HOLLIE SCHAEFER

Hollie Schaefer is a senior marketer and MBA-trained operator who has spent two decades launching start-up ventures and elevating Fortune 100 brands. Her work spans CPG, QSR, wine & spirits, beauty, cannabis, healthcare, financial services, automotive, and sports & entertainment.

She specializes in account management, brand strategy, creative development oversight, packaging, digital content production, shopper marketing, and sponsorship and partnership management — the connective tissue between strategy on the wall and work in market.

Hollie has led work across the Chicago Bulls, multiple Olympic Games (Atlanta, Torino, Beijing, Rio), ESPN, NBC Sports, NFL, NHL, Tour de France, Disney, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Beam Suntory, Ford, Frito-Lay, Intel, Levi's, Mattel, McDonald's, Nestlé, Neutrogena, PepsiCo, Pizza Hut, and Southwest Airlines — among many others.

As a Founding Member of CO/STUDIOS, Hollie builds creative development infrastructure for early-stage companies — setting the foundation of the work and standing up the creative stack while the company is still in motion. She's known for building the plane while flying it, and for leaving founders with a system they can actually operate.