Meshell Mendiola

Meshell Mendiola has been working in the marketing and community management fields since 2011. Meshell began their career at Dialogue Direct as a Fundraising Manager and Team Lead, where they raised over 500k dollars on behalf of Children International, signed up 700+ people to sponsor children in poverty, trained 200+ new employees, recruited 50+ people to come work for Dialogue Direct, and was nominated to represent Dialogue Direct at organized recruitment events. Meshell was also responsible for Dialogue Direct Denver's social media marketing, creating and sharing 400+ posts of day-to-day street fundraising fieldwork, featuring fundraising success stories with 300+ viewers daily, and celebrating Children International on all social media platforms. In 2015, they joined Funny Or Die as a Content Manager and Community Manager, leading the ideation process, writing daily features that call users to action, organizing upcoming features in content calendar, and curating best content and featuring it on Funny or Die's homepage, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. Meshell also identified the appropriate audience for new social media applications, conducted daily outreach to build a community, and created personal relationships with power users. In 2020, they became a Content & Community Specialist, followed by a Marketing Specialist at Diola Day Spa in 2021 and a Social Media & Community Manager Specialist at Live Richer Academy the same year. Currently, they are a Community Manager at Ossa Collective.

Meshell Mendiola attended the University of Colorado Denver from 2010 to 2012, majoring in Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Studies. Meshell then returned to the University of Colorado Denver from 2012 to 2014, majoring in Creative Writing. In October 2018, they obtained a certification in Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content from Coursera.