Karen DSilva

Karen DSilva has over 20 years of experience in the marketing and customer experience industry. Karen began their career in 1992 as an Art Director for The Image Bank. In 1998, they moved to Getty Images as an Art Director. In 2001, they were the DP of NA for Photonica. From 2005 to 2009, they were the Co-Owner of Spark Visual Research, where they built a business based on the need for visual research and marketing for the creative professional. Karen then founded their own business, Karen DSilva Creative Services, where they provided brand development, strategic business planning, product development, and marketplace research to better position clients as a unique and much needed service. In 2012, they joined Agency Access as a Senior Creative Marketing Consultant, working with over 200+ professional photographers, directors, illustrators, designers and advertising agencies to market their businesses. In 2018, they became a Business Marketing Strategist and Marketer, breaking through today's clutter and noise by positioning companies as the solution to potential customer's problems. In 2020, they joined SuperStock as the Director Of Marketing, responsible for implementation and maintenance of all email marketing, managing the social media and social buying, and building out thematic messaging directly related to the Superstock content. Karen also joined iSPY Technologies, Inc. as the VP of Marketing & Customer Experience, specializing in shaping the overall customer experience strategy with special expertise in marketing communications. Finally, they are currently the VP of Marketing and Customer Experience for iSPY Education, where they are instrumental in creating and designing a way to make great education accessible to all.

Karen DSilva graduated from the University of North Texas in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, with a major in Photography and minors in English and Communications.