Brie Ripley Sparks

I’m a communications director, writer, and creative producer serving Seattle Colleges.

As a first-generation college graduate, I understand that systems should make sense to the people moving through them, language should clarify rather than obscure, and public institutions carry a responsibility to meet people with both precision and respect for lived experience.

Over the past 12 years, I’ve led executive communications, media strategy, and storytelling for mission-driven organizations ranging from midsized public institutions to the United Nations. Across my work, I’ve learned that the strongest communication is rarely the loudest — it pays close attention, earns trust, and helps people see themselves more clearly inside the story being told.

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Colleagues have said:

  • A true force. She's shown time and time again both the creative chops to build and run digital campaigns and the project management skills to keep a number of balls bouncing.

    — Ted Richane, Vulcan Productions, Head of Social Impact

  • Brie is one of those rare digital unicorns who is both an 'idea person' and a 'relentless execution person.' She has the ability to challenge you to ask yourself ‘what do I really want to achieve?’ and then hits the ground running to build elegant digital campaigns that exceed your goals...

    – Allison Tourville, Paul G. Allen, Director of Digital

  • Brie Ripley is this designer’s dream come true. A creative soul with a strategist’s mind and a truly exceptional collaborator, she raises the bar and makes everyone around her better, smarter versions of themselves. She embodies fearless, brilliant, strategic, kick-ass energy.

    – Laura Green, Vulcan Productions, Senior Designer

  • Brie puts her whole heart and mind into her work. She hustles. She has 100 ways to approach a problem. She takes things seriously, but she can also get a room laughing.

    — Jenna Montgomery, KUOW, Director of Digital

  • Endlessly creative with her senses: visual, audio, and writing. I have no doubt if she could figure out a way to make the internet scented, she would be on top of that, too.

    — Kara McDermott, KUOW Public Radio Web Producer

  • Brie Ripley is an audio-video-copy-editing and storytelling machine. She comes to the table with bold, creative ideas and specific plans to execute — and if you don’t like the first pitch, she’s got eight more. When she doesn't know how to do something, she figures it out fast — and then teaches others with grace.

    – Bond Huberman, KUOW, Senior Social Media Strategist

  • Brie has fire in her belly. She knows what she wants, and she's willing to do what it takes to get there.

    — Posey Gruener, KNKX Public Radio, Producer