Racine Art Museum Hires New Marketing and Communications Manager

Racine, WI   May 4, 2022

The Racine Art Museum is happy to announce that Irene Cardozo has been added to the museum’s team as the new marketing and communications manager. In her position, Cardozo will be responsible for marketing and promoting RAM and RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, creating broad-based awareness and engagement of Museum activities. She will also work with the Museum’s leadership team and RAMA Board of Directors to develop messaging that continues to captivate and engage Museum audiences and deepen community connections.

Cardozo brings a wealth of strategic communication, design, and technology expertise to this position, having recently worked at Kohl’s Corporate, where she worked in digitizing and evolving store communication. She previously worked for the Racine Unified School District’s (RUSD) communication and community engagement department, having earned various regional and national awards and recognition for communication campaigns. She served on the RAMA Board of Directors in 2017, giving her the opportunity to learn more about RAM and the experiences offered.

Following her love for the arts and nonprofits, she began her career at the Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida, as membership manager, where she updated their member communication channels and innovated various fundraising programs. She also spent nine years working in various marketing and communication capacities in tourism, education, retail, and nonprofit industries. She earned a Master of Arts in Communication at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and received a Bachelor of Arts in History at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Irene stated: “I am excited to join the team at RAM and look forward to telling this museum’s unique story throughout our community and beyond. Everyone here has made me feel at home and we hope to continue the growth and development the museum has experienced over that last several years.”

Cardozo officially joined RAM on May 2, 2022.

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