Marissa Smith
Senior Digital Marketing Strategist
Marissa (she/they) is a multi-channel marketing mage, bringing a breadth of experience to Dittoe PR from previous roles at both agencies and nonprofit organizations. As Senior Digital Marketing Strategist, she develops and executes digital advertising campaigns for our clients that cohesively run alongside organic social media and public relations efforts.
Most recently, Marissa served in a dual-purpose account management and digital strategy role for a Texas-based SaaS agency specializing in healthcare marketing. In previous roles, they have led social media, brand positioning, SEO, stakeholder communications, business development, community engagement, website optimization and more.
In addition to her wide range of marketing expertise, Marissa has worked on such varied topics and projects from sheep farming to foot diseases, wastewater to international sports, and a number of social issues, including working with the ACLU of Indiana to help educate Hoosiers on reproductive rights.
Marissa studied journalism with a concentration in PR at Indiana University Indianapolis. In addition to her title as Senior Digital Marketing Strategist, she also accepts baker, cat mom, pisces queen, nerd and others. When they’re not working, Marissa can be found petting stray cats, reading fantasy novels, playing video games, wandering in the woods, or making art.
Industry Articles
How to Integrate Social Media with Public Relations for Effective, Affordable Marketing
Why do public relations and social media belong together? One builds trust, the other builds reach, and, together, they build brand momentum. Read more about how to strategically blend PR and social media from our Senior Digital Marketing Strategist Marissa Smith.
3 Ways Media Relations Can Drive Business Growth
When people ask what kind of work public relations is, the simplest definition is “helping clients get covered in the news.” But that’s an oversimplification. Director of Content Madisen Petrosky shares three ways “getting covered in the news” can drive business growth.
How Substack Is – and Isn’t – Changing PR
Journalists, media personalities and writers of all kinds have been flocking to Substack in recent years. Why? What does it mean for public relations? Senior Content Specialist Madisen Petrosky takes a look.


