Diane T. Creston, President, Creative Director, Executive Producer
Creston, an award-winning professional with over twenty-six years of experience, served as vice president at Richard & Edward's
Inc., where she handled Colorforms and Cabbage Patch Kids Vitamins prior to forming
Creston Advertising. As V.P/supervisor for Trompson Monroe Advertising, Creston
created advertising and public relations campaigns for
the $25 million dollar Cabbage Patch Kids Clothes brand by Elkay, wrote and designed all B2B travel agent newsletters for Pan American Airline's northeast region, and conducted research projects for Greece, Barbados, and Puerto Rico.
As Creston's president and creative director, she has created highly successful campaigns for a very diverse range of consumer products and services including IT, financial, medical, construction, fashion, beauty, luxury goods, real estate, collectibles, and domestic and international SMB and Fortune 500 companies including:
Behrman Capital LP, Sony, Inc., Samsung Electronics (Korea), Penguin Products and Penguin Group Inc., AccelTree Software Private Ltd., Silverline Technologies, Inc., EJR Computer Associates, Inc., Webcraft Games, Inc.
FCI Concrete Consulting, Inc., Tantleff, Cohen & Tantleff PC, Medinostics LLC, Anderson Consulting Inc.
Revlon, Charles of the Ritz, GST Ventures (GS Lifestyles, Wearin Out the West, Pur-Hair, Kolordirekt), N.W. Ayer Advertising/DeBeers Sweet Sixteen Diamonds, Pierre Cardin Eyewear / Lunettes Marius Morel (gold-filled eyewear).
Chateau Lingerie, True Form Foundations, division of Maidenform, Quantum Sportswear Inc., Roxanne Swimwear Inc., Italian MAIT Show (knitwear), Mendicino Bridals, Government of Puerto Rico (fashion), Kate and Leo (retail chain).
Huffy Corporation (Licensed Footwear), Tacson Inc. - Botany 500 Footwear, Esquire Footwear (men's), J. F. World (Xanthus Athletic Shoes with NBA X Man star, Xavier McDaniel).
Helmsley Spear - International Toy Center, Coastal Marketing and Development Realty/NJ
Puerto Rico Tourism, Barbados, Greek National Tourist Board, Pan American World Airways
LGB of America (LGB G-scale Trains), Carrera of America (Carrera Slotcars), Playmobil of America, Springs Industries - (Mickey n' Friends, Ninja Turtles, Little Mermaid), Epoch Learning Systems.
Lanceheft.com, Senior Resources of America, March of Dimes, among others
For over 15 years, Creston has been a frequent guest lecturer in Marketing at Queens College in New York, and has also recently lectured at ENMU in New Mexico. Creston has appeared on PBS as a marketing expert, and as a speaker at a marketing
presentation for a group of 30 toy manufacturers during a two hour
session at the Consulate General of Brazil in New York. The meeting was
opened by Ambassador Graça Lima.
Ron Small, Partner, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Small, an award-winning producer, director and writer, lends his extensive knowledge and 25 years of experience in entertainment and learning productions to Creston's continued efforts to develop innovative, high quality, and results-oriented program packages for clients. His background in strategic marketing and distribution of media in the U.S., New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Latin America is invaluable.
Small's expertise includes campaigns for hundreds of corporate clients through capabilities CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, infomercials, training modules, documentaries, websites, and entertainment series with such production and distribution partners as PBS, BBC, Channel 4 (UK), RAI-TV, Octapixx Worldwide, Madacy Entertainment, Koch Entertainment, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel and many others. Ron regularly attends the following television markets: MIPCOM, MIPTV, Junior MIP, MIPDOC (all in Cannes, France), NATPE (Las Vegas) and Home Media Expo (Las Vegas).
Small is a guest lecturer in Marketing at the prestigious Citadel; The Military College of South Carolina, located in Charleston.
He resides with his wife Vicki in Charleston, South Carolina, along with two young daughters who always want to come to The Big Apple when he visits "Aunt Diane" in New York City.
Stuart B. Rosenberg, Senior Vice President Media
Rosenberg has worked in both the media and agency sides of the business. His experience includes seven years as president of The Maxwell Trading Company, a barter media company wholly owned by TBS Inc., sales management positions at two NBC owned and operated stations, WNBC-TV, New York and KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, as well as KHJ-TV Los Angeles.
Rosenberg also sold advertising time for RTVR, Inc., and served in media management positions at Sawdon and Bess Advertising and Needham, Harper and Steers Advertising for a wide variety of clients including IBM, Pan American, General Mills, The Gillette Company, among others.
Creston's media is fully computerized with the latest equipment and databases. These systems enable Creston to monitor client ad schedules as they are aired. Under Rosenberg's direction, the agency maintains daily contact with the media and checks for proper vertical and horizontal rotations, etc. and, if necessary, makes ongoing adjustments prior to the normal post-analysis.
Mario Stasolla, Art Director/Designer/Illustrator
With over twenty-five years of experience, Stasolla has created dynamic advertising programs for:
200 Fifth Avenue - Helmsley Spear, Coastal Marketing and Development Realty, Inc.
Ashanti Gold Liqueur, Heublein Liquors, Jouvet Beaujolais Villages, Monsieur Henri Wines
General Electric Corporation, Sony, Monsanto Inc., Union Carbide, Martin Marietta
Iberia Airlines, Trans World Airlines, The New York Times, Time Inc., Toyota, Volvo
M.H. Luxenberg, Senior Sales Associate
Luxenberg brings a diverse background to Creston with extensive international and domestic marketing and trade show experience that includes DuArt Film and Video, New Yorker Films and Video along with worldwide services at Fox Prober Associates. His experience includes the development of detailed budgets and sophisticated work flows for all client projects.
Luxenberg is regularly invited to appear as a guest speaker at local New York universities such as NYU and Columbia University.
Duane Morgan, Technical Project Consultant
Morgan is a dedicated, decisive, and experienced Technical Account and Project Manager with proven skills and accomplishments in major communications, financial, and corporate IT environments. He is a motivational leader and "hands-on" team participant that oversees multiple responsibilities simultaneously in a fast paced, time sensitive environment. He has effective customer service skills with both internal and external clientele; and communicates with all levels of the organization.
Jennifer Nicole, Production Manager
With a proven 11 year plus track record of industry experience, Nicole is a dedicated team player with a successful track record of advertising production management for a wide array of brands covering multiple media that includes print, web video, Internet, television, radio, outdoor, POS, and branded content. Nicole works closely with senior management to define advertising production guidelines, cost benchmarks, and communication best practices.
She draws upon her experience and Creston's resources to ensure timely and effective execution of client projects and campaigns. Nicole has been responsible for saving clients many thousands of dollars by her extraordinary negotiating on their behalf.
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