Vanessa Scull is not a social media marketer. She is a social-and-digital-savvy storyteller and rare creative hybrid [e.g., born on a hippie commune / reads Fast Company] with an aversion to groupthink and decaf.

As a big picture-thinking creative with strong business acumen, Vanessa's passion for content, brand storytelling, and the Big Idea is an asset for a broad range of global brands across an even broader range of industries, including – but not limited to – CPG, Fashion, Finance, Fitness and one famous French chef.

At the largest targeted-lifestyle media and marketing company in the US and Canada, she ran Design and Content Communications Strategy. There, she drove a laser-focused rebrand while creating a valuable content communications strategy from the ground up. She also merged research, positioning, consumer insights, and design concepts to grow forward-thinking creative marketing strategies for a diverse set of brands including Proctor & Gamble, Jeep, TD Bank, Lady Foot Locker, and VH1.

With ever-changing social media, Vanessa stays current but doesn't let the tail wag the dog...the idea comes first.

Preferring the Steve Jobs' "take what you want" approach to education before she knew that was an option, Vanessa studied Communications at the Catholic University of America, Graphic Design at the University of the District of Columbia, Creative Writing and Economics at Harvard, Acting at the Studio Theater Conservatory in DC, and Marketing and Advertising at the School of Visual Arts...and she uses it all.

When not telling stories for brands, you can find Vanessa creating and telling her own stories – performing stand-up comedy at open mics around New York City, running scull + chris, an eponymous Williamsburg [Brooklyn]-based website, or sharing pictures of food and the occasional selfie on Instagram.