Jun 5, 2019
Melanie Deziel is the founder of StoryFuel and has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on native advertising. At StoryFuel, Melanie works with publishers and brands looking to create, expand or optimize their branded content teams, processes and practices. As a speaker, Melanie travels the world giving keynotes and corporate workshops that teach marketers, publishers, creators and companies how to create the best possible brand storytelling.
She serves on the board of the Native Advertising Institute.
Melanie developed one of the first Master’s courses in Content
Marketing for Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she now teaches
as an adjunct professor.
Melanie has spoken at conferences and events around the world, with
audiences ranging from 20 to 2500. Her talks have been live
translated into five languages and she’s graced the stage of
industry leading events including Content Marketing World, Native
Ad Days, SXSW, Social Media Marketing World, Inbound, and more.
Melanie’s background is in journalism; She focused on investigative
reporting at the University of Connecticut and earned her M.A. in
Arts Journalism from Syracuse University. She was a founding member
of HuffPost Partner Studio, helping to build out the brand
storytelling team. As the first editor of branded content at The
New York Times' T Brand Studio, she wrote the sponsored content
pieces that won the 2014 and 2015 Best Native Advertising Execution
OMMA Award, including the acclaimed “Women Inmates” piece for
Netflix. She also worked as the Director of Creative Strategy at
Time Inc., building branded content programs and strategy across
35+ US media properties, including Time, People, Sports
Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly and more.
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