With more than a decade of social media, digital marketing, public speaking and personal branding behind his belt, Marcus has a passion for telling diverse stories and creating brands and identities that leave a legacy. Marcus has experience with transforming brands and businesses into income streams, profile visits, higher engagement and faithful clients. Since the height of 2020, he also has embraced, spoken on and worked in ideas of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) as well as strategic leadership and social entrepreneurship in many spaces from churches and universities, to academic workshops and panels. From resident assistant and live show producer to university fellow and head of digital marketing, Marcus has shown interests not just in culture and entertainment, but also in entrepreneurship, marketing, public speaking, content creation, strategic leadership and more.SKILLS + ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- official TEDxYouth speaker, on the topic of centering humanity through storytelling- design + illustration with software such as Canva, Microsoft Office + Adobe- above average proficiency in social media marketing (IG, YouTube, Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok) + analytics, managing nearly a dozen social media accounts while in undergrad- has followed the likes of online marketers, influencers and personal branding experts such as Vanessa Lau, Sean Cannell, Sunny Lenarduzzi, Think Media, Brené Brown, Gary Vee, Erin OnDemand + more- rebranded the now Belmont University R&B/Hip-Hop Showcase (formerly Urban Showcase) and became the inaugural season host and ambassador for the Curb College Showcase Series- part of the sophomore cohort of Belmont University’s Presidential Fellowship, which resulted in training and experience around event planning, higher education, professional development, management and hospitality experience - from galas and dinners to mixers and roundtables