Brooke Bender

Brooke Bender has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Brooke currently works as a U.S. Insight Lead at Blis starting in 2023. Previously, they served as the Director of Market Intelligence at Venadar from September 2013. In this role, they focused on competitive intelligence, researching emerging brands and products, and reporting on innovative products and services. Brooke also monitored market trends and disruptions and created presentations summarizing market activity. From June 2022 to June 2023, Brooke worked as a Director of Client Success at sparks & honey. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Account Executive at Planet Studio from July 2012 to September 2013, where they were responsible for developing materials and tools for Coca-Cola. Brooke also has experience working at Affinity Research as the Director of Client Services and Print Analyst from June 2007 to February 2012, where they worked with major magazine publishers and ad agencies. Additionally, they served as the Manager of Client Services from March 2006 to May 2007 and as an MRI+ Assistant at GfK MRI from October 2004 to December 2004. Brooke began their career as an Account Coordinator at Carroll White Advertising in June 2003 and interned as an Account Service Intern at the same company from July 2002 to September 2002.

Brooke Bender holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising from The University of Georgia. In 2019, they obtained a Culinary Arts Diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education. Additionally, in 2021, they received a certification in SEO from HubSpot Academy. Recently, in 2023, they achieved certifications in Generative AI Fundamentals, Introduction to Generative AI, Introduction to Large Language Models, and Introduction to Responsible AI from Google Cloud Skills Boost.