Samantha Skey

Samantha Skey
Alma mater Hamilton College[1]
Occupation Chief Executive OfficerSheKnows Media Former Chief Revenue Officer of Recyclebank[2]
Website Recyclebank.com

Samantha Skey is a digital media executive- currently chief executive officer for SheKnows Media, owned by Penske Media Corporation is a New York City-based women's media company producing lifestyle content for a community of 75MM women. SheKnows operates BlogHer- a conference series for content creators, sheknows.com and StyleCaster. Formerly of Recyclebank [2] Recyclebank uses social gaming dynamics to encourage green action among mainstream consumers.[3] Samantha is responsible for advertising products, revenue generation, and corporate marketing and brand development.

A frequent presenter and commentator for business and trade media, Skey’s speaking events include annual SXSW, annual Ad Week panel moderation, MediaPost, Digiday, iMedia, She Summit, Folio, the Gamification Summit of 2011,[4] GreenBiz State of Green Business Forum 2011,[1] the Physic Ventures-Edelman Social Media Summit 2011,[5] SheStreams 2011,[6] OMMA Global New York 2011,[7] Gamification Summit 2011 [8] and ad:tech conference 2011.[9] In an authored Advertising Age article, Skey advised companies on how to reach millennial moms. She said that this generation of mothers (those born after 1980) are wallet-driven activists who consider both family health and environmental sustainability when making purchases. “The Millennial mom has different expectations for the brands she supports and demands transparency and authenticity both from the brand's on- and offline efforts.”[10]

Skey helped develop Riddler, one of the web’s first real-time, multi-player, reward-based gaming sites at Interactive Imaginations. She has served in management positions at The Walt Disney Company and CNET, was the chief marketing officer at Passenger, Inc. and is a member of the founding executive team of Alloy Inc., where she served as executive vice president of strategic marketing.[4]

Skey sits on the boards of the IAB, Ad Council, ad:tech, SmartyPants Ltd., RewardOps and The Bronx Academy of Letters [2]

Skey holds a BA in comparative literature from Hamilton College.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "State of GreenBiz San Francisco - Speakers | Business". GreenBiz.com. 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Samantha Skey – Gamification Summit". Gamificationsummit.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. "Marketing: Green Stamps for the Social-Media Era | News - Advertising Age". Adage.com. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  4. 1 2 "Recyclebank's Samantha Skey to Present at Upcoming Gamification Summit". 3BL Media. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  5. "Recyclebank's Samantha Skey to Present at Physic Ventures-Edelman Social Media Summit". Prweb.com. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  7. http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/Samantha-Skey-Moderate-Panel-OMMA-Global-New-York
  8. http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/Recyclebank%E2%80%99s-Samantha-Skey-Present-Upcoming-Gamification-Summit
  9. "Recyclebank's Samantha Skey to Present at Upcoming ad:tech Conference". Allvoices.com. 2011-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  10. "Social, Savvy and Seeking a Triple Bottom Line | GoodWorks - Advertising Age". Adage.com. 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
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