Creative Director, PR Specialist, and Cultural Marketer Angie Mack Creative

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Angela “Angie” Mack

Creative Director | Public Relations Specialist | Cultural Marketer Grafton, WI | angie@ozaukeetalent.com | AngieMackCreative.com | OzaukeeTalent.com

Executive Summary

Dynamic, visionary Creative Director, PR Specialist, and Cultural Marketer with over 20 years of experience driving community development, historic arts advocacy, event curation, and brand building. Proven track record in pitching high-profile stories to international news outlets, executing grassroots PR campaigns that achieve global reach, and developing cultural branding initiatives (including the Paramount Walk of Fame and the Grafton House of Blues). Recognized for leveraging storytelling, public speaking, and digital arts marketing to transform local heritage into national cultural assets.

Core Competencies

  • Public Relations & Media Strategy: International press outreach, pitch strategy, news submissions, public speaking.
  • Creative Content & Storytelling: Strategic copywriting, content creation, published author (Chronic Creativity), music/arts journalism.
  • Brand Strategy & Heritage Marketing: Historic preservation campaigns, municipal placemaking, cultural identity development.
  • Event Planning & Curation: Live music event production, festival concept design, community workshops, theater/musical direction.
  • Community Engagement & Advocacy: Public art installations, municipal collaboration, grassroots advocacy, educational outreach.
  • Digital Media & Web Presence: Website management, digital art curation, social media campaign execution, SEO/blog publishing.

Professional Experience

Founder, Creative Director & Talent Coach

Ozaukee Talent | Grafton, WI 2016 – Present

  • Direct all marketing, PR, brand strategy, and operations for a multidisciplinary creative arts studio.
  • Developed and execute promotional strategies for music education, youth performances, acting coaching, and community workshops.
  • Curate and produce the popular “Music on the Porch” live concert series, handling talent booking, audience outreach, and event marketing.
  • Coached thousands of performing artists, successfully guiding students toward major regional and national roles (e.g., lead roles with Milwaukee Repertory Theater).

Cultural Historian, Advocate & Artist-in-Residence

Grafton House of Blues / Paramount Records Advocacy Initiative | Grafton, WI 2004 – Present

  • Global PR Success: Pitched and landed international media coverage—including a featured segment on PBS History Detectives—highlighting Grafton’s blues history and the discovery of blues legend Blind Blake’s unmarked grave.
  • Municipal Brand & Identity: Spearheaded the grassroots campaign that led to the creation of the Paramount Walk of Fame (a giant piano-shaped monument in downtown Grafton), establishing the village’s cultural identity as a blues destination.
  • Grammy Award Contribution: Contributed research and archive materials to Jack White’s Third Man Records project, “The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1”, which received a Grammy Award in 2015.
  • Cross-Media Collaboration: Consulted and contributed research for major theatrical productions, including Grafton City Blues and Chasin’ Dem Blues (Milwaukee Rep, Delaware Theatre Company).
  • Publication & Web Campaigning: Published the Paramount Walking Tour Booklet in partnership with the Village of Grafton Historic Preservation Commission.

Principal Content Writer & Creative Strategist

Angie Mack Creative | Grafton, WI 2004 – Present

  • Published author of Chronic Creativity and long-form contributor to platforms including Ozaukee Magazine, Creativity Portal, and various arts publications.
  • Manage digital brand platforms, blogs, and content pipelines across multiple creative ventures (Paramounts Home, Sociofocus, Creative Connection Arts).
  • Produce multi-genre digital creative assets across audio, video (YouTube digital gallery curation), and written formats.

Notable Highlights & PR Achievements

  • 2015 Grammy Award Recipient Contribution: Contributor to The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (Jack White / Third Man Records).
  • PBS History Detectives Feature: Successfully submitted story and facilitated on-site filming in Grafton, WI.
  • Annex Wealth Management “Difference Maker”: Awarded for impactful cultural leadership and community contributions in Ozaukee County.
  • Wisconsin Historical Society Website Award: Recognized for historic preservation content on paramountshome.org.
  • Poetry Paths Winner: Village of Grafton (2011, 2012).
Close-up of the book 'Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive' by Dick Waterman, featuring a black and white photograph of a musician playing guitar on the cover.

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