Based in Marietta, Georgia, Cinnamon Dowd is a communications and marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience, including 13 years in higher education enrollment marketing and 6 years in journalism and advertising. Cinnamon Dowd currently serves as director of enrollment services marketing and communications at Kennesaw State University.

At the university, Cinnamon Dowd leads marketing, communications, and social media initiatives for undergraduate and graduate admissions and new student programs. She supervises a team of designers and marketing professionals, overseeing creative efforts designed to strengthen recruitment, retention, and student engagement. Cinnamon Dowd is skilled in campaign design and execution, content creation, and data-informed decision making. She has expertise in tools like Slate, Banner, Salesforce, Adobe InDesign, and MailChimp.

Prior to joining Kennesaw State University, Cinnamon Dowd served in several communications and marketing leadership roles at Georgia Southern University, including university marketing manager and communications coordinator for the College of Education (COE). During her tenure at the COE, she contributed to significant enrollment growth (15 percent in three years), organized college-wide events, supervised advertising campaigns, and managed the college’s social media accounts and monthly newsletter. She won the college’s Betty-Ware Wray Staff Award in 2020.

Earlier in her career, Cinnamon Dowd worked in journalism and advertising at The Metter Advertiser, earning recognition from the Georgia Press Association for her writing. She holds a master's in public administration from Georgia Southern University and is currently pursuing a doctor of public administration at Valdosta State University.

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