Elise Schimke

Elise Schimke is an accomplished content strategy manager and social media strategist currently working at the Field Museum since September 2021, where responsibilities include co-managing science storytelling across major social media platforms with a combined following of 493,000 and overseeing effective organic content boost strategies. Prior experience includes roles as a strategist and community manager at Sarah Best Strategy, leading digital media strategy for Chicago Public Schools, and directing communications strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Biomedical Engineering. Elise holds a Master's degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and dual Bachelor's degrees in History and English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.