Amplify, Refine, Transform

a.r.t. communications

Navigating this noisy, changing world requires strategic and adaptable communications and marketing approaches. It means understanding what your goals are, who your audience is, and where you can find them.

A.R.T. Communications can help you navigate this challenging space and Amplify, Refine, and Transform your communications to grow your movement or organization.

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How We Can Help You

Build on your strengths

Navigate a changing media ecosystem

Find ways to make you stand out in a crowded field

Address and rebound from a crisis

Help you connect with diverse audiences

Build collaborative partnerships

Services

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Communications and Marketing Strategy & Campaigns

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Messaging and storytelling

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Public relations/Media engagement

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Editing and writing (thought leadership, op-eds, social media, etc.)

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Social and digital media strategy

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Crisis communications

Our Approach

Understand: Listen to your needs and goals, asking questions to ensure a true understanding of your organization’s challenges and aspirations.

Look Outside: Study the audiences you want to reach, explore the channels that reach them, and build campaigns that move them.

Find Opportunities: Look for the messages and places where you’ll stand out.

Collaborate & Create: Design integrated strategies, campaigns, and messaging that highlight and leverage your strengths and support your goals.

Implement & Adjust: Actively participate in and/or coach you through the implementation phase, adjusting the approach as needed based on real-time feedback and external changes

ARABELLA MEYER

Arabella Meyer is a mission-driven leader with over 25 years experience advising organization and movement leaders on strategic planning and campaigns, engaging with diverse audiences, and organizational development. An expert problem-solver skilled in storytelling and messaging who can see the gaps, connect the dots, identify opportunities, and build and strengthen brands.

She has experience with nonprofits (The Chamberlain Network, Fountain House, UNDP, MedGlobal), educational institutions (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Dartmouth College, Ascend Public Charter Schools), and in the private sector (Deloitte, Chemonics). She has held various roles including Chief Content Officer, Senior Director of Media Relations, Senior Director Global Communications.

She is on two nonprofit boards: Solutions in Hometown Connections (immigration and education), where she is secretary and chair of the governance committee; and Network 20/20 (foreign affairs), where she is chair of the strategy committee.

Politically, she led outreach to political clubs for New York for Biden + Harris, a grassroots organization, and was part of the core team heading digital organizing activities: virtual rallies and large phone banks. She also helped found a Democratic Party club in a hamlet in Southold NY and formally connected it to the Southold Democrats. She is currently chair of the Democracy and Human Rights Committee of the Women’s National Democratic Club.

Arabella is deeply committed to democracy and addressing inequities. Originally from New York City, she now lives in Washington, D.C.

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why choose us?

Proven Track Record

Success with top NGOs, nonprofits, and international organizations.

Innovative Approach

Creative and data-driven strategies that deliver measurable impact.

Global Perspective

Extensive experience working across diverse cultural and geographical landscapes.

Commitment to Excellence

Dedicated to fostering your success with integrity and passion.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

“Arabella Meyer has been with us every step of the way as we built The Chamberlain Network, and her impact on our communications has been enormous. From press outreach to shaping our messaging, she’s helped us find the right words, connect with the right people, and make sure our work gets noticed. Any time we’ve had a big moment—whether it was pitching a story, refining how we talk about our mission, or making sure our message lands—Arabella has been behind the scenes making it happen. She’s not just great at what she does; she’s been a true partner in getting us off the ground."

– Christopher Purdy, CEO & Founder, The Chamberlain Network

“Arabella was a strategic communications and marketing consultant for the Fountain House College Re-Entry program in its start-up phase when it needed to identify sources of students and to increase enrollment. Through her ideas, initiatives, and collaboration, the pipeline of potential students increased significantly, and enrollment doubled. She is a key factor in the sustainable ongoing success of the program. The combination of her strategic thinking and ability to deliver tangible results was the mix that Fountain House needed.”

