Heidi Nel recently joined the FitzGibbon Media team with a wide breadth of experience both in entertainment and in marketing, digital media, and public affairs campaign strategies.

Previously, Heidi was a Senior Associate at the Dewey Square Group, a leading national public affairs firm specializing in grassroots communications. She led business development for DSG’s Digital Practice and developed tech-based civic engagement and social accountability campaigns for non-profits, Fortune 50s, start-ups, politicos, and social enterprises.

Prior to DSG, Heidi was a Marketing Manager at Lions Gate Entertainment where she oversaw marketing strategy for an annual slate of 30 films under the Grindstone Entertainment label. She had her first foray into digital media working for Ghost House Pictures, Sam Raimi’s (Spider-Man franchise, The Evil Dead) production company where she produced three original series for Comcast’s digital and cable TV network.

Originally from South Africa, Heidi grew up in Colorado and is an alumna of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She lived in Los Angeles, California for 10 years before moving to Washington, DC. She is a member of Step Up Women’s Network – a national network of women dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. She also was a Fellow of the 2011 New Leaders Council Institute, a non-profit organization building a collaborative national network of progressive political entrepreneurs, and sits on the Advisory Board of the DC Chapter.