Leah Forrest

Leah Forrest has a wealth of experience in digital marketing, social media and journalism. Leah began their career in 2014 as a News Reporter at College Heights Herald, where they attended weekly staff meetings, wrote, edited, and created stories. Leah was also on the editorial board for a semester as the Assistant News Editor. In 2015, Forrest moved on to work as an Editor in Chief at Odyssey Online, where they were in charge of recruiting, editing, writing and managing social media. Leah also built a team of 30 writers, whose articles attracted over one million unique readers in the span of one month. That same year, they also worked as a Storybuilder at Western iMedia, helping to lead a team of fusion journalists throughout multiple multi-media projects. In 2016, Forrest worked as an Associate Social Media Editor for TechRepublic, as well as for Tech Pro Research and CBS Interactive. Leah also held the role of Social Media Intern at JUMP and Intern at Bowling Green Daily News. From 2018 to 2022, Forrest worked as a Senior Digital Campaign Specialist, Digital Campaign Specialist, and Social Media and Digital Content Specialist at WDRB Media. Leah currently holds the role of Senior Campaign Manager at ViralGains.

Leah Forrest graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism. Leah has since obtained a variety of certifications, including the Yahoo DSP Certification (2023), Xandr Invest: Invest DSP Certificate (2022), Driving Advertising Revenue with Google Ad Manager (2020), Hootsuite Platform Certification 2018 (2018), Google Analytics for Beginners (2019), and Google Ads Search Certification (2020).