Anika Jackson

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Anika Jackson

Anika Jackson is a senior communications and marketing professional with over 25 years of experience working with diverse brands and clients to build local and global interest and create meaningful relationships between businesses and people. She currently serves as the CEO, Chief Strategist, and podcast host for Your Brand Amplified, a marketing and communications agency that she also founded. Jackson’s professional expertise encompasses experiential marketing, event production, launch marketing, public relations, and various additional digital and influencer-based marketing and communications management strategies. She is a member of Intuit’s Small Business Council, advising startups such as Flowsend.ai, Olivia Education, and Ziotag. She is an Executive Director at ICL Foundation where she drives initiatives for passion-based education and civic leadership. She is also a judge for the Webby Awards as a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Jackson contributes her knowledge and thought leadership for the benefit of multiple local, national, and global nonprofits.

As an instructor at USC Annenberg, Jackson serves as faculty for the MS in Digital Media Management program. She also created the Podcasting for Brand Building elective in the MS in Digital Social Media program and is the co-host and producer of the Mediascape podcast. She is currently pursuing an MBA at Villanova with AI/ML and marketing specialization and received a BS in public administration from the University of San Francisco.

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