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Sydney Norton

Sydney comes to us from The Martin Agency where she accumulated 25 years of diverse marketing experience across brand strategy, direct marketing, public relations, social, digital, and print/broadcast advertising. She is a champion of unified ideas and holistic thinking and did so for a wide range of B2B and B2C clients. She has led campaigns for some of America’s greatest brands, including Hanes, UPS, Discover Financial Services and Walmart. Prior to The Martin Agency, Sydney spent four years as director of marketing for a professional nonprofit theater. She is a Midwesterner originally and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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