About The deFIANT

The deFIANT is a hybrid agency for the 21st century, unifying marketing and communications with innovative creative direction and multidisciplinary production. We are marketers and storytellers, influencers and innovators, designers and filmmakers, polymaths and futurists. Collectively, we are solutionists, drawing on wide-ranging and complementary capabilities to create unparalleled brand experiences. The deFIANT breaks down the patron-client binary by working together as collaborators to create distinctive branded experiences and deliver exceptional results. 

About the Founder

Michelle Steinberg, is a consummate and effective communicator, connector and true client advocate, forging and maintaining strong and trusting relationships. She is a collaborative team player who isn’t afraid to roll up her sleeves and get the work done.  She is authentic and approachable, and ranked in Advertising Age’s ‘Top Marketing 100’ as one of the industry’s top marketing executives. 

Steinberg is a marketing, PR and Social Media pioneer with an understanding of all industries, and consistently delivers results. For more than twenty-five years she has been shaping the way consumers think and feel about products and properties in the lifestyle, beauty, consumer, automotive, fashion, philanthropic, hospitality, and technology sectors. She is an effective media relations professional who consistently garners top-tier media coverage.  She is consistently and attentively developing and deepening her media and marketing relationships through strong and deliberate programming and experiential activations.

One of the first to introduce influencer marketing to a company, Steinberg successfully utilizes strategy, content creation and messaging, delivering top-quality concepts and programs with a proven track record of results to Fortune 500 companies, as well as start-up brands.

The deFIANT

The Los Angeles office focuses on public relations, media engagement, and VIP client interactions.

Los Angeles

Michelle Steinberg

This department focuses on developing and managing collaborations and events that enhance brand visibility and engagement.

Brand Partnerships

This department manages the organization's communications and relationships with the media and the public.

Public Relations

This department handles the coordination and operations of showroom activities, focusing on VIP and celebrity engagements.

Showroom Management

This department focuses on coordinating and managing client accounts to ensure satisfaction and retention.

Account Management

This department provides high-level administrative support and organizational assistance to executives.

Executive Administration

This department manages engagements and relationships with influencers and VIPs to enhance brand visibility and community outreach.

The deFIANT

Org chart

Teams

Brand Partnerships

Public Relations

Showroom Management

Account Management

Executive Administration

Influencer Relations

Offices

The deFIANT

Org chart

Teams

Brand Partnerships

Public Relations

Showroom Management

Account Management

Executive Administration

Influencer Relations

Offices

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