About College Crusader

Community college marketing. Built from the inside.

What makes us different

Your reality shapes our approach.

Competing program priorities. Limited budgets. Big enrollment goals. We build the work around the decisions community college marketers make every day.

We know the work from the inside.

Our perspective comes from leading marketing within a community college. Student needs, internal approvals, and limited staff time shape the plan from the start.

Strategy and delivery belong together.

We connect marketing decisions with the campaigns, content, data, and systems that make them happen. Get help setting the direction, doing the work, or both.

We build the tools we wish we’d had.

Practical tools help you work through budgets, search visibility, and campaign performance yourself. Consulting, audits, and hands-on support are there when you need more.

Founder leadership

The founders behind College Crusader.

Maya and Alex Demishkevich bring together the disciplines behind College Crusader: community college marketing and practical technology. As founders, they guide the company’s approach, strategy, and standards for the work.

Maya Demishkevich

Maya Demishkevich

Co-founder Marketing & strategy

Maya brings more than 15 years of higher education marketing experience, including leading a community college marketing department. Her perspective connects institutional priorities with student needs and the realities of getting work done.

Alex Demishkevich

Alex Demishkevich

Co-founder Paid search & measurement

Alex connects paid search with the measurement and systems behind it. His focus spans campaign performance, conversion tracking, lead response, and practical tools that help colleges see where their investment is going and what deserves attention.

Our approach in practice

Explore what we’re putting to work.

Get a feel for how we think through the tools we build, the conversations we host, and the guidance we share.

Practical tools

A clearer next decision.

Explore Budget Planner, Paid Search X-Ray, and the SEO Tool—built around the questions on a marketer’s desk.

Explore the tools
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The Hidden Gem podcast

Perspective from the field.

Maya’s conversations with community college leaders and practitioners explore enrollment, communication, and student success.

Explore the episodes
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Employee advocacy guide

Put your people’s voices to work.

A free 26-page guide to building a sustainable program that helps faculty and staff share your college’s stories. Request a copy through our contact form.

Request the free guide

Let’s talk

What would you like to work on?

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