[L]earned Media

Sam Zises
[CEO]

Sam Zises is the Founder and CEO of [L]earned Media, a New York-based branded content marketing company that focuses on social, mobile and earned media.

Arielle Shine
[Content & Community]

Arielle graduated from the University at Buffalo, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and moved to New York City shortly after. Arielle has experience across several verticals, however, has always maintained a passion for social media marketing and its ability to benefit brands.

Jake Sheppard
[Creative Engineering]

Jake is an Australian born ex-lacrosse player with a burning desire to create. He is a tech and ad geek traditionally schooled in marketing and advertising, however, has skills in HTML, CSS and Adobe. Jake has developed hundreds of websites for clients spanning every industry sector.

Rachelle Yankowich
[Art Direction & Graphic Design]

Rachelle molded herself between the majors of Advertising and Visual Arts graduating from Penn State with a dual degree. Rachelle’s artistic talent allows her to breathe life into graphics, providing them with the foundation on which to build a brand.

Alex Vojdany
[Content & Community]

Prior to joining [L]earned Media, Alex worked in Account Management at JWT, with brands such as Tylenol, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Sudafed, Symbicort and Onglyza.

Molly Balestiere
[Summer Associate]

Molly is a rising senior at Syracuse University working towards her Bachelors degree in Communications and Marketing through the Whitman School of Business.

Brett Wohl
[Summer Associate]

Brett is a Senior at Syracuse University, earning a Dual Major in Marketing at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and Advertising at the Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Coming Soon
[Summer Associate]

Jeff Radov
Former CFO of About.com
[Advisor]

Avi Savar
Founding Partner of Big Fuel [Advisor]

Doug Scott
President of OgilvyEntertainment [Advisor]

Jack Myers
Chairman of Media Advisory Group [Advisor]