EXPERIENCE

Eighteen years of marketing places, brands, and the people who make them work, from magazine ad sales to running marketing for a 35-acre campus.

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INDUSTRY CITY

Head of Marketing · November 2023 – Present

A 35-acre, 6-million-square-foot campus on the Brooklyn waterfront, home to 700+ companies. It’s a real estate asset, a public destination, and a community, and I lead marketing for all three.

Marketing connected to revenue. When our agency’s reporting ended, I built an in-house system that ties marketing to leasing deals and private-event inquiries across 18 lead sources. Leadership now sees what marketing actually produces, not just what it spends.

A new leasing strategy. I rebuilt our leasing marketing around the industries where the campus is strongest and the building types that suit them, with separate approaches for brokers and direct prospects. Ownership approved it, and it now guides our advertising, listings, and PR.

Tenant community, made real. I built a program of gatherings for tenant CEOs and marketing teams, an invitation-only dinner series that deliberately mixes industries and company sizes, and a campus-wide holiday event.

Venue partnerships and programming. Marketing partnerships with event producers including House of Goal, House of Yes, and Beanstalk; annual programming like Open Studios and Design Crawl; and marketing and tenant engagement for a university fundraising partnership that’s returning for 2027.

AI that works. I built CLEO, an AI tenant-intelligence tool the leasing team uses to prep for tours, with no engineering team. I also repositioned our PR for AI search, making Industry City a top AI result for robotics companies looking for space, and created a virtual-staging system that keeps every wall and window where it belongs.

Agency leadership. I ran full searches and transitions for both our advertising and PR agencies, building a leaner model with more capabilities.


SHOWFIELDS

Head of Marketing · January 2022 – November 2023

A multi-location experiential retail concept blending commerce, art, and community programming.

  • Led marketing and events across multiple locations: campaigns, content, brand partnerships, and seasonal programming

  • Led a full rebrand of the company’s visual identity and built a scalable events platform

  • Developed launch strategies for new store openings

  • Advised the CEO on organizational structure, growth, and programming strategy

  • Represented the company at industry speaking events and managed all PR

  • Press: Business of Fashion: How Brands Can Choose the Right In-Store Technology


AMERICAN DREAM

Director of Retail Marketing · December 2019 – December 2021

A 3-million-square-foot retail and entertainment destination in New Jersey, one of the largest in North America.

  • Led retail marketing for 160+ tenants across seasonal campaigns, grand openings, and Black Friday

  • Created a pay-to-play tenant marketing program that turned marketing into a revenue line, a first for the property

  • Developed digital and experiential launch strategy for the luxury retail wing

  • Led social content planning and on-site activations to drive guest experience and tenant visibility


Frannie Shellman interviewed on PBS NewsHour while at Fourpost

On PBS NewsHour, talking about what Gen Z grads want from a career, while at Fourpost.

Frannie Shellman judging a pitch competition for women-founded startups at Diane von Furstenberg

Judging a pitch competition for women-founded startups, hosted at Diane von Furstenberg by her nonprofit.


FOURPOST

Senior Brand Operations Manager · 2019 (acquired by American Dream)
Brand Success Manager · 2018 – 2019
Press: See me on PBS NewsHour


TRISHULE ADVISORS

Brand Development Consultant · 2017 – 2018


KYLE BUNTING

National Market Manager · 2016 – 2017
Account Manager · 2012 – 2016


HEARST, MARIE CLAIRE MAGAZINE

Executive Assistant to the VP & Publisher · 2010 – 2011


CONDÉ NAST, LUCKY MAGAZINE

Ad Services Associate · 2010
Ad Sales Assistant · 2008 – 2010


EDUCATION

Rhodes College, BA in English, 2008