Stephanie Blackwood
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Business
Description
Co-founded Double Platinum, a full-service marketing communications agency that specializes in the gay and lesbian market and is affiliated with the Publicis Groupe. Clients include Procter & Gamble Canada (Crest Whitestrips and MicroScope), AOL, Nationwide, Heineken USA (Amstel Light), Pernod Ricard USA (Mojito Club), Pridevision Television, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, The Gill Foundation, Passport Magazine, GLSEN, Hetrick Martin Institute, BK Services Group and Miracle House. Formerly started or partnered in three other GLBT-focused businesses: Spare Parts (1995), Blackwood and Friends Public Relations (1991), and the New York office of The Advocate, where she was associate publisher and VP directing plans to reposition the nation's oldest gay magazine. Stephanie has also planned the strategic entry or supported existing gay and lesbian marketing programs for ABSOLUT Vodka, American Airlines, and Seagram Americas as well as providing pro bono service for a variety of national not-for-profit organizations, including GLAAD, Lambda Legal, Astraea National Lesbian Foundation, the Community Centers of New York and Los Angeles, the Commercial Closet, Stonewall Union (Columbus, OH), Women's Economic Development Corporation, Ms. Foundation for Women, among others. Former Senior Manager, Institutional Relations with GLSEN. Director of Development, PFLAG.
