Meet the MyMediaMatters Team.
Kelsey Wagner
Owner, MyMediaMatters
Editor-in-Chief/Owner, Ponca City Monthly |
Kelsey founded MyMediaMatters in 2017 to help small businesses succeed in a world where social media, e-commerce, and a professional online web presence can make or break a business. As CEO of MyMediaMatters, she leads a creative team of individuals that are driven to constantly innovate and adapt, keeping our clients and their businesses at the forefront of creative design and online solutions. Kelsey also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Ponca City Monthly, a hyperlocal, full-color magazine written by local journalists in Ponca City and owned and operated by MyMediaMatters. Kelsey started MyMediaMatters after being laid off unexpectedly, and after two years of growing MyMediaMatters, she founded Ponca City Monthly magazine. Kelsey has over five years of non-profit experience and has served as the Executive Director of the Ponca City Art Association, was Online Banking Lead for Eastman National Bank and has also volunteered with several local nonprofits, including Ponca City Main Street, where she was recently honored to receive the Main Street Hero award. Kelsey is currently appointed to the Ponca City Planning Commision and was selected to be on the Ponca City Chamber of Commerce's Executive Board. Kelsey also serves on the Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council and the City Arts board of directors. Kelsey has an associate degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in Administrative Leadership. Kelsey’s interdisciplinary background encompasses business development, technology, design, entrepreneurship, leadership, arts advocacy, and management that enables her to not only help grow her businesses, but others as well.
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Robyn RyanAdvertising Director/Associate Editor
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Robyn Ryan joined our creative team at MyMediaMatters as our Ponca City Monthly Magazine Advertising Director/Associate Editor in February of 2020, prior to the premier issue of the publication, a hyper-local community magazine in April of 2020. When Robyn isn’t out and about taking care of her advertising clients, whose support allows the magazine to be distributed to the public for free, she is utilizing her over 42 years of graphic design experience creating about 95% of all of the advertisements featured in the magazine. As Associate Editor, she enjoys fine-tuning the magazine each month before it is sent to the printer. Having grown from 32-pages to 80 pages in less than two years, www.PoncaCityMonthy.com now has around 40,000 visitors monthly and around 8,000 physical magazines are distributed each month locally.
Robyn was employed by The Ponca City News for 25 years and retired in 2019 from her position as Advertising Director. That retirement lasted about six months. During a chance meeting with Kelsey, and learning about the idea for Ponca City Monthly Magazine, Robyn was eager to jump on board and has enjoyed every minute since. She loves being able to work with her Ponca City News advertising clients again in her role as Advertising Director for Ponca City Monthly and is equally excited to assist new business owners in promoting themselves through advertising. Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of working with Robyn knows that customers become more than clients; they become friends. She delivers magazines in person to her advertisers every month and even delivers to our five nursing homes and the Senior Center. Her “job” has never been an 8 to 5, Monday through Friday thing and her clients know they can call her any time. Those who have been with her the longest often say “Oh, just put something together, I don’t need to see it. I trust you!”. Robyn is active in the Ponca City Chamber, a graduate of Ponca City Fire Academy, heavily involved in the annual Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook Off fundraiser for Hospice of NCO, which she’s chaired four times over the years. The event is hosted by Professionals Today, a local women’s civic group, which Robyn has been a member of for over 20 years. Robyn has donated graphic design to many local organizations throughout the years, having designed the “Santa Shops Ponca 1st” logo, that is still used today, over 25 years ago. She is passionate about downtown Ponca City, something she gained an appreciation for because of her father’s love for his hometown downtown and his renovation of several buildings in the area. Robyn is married to Ron Ryan and they raise two rescue golden retrievers, Boomer and Sooner. She enjoys gardening, summers at the lake and spending time with her family. |
Jill RoweSocial Media Coordinator
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Jill graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in fine art, with an emphasis in Illustration in 2009. Jill has continued to show her custom artwork at various locations since graduating, and doing freelance work for a plethora of businesses including large murals and sign painting. Jill started an alternative modeling agency based in Cincinnati called HRH mafia from 2010 - 2012 with a business partner, and started a production company with friends called Vault51 Productions in 2013. Jill's company published a photography coffee table book called Absolution Abbey and a comic book called A Dark Alice in Wonderland. Vault51 Productions participated in the 48 hour film festival in 2014 with a short film called Door 2 Door which won best costume, and in 2015 with a short film called Acrimony which won best writing. Jill has also been bartending and bar managing since 2013 at every type of bar from bar-cades(bar arcade), dive music venues, to classic cocktail bars. Jill developed a hard working mentality from continually working in fast-paced, high volume environments. When she is not creating engaging and artistic social media content, she enjoy spending time her husband, Clint Rowe, and their three rescue dogs. Jill also enjoys watching horror movies, singing karaoke, riding motorcycles and traveling in and out of the country.
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Andy HicksLayout Designer
Digital Marketing Strategist Videographer |
Andy is a graphic artist, photographer, and storyteller. Andy says he has always loved the art of storytelling, saying "I was that kid that was on the school newspaper, yearbook, video annual, and art club. I’ve spent almost 25 years as a writer, photographer, and graphic designer for various newspapers and magazines in and around Oklahoma. Over the years, I watched storytelling evolve into a new art form including video and motion graphics. I am constantly searching for new technologies that will enable me to tell my client's stories and broadcast them to ever-growing digital audience."
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Hayley HarrisonAdministrative Assistant
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After being a stay-at-home mom for five years, Hayley rejoined the work force in 2020 as the Assistant Executive Director for the City Arts organization. She enjoyed every aspect of working in the non-profit sector, and that is where she discovered her knack and passion for grant-writing. Over the course of two years, Hayley procured funding for many of the organization’s services and programs, and she continues to be an avid local arts advocate and supporter today. Hayley lives in rural, small-town Oklahoma with her husband J Berry, two daughters, Harper Grace and Berry Beth, and one very spirited basset hound named Sturgill. When Hayley is not at her desk or standing in front of her washing machine at home (a struggle that all working parents know) she enjoys spending time in her garden, shamelessly watching reality tv shows with her husband, perusing the shelves of her local public library, and then subsequently staying up way too late reading every night. But what gives her the most joy of all, is traveling with her daughters and watching their faces light up with the thrill and excitement of new experiences. Hayley is excited to be a member of the MyMediaMatters and Ponca City Monthly team, and she looks forward to watching your small-business dreams come true!
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