I’m Jenna Bennett, a historian‑archivist turned marketing strategist. Four years into a PhD and three master’s degrees later, I realized I had misplaced something important: my creativity. The painting, drawing, and designing that once lit me up had faded into footnotes.

So I pivoted. 

Marketing didn’t just give me a new career path, it gave me my spark back. It allows me to blend research with imagination, strategy with storytelling, and find joy in the colorful, messy, human side of how people connect.

Human psychology is a crucial part of how I formulate marketing strategy, and such analysis is second nature to me. As an autistic person who masks at a high level, I’ve spent my entire life reading people closely, a lived reality that taught me to notice nuance, anticipate needs, and understand what makes audiences respond. It’s the skill that consistently sets my work apart.

And yes, I’m still a historian at heart. I research and publish independently on twentieth‑century American material culture and food history, keeping one foot in the archives while the rest of me dances in the world of marketing.

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I was raised in New York and Florida, and now reside in Massachusetts. I’ve always lived by the water: whether along the Hudson River, on the Treasure Coast, or in coastal New England. Plus, I wanted to be a dolphin trainer when I was a kid and my childhood bedroom window overlooked a beautiful, pink hibiscus bush. This sense of place is the anchor that gives my personal branding its character.

When not working, I love adding more to my physical media collections (subscription services be damned), listening to my vinyl records (Teddy Pendergrass is always on deck), and buying new tchotchkes (usually pink and coastal, duh). Most of all, I love walking the beach with my four-legged son, Buddy.