About Grande
We Are Marketers & Digital Natives
We are strategists, directors, writers and creatives with 30+ years of expertise in product strategy, digital, media & PR, branding, visual storytelling, and integrated marketing communications.
We’ve worked with global brands in sectors ranging from technology, media and telecom companies to consumer products, to international NGOs and small businesses.
We provide diverse insights combined with world class expertise in creative, media, marketing strategy and digital. Work with us as an extension of your team.
Meet the Grande Collective
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Stacy Charles
Founder & Lead Strategist
Prior to launching Grande, Stacy had nearly 30 years in Marketing, Product & Finance for leading brands including Viya, Verizon, FT, Clorox, ADM, and Sotheby’s NY.
Since 2008, Stacy has worked on digital media innovation initiatives that impact where and how people engage with online content; specifically streaming TV and online commerce.
St Croix born, New Jersey raised, Stacy holds a Bachelors degree from Rutgers University and an MBA in International Marketing from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University.
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George Cannon
Visual Storyteller
George is a multi-faceted filmmaker with a marketing background and a passion for creating impactful visuals. Before falling in love with the camera, George spent over 10 years in marketing working for organizations such as Development Counsellors International, Scripps Network (Food Channel), and AMIkids.
Along with his corporate videography experience George works on indie films in various capacities. He also shoots music videos, weddings, events, and documentaries as a freelancer. He’s not only exceptional in producing amazing images but he’s also able to lead a team or help a client to realize the vision for their content.
St. Croix, born and raised. George has spent many adult years in New York and Tampa, FL. George has an B.A. in Liberal Studies from University of Tampa, and a Marketing MBA from Monroe College in the Bronx.
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Samantha Rosario
Copywriter & Content Creator
A prolific and progressive writer, Sami was the Social Media Coordinator for Mystic Media at Bismarck State College as well as a reporter/ columnist for the student led multimedia program, Mystic Media.
Miami born. New Orleans raised. Samantha currently finds herself on her next journey in St. Croix where she is a student at the University of the Virgin Islands.
How is Your Story Told?
To ensure the accuracy and fullness of your narrative is relayed, brands must actively tell their stories. They should do it so well that others become ambassadors and start sharing the story, experience, product and impact with others. Brands do this successfully when they use the help of great storytellers who curate words, images, technology, platforms, and experiences to deliver consistent, memorable storytelling through every possible touchpoint where audiences encounter the brand.
-Stacy Charles