Shannon Emmerson

CEO & Founder at Forge & Spark Media

Shannon Emmerson is the CEO and Founder of Forge & Spark Media Ltd., a content marketing agency. Shannon also works as an Activator at Coralus and has a background in digital media, publishing, and writing for various companies including Echo Storytelling Agency, BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, Canada Wide Media Limited, Electronic Arts, Vancouver Sun, NDC Health/Tech RX, and Geist Magazine. Emmerson holds a Master of Arts in Literature from Concordia University, a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University, and a Certificate in Creative Writing from Simon Fraser University.

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Vancouver, Canada

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Forge & Spark Media

Forge & Spark is a women-led creative content agency and certified B Corp, supporting purpose-led brand to grow and thrive with premium content marketing and social media marketing. Founded in 2013, we're a women-led agency focused on using our content and communications superpowers to help purpose-driven leaders to thrive. Our core team is based in Vancouver, BC, with team members and contributors around the world. Our clients are BCorps, nonprofits, social ventures, and companies driven by purpose as well as profit. We were certified as a B Corp ourselves in 2022, and are committed to donating at least 1% of our time and/or profits to further the UN SDGs of gender equality, quality education, and sustainable cities and communities. We deliver actionable strategy, content development support, and fully managed content and social media marketing content and campaigns to generate targeted business results. We bring a collaborative, hands-on spirit to strategic planning and content development, and aim to become the deeply experienced content advisor and partner you wish you'd discovered years ago. The incredible brands we've supported include Creative Artists Agency, Caravan, fit52, Genus Capital Management, Science World, London Drugs, Vancity, YMCA of Greater Vancouver, Canterbury Coffee, OneCoffee, Minerva BC, Alinker, Hospital Show, CPA Canada, JOEY Restaurants, and ECHO Storytelling Agency.


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Vancouver, Canada

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11-50

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