District Winners

2022 District 5 Rising Star

Gregg Jones
Director of Marketing and Communications
East Central College
Union, MO

Starting a new position in a different field is challenging during typical times, and Gregg Jones began his new career while in the midst of a pandemic, in 2020. Prior to starting at East Central College (ECC), Jones spent 18 years at the Missourian Median Group as a managing editor, investigative journalist and photojournalist. 

During his time at ECC, he has guided his team to Medallion awards for his social media campaigns for the college’s Facebook page, which has grown under Jones’ leadership. From 2020 to 2021, the page’s reach increased more than 36%, and paid impressions increased more than 200%. The judges responded to the engaging content and resultant engagements. Jones also was instrumental in ECC’s Paragon award, for successful recruitment and marketing program.

Jones is known on campus for being a team player, and he actively looks for ways marketing can work with various college departments to help them achieve their goals. 

“His past experience as a newspaper reporter brings an inquisitive nature to his work, which is a benefit when working with students and employees to tell their success stories with the area community,” writes Joel Doepker, ECC’s vice president of external relations and Jones’ nominator.

That experience means Jones has a deep understanding of the importance of storytelling to ECC. He has a good eye for a story that will resonate with the college’s audiences.

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