Melia McDaris

Marketing Manager

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Experience

  • Marketing Manager: Wister Insurance®

  • Intern: MetricPPC (2 Years – Paid Media Strategy & Account Management)

  • Founder: Rocket-Pig

  • Certifications: HTML/CSS, JAVAScript, UX Design, Digital Marketing, Google Ads, SEO

  • Shift Lead / Manager on Duty: Thai Basil Bozeman

  • Vice President: HOSA – Public Communications (State Champion)

  • Team Captain: Competitive Cheerleading (Top-Level Team, 2 Years)

  • First Chair Viola: Honors Orchestra

About

Melia McDaris has a strong focus on performance marketing, web development, and digital strategy. With hands-on experience across Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO, email campaigns and website design, she brings both creative and analytical thinking to building high-performing marketing systems.

Melia’s path into marketing was self-driven. After launching her own esthetician business, she built her first website—an experience that quickly evolved into a passion for digital design and marketing. She went on to start her own web design and digital marketing business, creating websites and managing Google Ads and Meta Ads campaigns for clients. To strengthen her capabilities, she taught herself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, giving her a deeper understanding of how websites function, perform, and convert.

Driven by a desire to accelerate her growth, Melia completed multiple Google Coursera certifications in UX Design, Digital Marketing, Google Ads, and SEO. Her ability to quickly learn and apply new skills led to a two-year internship at MetricPPC, where she worked directly with Google Ads and Meta Ads accounts. She managed both large and small budgets, developing a strong expertise in precision targeting, keyword strategy, and performance optimization—particularly in lower-budget environments where efficiency and accuracy are critical.

Melia is known for her ability to quickly learn, identify patterns, and understand both people and data at a deep level. She takes direction exceptionally well, adapts quickly, and brings a high level of ownership to her work.

Her leadership skills have been evident from an early age. From age 16-18 she served as Vice President of Public Communications for her high school HOSA club (Health Occupations Students of America), where she won 1st place in the state competition in Dental Science. She was team captain of her gym’s top-level competitive cheer team for two consecutive years. She also stepped into a management role at age 19 as a shift lead in a fast-paced restaurant environment.

Today, Melia applies her self-taught technical skills, marketing expertise, and natural leadership ability to drive growth and build effective digital strategies in the insurance space.

Melia lives in Spokane, Washington with her husband, who serves in the U.S. Air Force as a SERE specialist, along with their two cats and a dog. Outside of work, she enjoys skiing, hiking, backpacking, and fly fishing.