Meyako N. Hughes

Meyako N. Hughes currently serves as the Executive Director of Brand Partnerships at Rolling Stone, a position held since May 2024. Prior to this role, Meyako was with Complex Networks, where the title of Senior Director of Brand Partnerships was held from February 2019 to May 2024, and also served as Director of Brand Partnerships, earning recognition as Sales Person of the Year in 2020. Additional experience includes roles at Chicago Tribune Media Group as Senior Category Development Lead and recipient of the Campbell Award, Gamut Creative as Producer/Project Leader, Kairos: Face Recognition as Senior Relationship Manager, and Google as Senior Sales Consultant. Earlier career roles include account management and supervisory positions at Fox Cable Networks, Spark SMG, Mindshare, and Ogilvy. Meyako holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications-Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.