- SarinaSarina is based in New York City which allows her to foster relationships with national media that she has developed in her 20+ year career in PR. She is a veteran of big NYC agencies working at Deutsch, Hunter PR and Laforce + Stevens before joining our team. She has led local and national publicity for brands such as Snapple, Pfizer, TGIFriday’s, Samuel Adams and many technology clients.
- BiancaBianca began her career as a journalist, combining her passion for food and writing as a print and radio journalist covering the culinary world. After transitioning to a career in PR, Bianca worked with clients in the culinary space, such as Eataly, the Slow Food Movement, and with chefs, founders and consumer brands in the U.S. Hailing from Brazil, she is fluent in three languages. Bianca is a published cookbook author. She earned a Master’s in Strategic Communications from Boston University.
- SkipSkip has over 20 years of marketing and communications experience and thrives on working to tie our clients brand strategies to consumer trends, desires and motivations. He is an expert at building integrated marketing campaigns, designing and implementing public relations, events, promotions, digital, social and sponsorships. His experience includes Samuel Adams, Krispy Kreme, Sprint, Comcast Sports Net, NBC and Fox Sports.
- SophiaSophia leads experiential marketing, events and brand activations for our clients. She tackles everything from small private events, large scale consumer-oriented activations and festivals, pop-up experiences and corporate outings and meetings. She previously worked at Hill Holliday in Boston specializing in retail and CPG event marketing. She is active in Boston’s art scene and an active supporter of The Greater Boston Food Bank.
- JessicaJessica is an account coordinator and likes to bring a creative approach to her work. Having worked on multiple accounts for other agencies and companies in a variety of industries, she loves to bring a fresh take wherever she goes. Her background is in public relations, marketing, event planning and digital marketing. Jessica is looking to sharpen her skills and broaden her public relations expertise at SM&C.
- BillBill has over 25 years of Management experience in a wide variety of industries. He has worked in Advertising, Sales, Custom Software Development, Payroll/HR, Insurance and Finance. Along with Business Operations, Bill is responsible for the agency’s business development.
- VictoriaVictoria started her time at SM&C as an intern in 2019. Her past professional experience includes work at NBC Sports Boston and Boston Magazine. She loves brainstorming creative new ideas for clients and watching them come to fruition.
- NiharikaNiharika's background comes from global agencies on brands such as Proctor and Gamble and Coca-Cola. Her passion is telling great brand stories by applying her strategy and consumer insight capabilities to take a cultural deep-dive for clients. She is an expert in building digital and social media content strategies that resonate with consumers by staying close to popular culture and emerging trends. She volunteers for causes that aid animals and childhood education including K9 Fields, Teach for India, and Dubai Cares.
- LaurenLauren is a key member of our media relations practice based on her acumen for delivering on message, earned media coverage for a variety of clients. She began her career as a journalist on both the print and broadcast sides of news. She is skilled in brand storytelling, writing, editing, media training and message development.
Founded in 2017, SM&C partners exclusively with brands and people that we believe in.
As a boutique agency, we are nimble and creative, while at the same time as veterans of large agencies and multinational publicly traded companies, we are rooted in the strategy, intellectual rigor, disciplined thinking and battle scars of big brands.
We understand the needs and pain points of clients, as our founder and other senior members of our team, worked on the client side of the agency/client relationship for many years before founding the agency.
Each of our account teams is comprised of a mix of talent to best meet the client’s goals. All teams are led by a senior executive. Our founder, Michelle, leads the strategy for every partnership.
We excel at earned, owned and paid media and we thrive on establishing or transforming brands in the hearts and minds of consumers.