Brand Strategist, Managing Director, Applied Storytelling LA

Cynthia Murnane

Visual strategy lead

Cynthia is a skilled creative leader, mentor, and world-class designer with experience developing Fortune 500 brands. A respected mind within the design industry, she has run her own agency and is a featured speaker at many professional conferences.

Her accomplishments include leading the strategy and creative brand development for some of the world’s most recognized brands such as The Smithsonian, BP, FedEx, Charles Schwab, Motorola, Teledyne and Elsevier.

She has successfully developed branded programs for her own clients and those of leading advertising agencies, including Landor, Goodby-Silverstein, Y&R, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grupo Gallegos and Branding Business.

A graduate of Fine Art from the University of California, Los Angeles and Graphic Design from California College of the Arts, Cynthia’s work has been recognized and featured by the CLIOs, Communication Arts, AIGA, the British Art Director’s Club, the ADDY’s, REBRAND competition, and others.