Morpheus Media Directors

 

Alex Golimbu, Managing Director/Co-Founder
As a practicing attorney with a focus on intellectual property, Alex brings outstanding analytical skills and a keen, tireless intelligence to Morpheus which he helped found in 2001. As a founding member, Alex leads the agency's analytical reporting unit and focuses on operational management and corporate governance. He’s worked closely with clients that include The New York Times, American Express, American Airlines, Citibank, Doubletree, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. and Toyota Motor Credit.

 

Jamie Driver, Managing Director/Co-Founder
Jamie began his advertising career and immersion into the interactive space as one of the first 10 employees of atmosphereBBDO, the online arm of the BBDO Worldwide Network of Advertising Agencies. Rising from Assistant Interactive Coordinator to Interactive Coordinator and Media Planner in under two years, Jamie's capacity and affinity for the business of online marketing was immediately apparent. His natural leadership abilities resulted in a prominent role in the agency's highly-regarded Online Media Training Program and creation of a proprietary media database. Seeking to return to a smaller agency environment as atmosphereBBDO rapidly grew, Jamie departed for Mass Transit Interactive before taking the leap to start Morpheus Media as a founding partner. As Managing Director, Jamie offers a unique blend of traditional agency experience with keen, informed online instincts and intelligence that puts clients in position to achieve their marketing objectives with a solid return on their investment.

Jamie is an authority about ACC sports, Yankee baseball and indie rock amongst a host of other interests…one thing he is certainly not short on is passion.

 

Shenan Reed, Managing Director/Co-Founder
Having started her career in consumer packaged goods at Bristol Myers-Squibb and Spectra Marketing, Shenan brings a wealth of traditional marketing experience to Morpheus. Her grounding in offline consumer marketing enables us to inject client campaigns with important consumer behavioral and data analysis, critical ingredients in successful online marketing initiatives. She leads complex branding, registration, acquisition and conversion-based online media campaigns on behalf of our clients.

Shenan’s rich experience in CPG client service, deep understanding of analytics and online media management help us attract and secure a diverse and impressive roster of clients that include Bergdorf Goodman, David Yurman, Neiman Marcus, Giorgio Armani, H. Stern and Salvatore Ferragamo.

 

Jessica Coghan, Director, Fashion & Home
Jessica began her career in online marketing as Morpheus Media's first employee, building and managing the agency’s affiliate marketing specialty. Rising quickly to senior account strategist, Jessica helped establish client Neiman Marcus’s successful online presence. Now, as leader of the agency’s Fashion & Home team, she’s growing the agency’s portfolio of online luxury products and service clients. She’s currently managing all interactive marketing strategies for clients including Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Giorgio Armani, L'Oreal Active Cosmetics and H. Stern, among many others.

Prior to joining Morpheus in 2001, Jessica was the managing director and founder of At Your Service, a concierge service used by dignitaries and celebrities.

 

Raman Kia, Director, Social Media Marketing
Raman is the Director of Social Media Marketing at Morpheus Media, and the author of The Social Warrior blog. Raman previously served as Director of HR & Operations at the agency and is a fully certified Human Resources Professional. In January of 2005, Raman, joined the Morpheus Media team and successfully established the agency's communications and operations platforms. In 2009, Raman began leading the agency's Social Media team.

Raman's history in the music business, which led him to launch Wild Honey, an independent music company that partnered with Universal Music, Interscope Records and Sanctuary Music Group on a variety of projects, contributed greatly to his understading the crucial elements of developing consumer awareness, engagement and influence, the cornerstones of a successful social media marketing strategy. Today, Raman is driven towards developing long-term strategies and complimentary short-term strategic anchors for any given client at any given time, and pragmatically assessing the resources and time required to bring these strategies to life, including people, partnerships, and tools, with the aim of bringing greater efficiencies to the whole agency.

Raman holds a degree in English with honors from the University of Surrey, U.K., and a master's degree in International Marketing Strategy from the University of London.

 

Toby Evers, Director of Search Engine Optimization & Emerging Technologies
Having picked up technical and programming skills while earning his degree in Materials Science Engineering and working in the Aerospace industry, Toby transitioned to website development and design in order to follow his true passion and translate his love of emerging technology trends into a business environment. He started his own company dedicated to this pursuit and worked with category-leading clients such as MTV Networks (widget development for shows like Beavis & Butthead and Hogan Knows Best) and ultimately became head CSS Web Developer for Zagat, managing front-end site development and Search Engine Optimization.

