Melody Dover

Melody Dover is a graduate of Holland College’s Visual Communications and Interactive Multimedia programs and is the founder of Fresh Media, where she works alongside her husband Rob, also a Holland College graduate. 

Melody was awarded the 2005 BDC Young Entrepreneur’s Award, and in 2006, the Greater Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Award of Excellence. In 2010 she also won the Growing Business Award from the PEI Business Women’s Association.

Fresh Media won Best Social Media Campaign from AIM in 2012, and was a national finalist for Best Campaign in Atlantic Canada at the 2012 Design Edge Magazine Awards.  In 2014, Fresh Media was the National Winner for Best Integrated Campaign from CAMA (Canadian Agri-Marketing Association). Most recently, they won for the 2016 Best Social Media in Canada CAMA Award.  In addition to several national and regional business awards, Melody and Fresh Media own the successful PEI Burger Love™ campaign which has generated over $8.7 million dollars in burger sales alone over the last seven years, benefiting restaurants, farmers, the beef industry, and the local economy.

Along with being part of a local non-profit board, Melody is also a judge for the annual Canadian Online Marketing Awards, Applied Arts Magazine Community Awards, and the Canadian Marketing Awards.

When not at Fresh Media, Melody spends time managing their summer cottage business, as well as spending time with her husband Rob, son William, and their two cats, Dax and Dolly.

Melody received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017.