Leah Jones is the founder of Natiiv Arts & Media where she is a social media coach for artists, writers and musicians. At Natiiv, Leah focuses on teaching individuals and groups the skills they need to be successful at onling, online marketing and personal branding. She believes it is up to the artist, and not the label, to build relationships and manage their online persona.
Leah is also the social media staff member for Pilcrow Lit Fest. Pilcrow was founded with and local author Amy Guth to bring attention small press and independent authors. The second annual event will take place in May 2009 around the city of Chicago.

Prior to launching Natiiv in January of 2009, Leah was at Edelman PR as the Digital-Culture Evangelist. She served on the Strategic Services team and guided research on behalf of brands to understand what is being said online and developed digital strategy based on the findings. Previously, she was the Conversation Analyst in the me2revolution—focusing on research and internal communications. Over the last 2.5 years, she focused on global internal communications and trying to help each Edelman employee become more digitally savvy.

Before joining Edelman, Jones worked in study abroad administration, university housing, restaurant management, and is a former stand-up comic.  With a degree in chemistry from Millikin University, her diverse background helps her make unique connections online and off.  Jones has been blogging since November 2003 at Leah in Chicago, also writes for a number of online and offline publications and has a novel in the works.