Marcia A. Cole

Marcia Cole is the CEO and Chief Creative Officer for Ivy Digital, LLC, a boutique design and cultural storytelling agency. She started her journey in media as a fashion illustrator. Then she built a career as an editor and writer, and became one of the media industry's go-to editorial strategist/business development leaders with expertise in beauty, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle topics targeting general market and multicultural female audiences.

Over the past 20 years Marcia has skillfully developed multi-million dollar revenue-generating opportunities and audience-building partnerships for targeted markets, holding executive-level tenures at leading media corporations such as AOL, Time Inc., Latina Media Ventures, Fairchild Publications and the defunct, Vanguarde Media. She is the founder of AMBERmag.com and has successfully implemented beauty tours and social events for its sponsors, including Mizani, CVS and IMAN cosmetics.

Along the way, she has been recognized by her peers for her work. Marcia was named Woman of the Year by the Golden Shears Awards for her commitment to the success of the beauty industry; has received the Young, Gifted & Black Award for Entrepreneurship; and was given the CHIC (Charitable, Hopeful, Impactful, Classy) award by JAMPACT for her outstanding contribution to professional excellence and commitment to philanthropy.

Marcia is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and holds a Masters Degree in Publishing from Pace University. She currently sits on the Foundation Board of Directors for New York Women in Communications, as Vice President High School Outreach, teaches graphic design to students at Harlem School of the Arts, and is the editor of the upcoming photo anthology, Afro Scene.