Marcia Cole
Marcia Cole is a highly sought-after content creator and editorial strategist with expertise in beauty, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle topics targeting general market and multicultural female audiences. She has more than twenty years of superior management, editorial and strategic business development experience. Her executive-level positions at leading media corporations including Fairchild Publications (Founding editor, Creative Designer), Vanguarde Media (Executive Editor, Heart & Soul), Latina Media Ventures (Fashion and Beauty Producer, Latina.com) and Time Inc. (Online Deputy Managing Editor, Realsimple.com and Deputy Editor, Lifestyle, Suede) has enabled her to effectively supervise multi-million dollar editorial operational budgets, and launch or re-launch print and online brands for relevant, strategic growth. She has successfully formed Ivy Communications, Inc. a multimedia company responsible for building world-class websites, magazines, books and broadcast properties targeting women.
Marcia possesses a unique, yet adaptable, editorial voice. She skillfully develops content-focused, revenue-generating opportunities and audience-building partnerships for targeted markets. Committed to embracing the evolving landscape of media, Marcia is a seasoned producer of engaging, high-quality content across video, print, and digital platforms. An accomplished freelance writer, her articles about beauty, fashion and entertainment have appeared in Elle, Essence, InStyle Weddings, Vibe and The New York Times. With her eyes and ears on the pulse of what's hot, next, Marcia is a sought-after media commentator, moderator and panelist about entertainment and style topics for professional media organizations and networks such as TVOne, BET, and media outlets, The Biography Channel and Urban Talk Radio.
With a wide-range of contacts, Marcia is a judicious hiring manager with experience recruiting and managing editorial, art, photo, sales and marketing professionals of all levels including freelance and offshore personnel. A passionate and results-driven leader, Marcia has an impeccable work ethic with the skill and talent to create the mission, define the goals, plan and execute strategic and tactical endeavors.
In addition to daily responsibilities, Marcia believes in nurturing the next generation of communicators, and assisting peers in their own career navigation. For the past five years, she has sat on the Board of Directors for New York Women in Communications. As Vice President of Programming, she invigorated the monthly networking event, Cocktails & Conversations increasing attendance threefold. As Vice President of Membership, she oversaw the creation of the new membership welcome package and corporate membership/sponsorship package, and secured strategic relationships with other organizations.
Marcia earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Illustration from Parsons School of Design and a Master of Science in Publishing from Pace University. She resides in Brooklyn, New York
Speaking Topics:
1. How to Maximize Your College Years: A Road map for First Generation College Students
2. Survival Secrets of Game Changers
3. 10 Biggest Mistakes of First Time Managers
4. Styling Beyond the Chair: How to Break Into Magazines, Advertising and Celebrity Hairstyling
5. Fix Your Face & Other Small Steps That'll Change Others' Perception of You
6. Five Minutes to Fly: The Top 10 Essentials That'll Take You From Drab to Fab!
7.How to Launch An Online Magazine
8. Digital Careers
Marcia Cole is a highly sought-after content creator and editorial strategist with expertise in beauty, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle topics targeting general market and multicultural female audiences. She has more than twenty years of superior management, editorial and strategic business development experience. Her executive-level positions at leading media corporations including Fairchild Publications (Founding editor, Creative Designer), Vanguarde Media (Executive Editor, Heart & Soul), Latina Media Ventures (Fashion and Beauty Producer, Latina.com) and Time Inc. (Online Deputy Managing Editor, Realsimple.com and Deputy Editor, Lifestyle, Suede) has enabled her to effectively supervise multi-million dollar editorial operational budgets, and launch or re-launch print and online brands for relevant, strategic growth. She has successfully formed Ivy Communications, Inc. a multimedia company responsible for building world-class websites, magazines, books and broadcast properties targeting women.
Marcia possesses a unique, yet adaptable, editorial voice. She skillfully develops content-focused, revenue-generating opportunities and audience-building partnerships for targeted markets. Committed to embracing the evolving landscape of media, Marcia is a seasoned producer of engaging, high-quality content across video, print, and digital platforms. An accomplished freelance writer, her articles about beauty, fashion and entertainment have appeared in Elle, Essence, InStyle Weddings, Vibe and The New York Times. With her eyes and ears on the pulse of what's hot, next, Marcia is a sought-after media commentator, moderator and panelist about entertainment and style topics for professional media organizations and networks such as TVOne, BET, and media outlets, The Biography Channel and Urban Talk Radio.
With a wide-range of contacts, Marcia is a judicious hiring manager with experience recruiting and managing editorial, art, photo, sales and marketing professionals of all levels including freelance and offshore personnel. A passionate and results-driven leader, Marcia has an impeccable work ethic with the skill and talent to create the mission, define the goals, plan and execute strategic and tactical endeavors.
In addition to daily responsibilities, Marcia believes in nurturing the next generation of communicators, and assisting peers in their own career navigation. For the past five years, she has sat on the Board of Directors for New York Women in Communications. As Vice President of Programming, she invigorated the monthly networking event, Cocktails & Conversations increasing attendance threefold. As Vice President of Membership, she oversaw the creation of the new membership welcome package and corporate membership/sponsorship package, and secured strategic relationships with other organizations.
Marcia earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Illustration from Parsons School of Design and a Master of Science in Publishing from Pace University. She resides in Brooklyn, New York
Speaking Topics:
1. How to Maximize Your College Years: A Road map for First Generation College Students
2. Survival Secrets of Game Changers
3. 10 Biggest Mistakes of First Time Managers
4. Styling Beyond the Chair: How to Break Into Magazines, Advertising and Celebrity Hairstyling
5. Fix Your Face & Other Small Steps That'll Change Others' Perception of You
6. Five Minutes to Fly: The Top 10 Essentials That'll Take You From Drab to Fab!
7.How to Launch An Online Magazine
8. Digital Careers