Having contributed his considerable knowledge base as a consultant throughout 2006, Toby developed the Morpheus SEO and Social Media department in 2007 and has grown both his group and its capabilities consistently ever since. He manages all agency Search Engine Optimization strategies and consults clients on leading edge media platforms/technologies. His expansive client roster runs the agency gamut including Dior Beauty, A&E, Lifetime Networks and Louis Vuitton to name but a few. Toby plays a critical role in maintaining Morpheus' status as a thought leader in the constantly evolving online space and as an adopter (ultimately, a master) of emerging technologies.

 

Emily Las, Director of Search Strategy

Emily began her career in marketing at the Media Planning Group working on Consumer Health Care products for such clients as Schering-Plough. Emily joined Morpheus Media's interactive marketing team in 2006 managing the Search strategy for The New York Times, and launching the A&E Search campaigns aimed at driving traffic to the A&E content sites. Today, as Associate Director of Search Strategy Emily oversees and guides Morpheus Media's search strategies across all brands. Emily graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Journalism and Media Studies.

 

James Simon, Associate Director of Media Strategy

James joined the Morpheus Media team in 2006 with the responsibility of coordinating and planning all media outlets for such prestigious accounts as The New York Times and New York University. Having developed his core work ethic and management skills as Managing Director at a large national retail chain, and his technical knowledge as an IT consultant, today James is responsible for managing the overall interactive marketing strategies for such brands as Hennessy, Tag Heuer, Grand Marnier, Redken and Horchow.

 

Alexis Katana, Associate Director of Client Strategy

Alexis began her career in Marketing at Lowe Worldwide where she worked on creative and account management for such brands as Saab, GMC, and Stella Artois. In 2006 Alexis joined Morpheus Media's interactive marketing team and quickly took on the responsibility of managing such luxury brands as Armani and L'Oreal. Today, as Associate Director of Client Strategy Alexis is responsible for working on all LVMH brands. Alexis graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Journalism and Media Studies.

 

Sari Witover, Associate Director of Media Strategy

Sari has been a valued member of the Morpheus team since 2006. After building a deep and varied background including working with multiple departments at Lehman Brothers and a stint at Zenith Media working on the Chase and Boston Beer accounts, she decided that online media was the best environment to foster her talents. The combination of an analytical financial foundation in conjunction with planning experience instilled in her a laser focus on the client's bottom line. Her experience with Morpheus has seen her working on an extremely diverse client roster across multiple categories such as education (New York University), travel (Encore Las Vegas) and ultimately – retail (Horchow, David Yurman and Bergdorf Goodman). Her leadership qualities and strategic mindset in conjunction with her ability to bring branding initiatives to life online through integrated, cross-platform strategies has resulted in a skill set that Morpheus clients value highly…especially given the results it brings from truly ROI-focused campaigns.

 

Ken Seligman, Associate Director of Business Development

Ken Seligman joined Morpheus Media in 2008 with the dual purpose of adding to the growth of the agency externally (pursuing new revenue) and internally (managing / promoting growth of all types). With a decade of experience in agency strategy development, talent management, operations, finance and brand development, Ken brings a senior voice to the Morpheus team with an equal focus on both process and the bottom line. His career in the interactive space began with atmosphereBBDO; the online arm of the BBDO Worldwide Network of agencies. As a founding member of the organization rising from the assistant level to leader of the Senior Managers Committee over a 6 year period, Ken was instrumental in that company's rise to prominence (and growth from 2 to 50+ people in its first 14 months) servicing clients such as Cingular Wireless, General Electric and America Online. Next, charged with revamping culture and process to drive growth, Ken Seligman joined STRATEGIC (formerly Strategic Sports Group, Inc.) in 2004, managing all internal processes for clients including Anheuser-Busch, The Hershey Company and The Pepsi-Lipton Tea Partnership. Ken sought out a new challenge and return to the interactive space in joining the Morpheus team to promote all aspects of agency growth.

 

© 2008 Morpheus Media, LLC. All rights reserved. legal terms sitemap contact us