George Stephan

George Stephan has won widespread recognition as a global leader in promise-based branding and digital marketing. As founder and Managing Partner of Stephan Partners, he has developed branding and digital marketing campaigns for a variety of clients designed to maximize their impact on sales and profits -- including corporate work for Time Warner (Time Inc. Magazines), Thomson Interactive, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Nielsen ProNet, MCEnergy, Guardian Water & Power, Rodale, PBS Thirteen, NYU Langone Medical Center, Smithsonian Magazine, Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau, Reed Group, Maggie Maternity, VOX Magazine, The Zena Resort and DuPont. His Watermelon Social personal branding and content marketing clients include senior professionals, corporate sales teams and professional athletes. He also serves as a Managing Partner to Golf Brands Group, where he sits on the advisory board.

Prior to Stephan Partners, he founded Stephan Direct, a full-service direct marketing agency based in New York City. Before that, he managed consumer packaged goods accounts including Pepsi, Frito-Lay and Mars for three of the largest worldwide agencies: BBDO, FCB and Publicis.

Stephan has been an instructor in account management, branding and strategy at the Parsons School of Design. He has written articles and given speeches about his views on promise-based branding and digital marketing.

Stephan lives in New York and Maine with his wife, his daughter and his dog, Walter. He is also a mentor to Matthew, a 16 year-old in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Stephan is a distance swimmer and a single digit golfer.