About

I’m Jill Malusky! After a decade of work in a variety of non-profits, and side projects supporting my friends and community, I decided to assemble an overview of my work to share with the world and find new organizations and individuals to collaborate with.

I am a First Generation college student who grew up on a farm straddling the Rust Belt and Amish Country. Something in me yearned for adventure, and I spent several years studying, living, and working abroad.

My career has never been boring, and the adventures continue:

In my mid-twenties I managed a medieval guild hall in the Viking village of York, England.

For five years I was proud to lead education and outreach for a levy-funded community art and history museum, supporting major grant funded exhibitions and projects from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Humanities.

As director of visitor engagement for Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, my team of three managers and thirty support staff managed a 3,000-acre nature preserve, historic farm, and U.S. National Historic Landmark. Under my leadership I implemented a challenging rebranding to our site interpretation and public programs, connecting with a new generation of visitors and launching several annual viral events. With my vision and focus, we also won a $3.1 million award from a private foundation.

I dabbled in consulting as a senior content developer for an iconic exhibit and design company, working on projects with the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the American Museum of Science and Energy, the Parklands at Floyds Fork, the Felician Sisters of North America, and Berea College.

For several years, I worked as a part-time contractor leading communications and marketing for the Josephine Sculpture Park, the only non-profit of its kind in Kentucky. My communications strategy grew Park membership, donations, partnerships, and secured additional acreage.

As the marketing manager for the Lexington Public Library district I produced comprehensive communications campaigns for six branches located across the metro area. Creative promotions for community programs including a Where the Wild Things Are exhibit, a Rosa Parks exhibit on city buses, and Baby Prom, created viral social media content and event attendance.

I currently lead public relations and communications for some of the most unique, remote, and important telescopes in the world for the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory. I travel frequently to these challenging environments to coordinate complex press and media shoots, along with executing all aspects of public communications across national and international time zones with a small but mighty team.