Marla Shaivitz
Hi there, I’m Marla Shaivitz, a solutions-driven and technically sophisticated strategist with proven success in orchestrating and implementing comprehensive strategies to foster innovation and improve operational efficiencies.
A little
about me
I have an in-depth knowledge of new media technologies and trends and is interested in data visualization, AI and how web technology creates efficiencies in operations, particularly in social impact settings.
My experience lies in integrated communications, online community, web development, content creation and project management for web-based software. Currently, I work for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Center for Communication Programs, as Director of Digital Strategy. Prior to this position, I worked in the B2B software world in digital marketing, crafted numerous websites as a front-end developer and wrote by-lined and ghost-written articles on tech topics (here’s a Pinterest board of articles.) I spent nine years as the Web Technology Director at The Horizon Foundation, a proactive, strategic philanthropy where I provided counsel and direction on how web technology could best achieve organizational goals in addition to directing activity for the Foundation’s web properties and social media.
Prior to the Foundation, I was a founding member of Ellipsis Partners, a strategic consulting firm focusing on the online needs of nonprofit organizations and associations. Additionally, I worked in public relations for the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, an internationally recognized institution for children with developmental disorders.
As a contributing writer for a popular tech blog focused on technology companies and their founders, I have interviewed entrepreneurs across the United States and Africa.