The Academy of Country Music has announced promotions within three departments: Brandon Campbell is upped to Director, Creative & Content; Bridget Cirone is promoted to Manager, Marketing; Libby Gardner becomes Manager, Creative & Content; and Jen Heaton is elevated to Vice President, Strategic Partnerships.

Most recently serving as Director, Strategic Partnerships, Heaton grew existing partnerships and continues to expand the Academy’s footprint with corporate partners. Recent endeavors for Heaton include renewing partnerships with Ford, 1000 Stories Wine and Dr. Pepper, in addition to creating new relationships with brands such as Crown Royal, T-Mobile and AT&T.

Campbell first joined the Academy in 2015, most recently serving as Senior Video Manager, Creative & Content. During his time at the Academy, Campbell contributed to media campaigns for the Academy and its partners CBS and dcp to promote the ACM Awards, ACM Honors and ACM Lifting Lives, among other Academy initiatives. In his role as Director, Creative & Content, Campbell will oversee creative strategy, development and content production, support Marketing and Partnership initiatives with original content, as well as collaborate with Digital Strategy & Engagement to develop cutting-edge social-native content.

Since joinging ACM in 2018, Cirone supported all publicity and marketing initiatives for the Academy and ACM Lifting Lives including over seeing red carpet media, press materials and more. As Manager, Cirone will add digital publicity initiatives in addition to company publicity and communications.

In her role as Manager, Gardner oversees the day-to-day management of the Academy's website properties, photo archives, and A-List email blasts and serves as assistant editor of ACM Tempo. Gardner also acts as a field producer for the Academy's in-house video content and supervises both the digital and print creative content distributed by the Academy.

“The Academy is so thrilled to recognize the promotions of Jen, Brandon, Bridget and Libby,” said Damon Whiteside, CEO of the ACM. “All of these individuals have continued to showcase their hard work, perseverance and knowledge in their areas of expertise, helping to make this past year one of ACM’s most groundbreaking years ever. I look forward to seeing them continue to grow in their careers and enhance our organization for years to come.”

Pictured above (L-R): Jen Heaton, Brandon Campbell, Bridget Cirone and Libby Gardner