Danielle Riley

She has spent the last six years working for marketing and advertising agencies on clients big and small—from national telecom companies to tech start-ups. Most recently, she lead a creative team as the first Creative Director at SmartBug Media, HubSpot's number one agency partner.

Having started her career in journalism designing her community college's school newspaper, she is passionate about helping applying research and data to all aspects of design. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications, concentrating in journalism. She enjoys hiking with her husband and daughter, baking bread, trying local breweries, and engaging in local activism.