AGATA SEIDEL

Hello! I am an industry insider on what makes consumers tick. My specialty is in analyzing and forecasting the cultural shifts and mindsets that affect brands and their customers in the digital space. Since this is an ever evolving playground the focus I provide is on how brands can better engage with people. If you are interested in hearing more you can reach me on hearts@agataseidel.com We live in a digital world, don't be a stranger ;-)

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Digital Strategist
Think Tanks | Greater New York City Area, US

Summary

I am an industry insider on what makes consumers tick. I specialize in helping brands understand their audience in the digital space.
Specialties: Consumer insights, digital marketing, branding and identity, emerging media, strategies

Experience

  • Jun 2011 - Present
    Digital Strategist / Blast Radius
    Strategy planning: Consumer insights, research, data analysis, trends Strategy execution: Channel planning: Social Media, mobile, iPad, web and light SEO/SEM Categories of expertise: Luxury/Cosmetics, CPG, Pharma
  • Jan 2011 - Present
    Volunteer/Mentor / Step Up Women's Network
    Mentor teenage girls from underprivileged backgrounds, building pathways to higher education and career development.
  • Jan 2010 - Present
    Digital Strategist / Freelance
    Developed new media marketing strategies and brand planning across social media and web. Aligned digital strategies with business initiatives, consumer insights and cultural trends to build brand equity for consumer facing brands such as NIKE, J&B Whiskey, The Weather Channel and GE
  • Nov 2010 - Present
    Contributor / Luxury Society
    Key contributor to the annual 'Digital Agenda' report, which provided insights into the state of the luxury industry in the digital space. Was responsible for guiding content and interviewing CEO's from luxury brands such as Gucci and Oscar de La Renta on their digital initiatives. Report can be accessed here: http://static.luxurysociety.com/report/thedigitalagenda/
  • Apr 2008 - Present
    Features Reporter / Worth Global Style Network
    WGSN is a global creative intelligence site with a presence in over 71 countries worldwide. With over 36,000 clients within fashion, beauty, retail, luxury and lifestyle industries, I reported marketing insights for brands within consumer attitudes, technology, cultural trends and business opportunities for clients such as L'Oreal, Disney, BMW, Burberry, General Mills, Kimberly Clark, Unilever In 2009 I spent time in Mumbai India providing clients consumer insights on emerging market opportunities within luxury, youth and advertising media.
  • Oct 2007 - Present
    Trends Researcher / The Future Laboratory
    The Future Laboratory is a creative, cultural marketing insights think tank. Working with some of the world's most sought after luxury and consumer brands, I monitored trends within beauty, technology, retail and consumer attitudes as a means to better align brands for clients such as CHANEL, LVMH, Diageo, GAP, Nokia, MySpace, Coca-Cola

Education

  • 2003 - 2007
    University of the Arts London

Additional Information

Websites:
Interests:
*meeting new people from all walks of life *traveling to very distant lands and learning everything I can about new cultures *everything and anything that has to do with the future, where it is heading and what knowledge can we equip ourselves with to be better prepared *the importance of aesthetics, we live in a visual culture and sometimes what we see can impact impressions *technology and how it is changing societies and human behaviors

Reading

The Weird Sisters
some time ago

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Posts

Disney Remix…Friday special 

Fleetwood Mac- mad style

Pretty incredible…

Richard Mosse ‘Infra’ series at the Jack Shainman Gallery in NYC- one of the best photography exhibitions I have seen in a while.

‘Infra’ is about bringing attention to the current conflict happening in Congo that receives very little media exposure:

“ Mosse photographed rebel groups of constantly switching allegiances, fighting nomadically in a jungle war zone plagued by frequent ambushes, massacres, and systematic sexual violence. These tragic narratives urgently need telling but cannot be easily described.”… “Infra offers a radical rethinking of how to depict a conflict as complex and intractable as that of the ongoing war in the Congo. The results offer a fevered inflation of the traditional reportage document, underlining the tension between art, fiction, and photojournalism. “

Commentary from Trendland

The London Underground Oyster Card Chromaroma game as seen briefly at Moma’s ‘Talk to Me’ Exhibition 

My find of the day ‘Couch Surfing’ 

Oh yeah, this one is on repeat!

What I am currently tapping my feet to… METRONOMY, The Look

thecoveteur:

Fuck the leash, this dog gets walked on a Chanel bag.

Nick Cave’s “Soundsuits” makes me smile

“The World of Giving” by Jeffrey Inaba and C-lab, an awesome book about how generosity can reshape communities, cities, countries etc.  

Michael Wolff on life and design

adamshake:

This time-lapse video of the Milky Way will blow your mind.

Terje Sorgjerd is on a roll. After capturing some amazing footage of the Aurora Borealis recently (though not the famous footage out of the plane window) he’s back with this incredible video that looks like something out of Planet Earth. His time-lapse shots of the Milky Way show a stunning sky, backlit with an incredible aura.

Its a Picycle!

X-Ray: Bon Iver

lookwhatistole:

thedailyfeed:

“womblike solipsism”

I concur!

jessicachu:

This is what I think every morning.

naveen:

I-DARE-YOU-TO-PLAY-THIS-AND–SIT-STILL-IN-YOUR-CHAIR–TUESDAYS PRESENTS:

Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge

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