Danielle Penn

Danielle Penn earned a BFA in Electronic Design & Multimedia as well as a BA in Media & Communications Arts with a specialization in Advertising and Public Relations from CUNY at The City College of New York. Two-thirds of the way through her three plus year tenure at Ambassador Media Group, where she served as the Senior Print Traffic Manager and Graphic Designer and later as the Director of Internet Operations, she went to obtain her Masters from Pratt Institute in Design Management. The key teachings of the Design Management program is to educate Designers how to serve as the liaison between the design and business sides of various industries while identifying and allocating creative resources to create a sustainable strategic advantage. Since Ambassador, Danielle has worked as the Digital Brand & Marketing Manager at the Nielsen Company, the Interactive PM at Eyeblaster Inc., the Head of National MarCom for Pret A Manger, US, the Interactive PM at the award-winning, minority-owned boutique interactive design agency, Squeaky Wheel Media, as the Social Media Manager and Executive Liaison to the founder of Carol's Daughter, Mrs. Lisa Price, as a digital producer for luxury e-commerce agency POD1, digital advertising agencies mcgarrybowen and MRM Worldwide, and at Prudential Financial as the lead Program Manager for enterprise-wide enablement of WCAG 2.0 web accessibility and a "kitchen cabinet representative" to the Prudential Sustainability Council. Danielle presently serves as a Technical Operations Program Manager at American Express. Danielle Penn has a strong passion for great user experiences, customer service, improved relationships between brands and consumers, as well as global environmental and social sustainability. She will continue to maximize her efforts towards these goals through all of her endeavors.