Brie Ripley Sparks

I’m a Seattle-based communications director and creative producer focused on education access and public-facing storytelling.

After several years leading executive communications, media, and global narrative work for large, mission-driven institutions, I’ve relocated back to Seattle to work more directly in service of the city and its emerging professionals—particularly students navigating education systems for the first time. I’m a first-generation college graduate myself, which shapes how I approach communications: with clarity, respect for lived experience, and an insistence that systems should make sense to the people inside them.

My work has taught me that empathy and precision move faster and further than any press release ever could. In short, it bridges strategy and story. I build communication frameworks, support executive voices, and lead multi-platform campaigns that help organizations show up with credibility and care in moments that matter.

I believe strong communication isn’t loud, it’s precise. And when done well, it creates access.

TESTIMONIALS

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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. She's a digital shapeshifter with a vast skill set that transfers to every facet of communications.

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

  • 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