– Nancy Farrell, Former Board Chair, Fountain House

“It's rare to come across a colleague like Arabella who would not only help you complete projects flawlessly but also provide some personal guidance along the way to help you understand how you can do things more efficiently at work and in the industry in general. I've had the pleasure of working with Arabella at Fountain House College Re-Entry, collaborating on several marketing projects that made a dramatic difference in our organization. I was always in awe of Arabella's eloquence and brevity as she puts out content after content. No matter how complex a project is, Arabella made sure that it's broken down into easily attainable goals that will help propel the project forward preventing mishaps and delays.”

– Terence John Cortez, Digital Marketing Consultant

“Arabella has done a wonderful job bringing the communications strategy for our non-profit medical education organization to a new level. She has really taken the time to know our staff, our ‘friends and family’ and our market. We are now working on building effective user outreach programs, better branding for our events, and newsletter and public relations strategies - each supported with strong internal processes and outcome metrics.”

– Leslie Fall, CEO of Aquifer

“Through working with Arabella Meyer, we've rapidly improved our messaging, created meaningful stories about our work for priority external audiences, and developed our internal capacity in strategic communications. Arabella listens. She works collaboratively with our team and adapts to changing business needs. She understands our organization's history, operating context, and current communications needs. For this, combined with her decades of experience and sound judgment, her strategic thinking is relevant and readily implementable.”

– Merritt T. Partridge, The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Dartmouth College

“Arabella advised Network 20/20 on a re-brand process. Her insights were tremendously helpful--not only does she understand the need for a nonprofit to communicate its story and convey its essence, but she is able to help an organization describe itself, which is not an easy task. Throughout the process, Arabella was able to ask the right questions, diplomatically steer conversations, and strategically edit text, keeping this process on track, productive, and engaging.”

– Courtney Doggart, President, Network 20/20

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ISSUES WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH

Criminal Justice
Democracy
Education
Foreign Affairs
Global Development
Immigration
Social Justice

INDUSTRIES WE HAVE WORKED IN

Media
Professional Services
Financial Services
Higher Education
Global Development

Client Case studies

The Chamberlain Network: Mobilizing Veterans for Democracy

With a start-up organization that mobilizes and empowers veterans as trusted messengers to protect democratic processes and institutions:

Created overall messaging for use across the organization.
Advised on the creation of videos for digital ad campaigns that were seen by over 3 million Americans.
Guided communications strategy and content development, including press releases, fact sheets, social media, and videos.
Managed and coached team members on media relations, including placing op-eds.
Counseled leadership on rapid response communications regarding executive actions and electoral threats.
Developed messaging to respond to actions that have the potential to politicize of the military (nominations, legislation, executive orders).

Driving Change: Inspiring the Next Generation of Public Servants

For an organization encouraging young people around the globe to pursue careers in public service:

Oversaw editorial strategy, staff, and processes for a global media start up, defining the editorial voice and supervising 10 journalists, 1 social media manager, and 1 agency on three continents (Africa, Europe, and North America).
Identified, defined, and established partnerships with like-minded organizations, including the Partnership for Public Service and Govern for America.
Partnered with the social media manager and agency to increase digital audience. Instagram +5k followers, LinkedIn +2k followers, Twitter +300 or +325%.

Fountain House: Transforming Lives by Supporting College Students with Mental Health Challenges

For an organization that helps young people with serious mental health challenges develop the skills they need to return to and remain in college. We built a multi-faceted communications and marketing strategy that included:

Advertising
Earned media, including an article in TIME magazine
Storytelling through blogs and videos
The result: A 1000% increase in interest in the program and a 100% increase in enrollment

Action Youth Media: Strategic Revamp for a Media Arts Organization’s Fundraising and Engagement

For a media arts organization that creates communities where young people build confidence using media skills to express themselves and to promote community building, multicultural understanding, and the common good:

Designed an updated fundraising and communications approach.
Outlined a donor engagement approach with revised and streamlined messaging, new communications approaches, and timelines.
Proposed near-team social media actions to engage with donors along with students and parents. (** This project was to build a strategy, not to implement it, so no metrics are available