✨ Meet John Valachovic Our New Regional Director ✨ John has been with us for a few weeks now and is leading our Great Lakes region. He brings 13+ years of experience in out-of-home (OOH) advertising, with a background in both media and medical/pharma sectors. He’s passionate about connecting students with opportunities and helping schools reach their goals in creative, impactful ways. A few fun facts about John: Lifelong NY Yankees fan ⚾ Loves family time, dining out, and live music 🎶 SUNY Polytechnic grad in Marketing & Health Care Management 🎓 Has a Maltese named Tucker 🐾 Favorite dessert? Warm brownie with vanilla ice cream 🍨 We’re thrilled to have John on the team!
NextGrad
Advertising Services
Salt Lake City, UT 1,368 followers
North America's largest higher ed media network. Helping high school students decide what's next.
About us
NextGrad is North America’s largest higher education media network, operating inside 1,100 high schools in over 80 media markets in the US and Canada. We provide essential educational content that promotes local, regional and national post-secondary and higher education programs and institutions – helping high school graduates decide what’s next. Our high school media network provides unrivaled access to hard-to-reach students and their key influencers, when and where they’re making critical decisions about their future. Located in high traffic locations, the NextGrad network is seen about 3.5 times per student every school day, 8 hours a day, 9 months a year, delivering over 100 million monthly and over 1.3 billion annual impressions. We also operate a digital marketing practice, providing comprehensive digital marketing and media services including planning and buying, campaign management, creative development, programmatic media, and metrics reporting that increases efficiency and effectiveness, while maximizing reach and ROI. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, NextGrad is mission focused. We inspire every high school student in North America to advance and succeed, and we live our mission by awarding a generous scholarship to a First Generation or Student of Need every year in every high school in our network. So far, we’ve donated over USD $600,000 to deserving student scholars across the U.S. and Canada, and we’re just getting started.
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http://www.nextgrad.com
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- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Salt Lake City, UT
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
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Calgary, Alberta, CA
Employees at NextGrad
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Kristy Vivian
VP Biz Dev @ NextGrad | High School Place Based Digital OOH | Out of Home | Author | Move Forward | KV@moveforwardllc.biz
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Melissa Miller Kincart
VP of High School Partnerships | College & Career Readiness| Career Pathways | Partnerships | Systems-Thinker | Strategic Achiever | Proven Higher Ed…
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Brady Brown
NextGrad | Marketing
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Kris Fielding
Retired Emergency 911 Communications Supervisor
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🚨 You won't be able to miss us at #NACAC! 🚨 At NextGrad, we don’t just talk about out-of-home (OOH) advertising, we go all in to show you it works. 💥 A huge thank you to LEDTruckMedia for helping us put this together on short notice so that everyone at #NACAC2025 can see what NextGrad is doing in high schools across North America. 🎓 👀 Real screens. Real impact. Real results. Stop by Booth #509 and meet with our team to see for yourself! 💜 National Association for College Admission Counseling
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From our four digital screens to every piece of our booth setup, our operations team makes sure everything is packaged with care and shipped on time. Why? So you can experience our screens and posters in real time, just like students do every day in their high school hallways. Here’s what the NextGrad network delivers: 94% of students report seeing them in school Ads are seen 3.5x per day Ads are 95% more affordable than a billboard
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📰 Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 📰 NextGrad prints thousands of college posters every year for our partners. Year after year, it’s proven to be one of the single best investments in keeping YOUR school top-of-mind with students. 💜 Posters that pop. 📈 Results that last. ✅ ROI that speaks for itself. And the story doesn’t end here. This year, we’re printing more posters than ever before! 📞 Give us a call today to have your college or university front and center in high schools across North America! www.NextGrad.com 👀
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For many of our higher education partners, September marks a key time to launch applications, promote campus visits, connect with high school students for dual credit programs, and spotlight academic offerings. With NextGrad’s digital screens inside high schools, partners can easily swap out creative to match their priorities, ensuring timely, relevant messaging that reaches students when it matters most.
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We're #hiring a new Senior Vice President of Sales in United States. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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NextGrad is headed to NACAC 2025 in Columbus, OH (Sept 18–20)! We’re bringing 4 interactive screens to showcase how we’re helping colleges and universities reach the right students at the right time. Visit Booth 509 to see why nearly 90% of our partners say they would recommend NextGrad to their peers. Attending from our team: Kristy Vivian, VP of Business Development Melissa Miller Kincart, VP of High School Partnerships Tyler Seabaugh, Regional Director – College Partnerships Stop by and let’s talk about how we can support your enrollment goals. #NACAC2025 #HigherEdMarketing #NextGrad
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We're #hiring a new Mid-Atlantic Regional Director in Washington DC-Baltimore Area. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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With placements inside high schools across North America, NextGrad ensures your message reaches only relevant audiences without wasted impressions. Students see it. So do parents, counselors, coaches, and other trusted influencers helping shape education decisions. This ad works because it shows up in the moments that matter most. Want your ads to reach the right people? We can help.
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Even though we know how busy the start of the year can be for schools across the U.S., we want to give thanks to our incredible high school partners who continue to provide students with the tools and opportunities they need to explore their next step. This August, we officially launched in a brand-new state: Hawaii! ALOHA & MAHALO to Kalani High School for joining our network and helping us kick off this new chapter. 🌺 We also welcomed 13 additional high schools across the U.S. into the NextGrad family.
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