Joe Zappa

Joe Zappa has a diverse work experience in content marketing, PR, and communications. Currently, they are the Founder and CEO of Sharp Pen Media, a content marketing and PR agency. Joe focuses on helping clients in the adtech and martech industry by building narratives, planning editorial content, and creating high-quality content with a team of industry-leading thinkers, journalists, strategists, writers, and editors.

Prior to founding Sharp Pen Media, Joe held various roles in content and communications. Joe worked at WIT Strategy, SheerID, FatTail, Inc., dataPlor, Autonomy, Brandbass, Unacast, and Reklaim. In these roles, they were responsible for managing content and communications strategies, developing engaging content, and executing effective communication campaigns.

Joe also has experience in journalism as they served as a Managing Editor at Street Fight from 2018 to 2023 and as a News Editor from 2015 to 2018.

Overall, Joe's work experience reflects their expertise in content marketing, PR, communications, and journalism.

Joe Zappa attended Massapequa High School from 2009 to 2013. Joe then pursued higher education at Brown University from 2013 to 2017, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree in French Studies and Comparative Literature. Following this, Joe enrolled at Cornell University, where they received a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Comparative Literature from 2017 to 2019. Continuing their studies at Cornell, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Comparative Literature from 2017 to 2021.