Celestine Maddy
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| known_for = Founder of Wilder Quarterly magazine & co-author of Wilder Life
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Celestine Maddy is an American, author, environmentalist, and publisher.{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Laurie |date=March 8, 2021 |title=Celebrating Women: Pinterest's Maddy Loves Publishing, Technology |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/361191/celebrating-women-pinterest-cmo-loves-publishing.html |work=MediaPost |access-date=December 1, 2022}} She is the founder of Wilder Quarterly magazine and co-author of A Wilder Life with Abbye Churchill.{{cite news |last=Hartman |first=Eviana |date=January 26, 2016 |title=How to Make Your Own Dry Shampoo—From the New Book That's Becoming Our Natural Beauty Obsession |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/how-to-make-dry-shampoo-diy-wilder-quarterly-book-a-wilder-life |work=Vogue |access-date=December 1, 2022}}
Career
After completing high school in 1996 at the age of 18, Maddy chose to not attend college and instead applied for writing positions at publications including Vice and High Times, while also having jobs at restaurants on the side for income. She later received an advertising position at StrawberryFrog.{{cite news |last=Penn |first=Charli |date=May 26, 2021 |title=This Black Tech Executive Has Mastered Reinvention and Betting On Herself |url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/black-female-tech-executive-pinterest-celestine-maddy-mastered-reinvention-betting-on-herself/ |work=Essence |access-date=December 1, 2022}} She later received a position as "Circulation Director" for the New York independent magazine Paper in 2004. By 2008, she had created her own ad blog named Agency Spy that was later purchased by Adweek.{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Phoebe |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Five questions with Celestine Maddy, Pinterest's global head of consumer and brand marketing |url=https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2021/07/19/five-questions-celestine-maddy-pinterests-global-head-consumer-brand-marketing |work=Marketing Brew |access-date=December 3, 2022}} In 2011, Maddy founded the magazine Wilder Quarterly{{cite news |last=Suh |first=Seunghee |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Wilder Quarterly Releases a Companion Book |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wilder-quarterly-releases-a-companion-book-1453835127 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=December 1, 2022}} and co-authored a book about the experience in 2016 with Abbye Churchill titled A Wilder Life.{{cite news |last=Browning |first=Dominique |date=June 1, 2016 |title=Gardens: 'The Rooftop Growing Guide,' and More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/books/review/gardens-the-rooftop-growing-guide-and-more.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 1, 2022}} She was recognized on Fast Company’s Most Creative People list in 2012.{{cite news |author= |date=April 27, 2012 |title=Most Creative People 2012: 99. Celestine Maddy |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3018283/99-celestine-maddy |work=Fast Company |access-date=December 2, 2022}}
= Executive positions =
Maddy has been an executive in advertising and technology for the last 20 years.{{cite news |last=Nudd |first=Tim |date=May 26, 2021 |title=2 Minutes With … Celestine Maddy, Head of Marketing at Pinterest |url=https://musebycl.io/2-minutes/2-minutes-celestine-maddy-head-marketing-pinterest |work=Muse by Clio |access-date=December 2, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |date=May 13, 2020 |title=Virtual Dinners to Racial Justice Teach-Ins: How L.A.'s Private Member Clubs Stay Social Amid Pandemic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/how-la-s-private-member-clubs-stay-social-pandemic-1293295/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 3, 2022}} She was the Head of Global Brand and Consumer Marketing at Pinterest.{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=John |date=March 29, 2021 |title=So You Want My Job? Pinterest's Celestine Maddy's journey from magazines to Pins |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2021/03/29/so-you-want-my-job-pinterests-celestine-maddys-journey-magazines-pins |work=The Drum |access-date=December 3, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Shoenthal |first=Amy |date=August 4, 2021 |title=The Women Of Pinterest Weigh In On The Kindest Corner Of The Internet |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyschoenberger/2021/08/04/the-women-of-pinterest-weigh-in-on-the-kindest-corner-of-the-internet/?sh=28efb43b284d |work=Forbes |access-date=December 3, 2022}} She served as co-CEO of The Wing.{{cite news |last=Rosman |first=Katherine |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Audrey Gelman, the Wing's Co-Founder, Resigns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/style/the-wing-ceo-audrey-gelman-resigns.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 3, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Reese |first=Ashley |date=June 12, 2020 |title=How The Wing's Empire Was Built On Trauma, Racism, and Neglect |url=https://jezebel.com/how-the-wings-empire-was-built-on-trauma-racism-and-n-1844000985 |work=Jezebel |access-date=December 3, 2022}} She also served as the VP of Marketing for Reddit and Foursquare.{{cite news |last=O'Hara |first=Mary Emily |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Women-Focused Coworking Brand The Wing Makes First Executive Marketing Hire |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/women-focused-coworking-brand-the-wing-makes-first-executive-marketing-hire/ |work=Adweek |access-date=December 3, 2022}}{{cite news |last=McGlauflin |first=Paige |date=October 7, 2022 |title=The rise and fall of the Wing: How a popular women's co-working startup failed despite billionaire backers, a $365 million valuation, and a 35,000-person waiting list |url=https://fortune.com/2022/10/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-wing/ |work=Fortune |access-date=December 3, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Lundstrom |first=Kathryn |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Pinterest Taps Former Exec From Coworking Brand The Wing as Consumer Marketing Head |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/pinterest-consumer-marketing-head-celestine-maddy/ |work=Adweek |access-date=December 3, 2022}} She is now the managing director of Communications and Marketing for Laurene Powell Jobs’s, Emerson Collective.{{cite web|url=https://www.emersoncollective.com/our-team/|title=Out Team|publisher=emersoncollective.com|access-date=2022-11-22}}
Awards and honors
- 2012 – Named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative List in 2012
- 2014 – Named one of the Fast Companhy's Most Creative People in Business 1000: The Complete List{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3025456/most-creative-people-in-business-1000-the-complete-list|title=Most Creative People In Business 1000: The Complete List |publisher=fastcompany.com |access-date=2022-11-22}}
- 2015 – won a Cannes Lion as a planner with UK agency Dare for Sony Ericsson{{cite web|url=https://adsspot.me/media/tv-commercials/sony-ericsson-mobile-phones-models-48a47c091ca6|title=Sony Ericsson: MODELS |publisher=adsspot.me |access-date=2022-11-22}}{{cite web|url=https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/celestine-maddy|title=Radio Cherry Bombe – Celestine Maddy|publisher=heritageradionetwork.org |access-date=2022-11-22}}