Kelsey (K. Riley Tips)

Experience Project Manager and Cultural Entrepenur

Chicago, IL

Resourceful digital project manager with 6+ years of managing internal and external communications strategies that contribute to positive organizational culture. Meticulous, intrinsically motivated, and assertive team player that utilizes innovative approaches to solve complex and develop culturally relevant and cutting-edge brand and marketing campaigns.

Kelsey (K. Riley Tips)

Experience Project Manager and Cultural Entrepenur

Chicago, IL

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Conversations with the Inspiring Kelsey Riley
Kelsey is a branding and marketing consultant who uses technology to tell stories, impact people, and help brands and organizations grow. Her experience as Homecoming Vice Chair at her alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana, paved the way for her career in event planning, social media marketing and more.
Voyage Chicago
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EXCLUSIVE: Donda’s House alum explores her own mental health journey and what the organization means to her
“What’s the relationship like between you and your father?”. Rhymefest: I will never forget walking into the Ark of St. Sabina (youth community center at St. Sabina Catholic Church) in August 2013, where auditions were held for what was formerly known as Donda’s House, and hearing Rhymefest pose that jarring question.
TheGrio.com
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Meet Kelsey Riley, social justice advocate, mentor and alum of Donda’s House
Black youth are represented in a large majority of news headlines as negative and volatile. We know this to be an exaggeration and a result of not being able to control the narrative that is spread around the world. The cause of much of this volatility is due to the current racial and political climate that exists in this country.
rolling out UrbanStyle Weekly
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#ChiBreakTheCycle: Inspiring community dialogue about violence, police brutality and #BlackLivesMatter
As a native and resident of the South Side of Chicago, discussion of the police and violence is unfortunately nothing new to me. I am one of those that is proudly anti-Chiraq. I do not embrace the term in the very least. The moniker that has boomed in popularity to describe the violent landscape of Chicago’s South Side and West Side in the media and has been glorified through music videos and more.
Da fuq? A Case Study on Hefty and Ebonics in Marketing
In a new ad campaign, Hefty® Ultimate™ Cups teamed up with Havas Worldwide Chicago to “challenge traditional stereotypes of mothers that are seen as “wholesome caregivers for their children.”. Lynnette Hinch, Director of Marketing for Hefty Cups, goes on to say that they are “giving moms permission to party harder with the ideal party cup from Hefty.”.
Miss Jessie's Book Tour Makes Its First Stop in Chicago
http://www.lovemycc.com/2015/04/06/event-recap-miss-jessies-book-tour-makes-its-first-stop-in-chicago/
Twitter Chat - Social Media + The Revolution by MYCC
http://www.lovemycc.com/2015/01/28/2-3-15-twitter-chat-social-media-revolution/
#SociallyConsciousFlow: #RichardSherman Reaction Memo
50 struggles that perfectly describe what it’s like growing up black
#GrowingUpBlack quickly trended last night and Black Twitter shared memories of childhood. We laughed, we cried and we YASSS-ed. Below are some of our favorites. The one room in the house you wasn't supposed to be in #GrowingUpBlack pic.twitter.com/TajYokx9qa. #GrowingUpBlack You knew whatever was in this pan was about to be FIRE pic.twitter.com/fqGGK5wK60.
Nicki Is not “just another #AngryBlackWoman”
As Nicki Minaj began to expand on her commentary about the lack of VMA nominations for “Feelin’ Myself” and “Anaconda”, mainstream media took the usual route of reducing her comments to a “Twitter spat” and painting her in a negative light. Taylor Swift, demonstrating vapid mainstream white feminism at its finest by inserting herself into the conversation, only further derailed the reporting of her comments and ultimately centered the conversation about herself instead of Minaj.
Campaign Zero aims to end police violence and inform black millennial voters
Johnetta Elzie, a member of the core team behind Campaign Zero, talks to us about how black millennials can use Campaign Zero to be informed in time for the 2016 Presidential Election, become involved in the movement and practice self-care. The new generations’ civil rights movement has been met with its share of critique and controversy.
29 Thoughts students have during their first week back at an HBCU
Let me make sure I wake up at the crack of dawn and prepare myself for the registration line. I hope I won’t have to end up crying to my financial aid advisor like I did last year: Do y’all have any scholarships left? Did my scholarship go through? Are there any work study jobs left? Am I getting a refund check this semester?

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Kelsey (K. Riley Tips)

Social Media Marketing

Nonprofit Management

Live Tweeting

Growth Hacking

Project Management

Kelsey Riley is an independent creative strategy consultant hailing from the South Side of Chicago. Her experience as Homecoming Vice Chair at Xavier University of Louisiana sparked her career in arts, culture, and media. She has worked with youth in Ecuador, Ghana, and Brazil as a Tom Joyner Foundation Semester at Sea scholar and study abroad programs.

Through her work as the former Executive Assistant and Social Media Manager at Art of Culture, Inc. (formerly known as Donda's House), an arts education non-profit based in Chicago, she cultivated a rich network of artists and influencers in entertainment and media. Past clients and work include collaborations with celebrities such as AAHH! Fest with Common, Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, Red Bull's "30 Days in Chicago", Vocalo Radio 91.1 FM, and Chicago Public Schools.

Identifying as queer, Kelsey proudly advocates for the support of Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ creatives. She has been honored for using her platform for advocacy and social justice by publications including Rolling Out, Xavier University of Louisana's alumni chapter, the Chicago Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and more. You can follow her @KRileyTips on social media and learn more at www.krileytips.com.