected to a four-year term in 2009 and re-elected in 2013.
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Editorial Page Editor at St. Paul Pioneer Press
2000 - PresentLed the newspaper's award-winning Editorial Board from 2003-2006. Served as Senior Editor for Suburban Coverage from 2000-03
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Member at Native American Journalists Association
1994 - Present -
Public Communications Director at Ramsey County
2006 - 2014I was responsible for developing and implementing the county governmentâs entire communications program. I helped the elected, seven-member county board and its appointed administrator develop targeted messages and effectively and efficiently deliver those messages to their intended audiences. I wrote speeches, created visually appealing presentations, oversaw a wide range of publications, planned events large and small and directed the county's use of social media and the web. In addition, I managed the county's media relations and its internal communications with its 4,000 employees.
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Board member at The Circle
2009 - 2010 -
Basic Needs Impact Committee Member at Greater Twin Cities United Way
2007 - 2009 -
Metro Editor at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
1989 - 2000Positions held in addition to Metro Editor included Deputy Editorial Page Editor; Zoned Editions Editor and Copy Editor
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News Editor at Canandaigua Daily Messenger
1988 - 1989 -
Managing Editor at The Reston Times
1986 - 1988While I was managing editor, The Reston Times in Fairfax County, Va., was named best suburban newspaper in the nation for two consecutive years by Suburban Newspapers of America.
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Editor at Sun Coast Media Group
1984 - 1986Positions held included Editor of Sarasota Sun and city hall/cops reporter for The Venice Gondolier
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Owner at Redbird Media & Design
2006Redbird Media & Design is a communications, design, publishing and social media strategy company providing a wide range of services to corporate, government and nonprofit clients.
Art Coulson's Education:
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Duke University
1979 – 1983Bachelor's -
Norfolk Academy
1975 – 1979
Art Coulson's Interests & Activities:
Writer, lacrosse fan and player, lover of spicy food, guitar player, Cherokee language learner, beadworker, basket maker. Author of "The Creator's Game: A Story of Baaga'adowe/Lacrosse," to be published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in November 2013.