Zontee Hou is a digital marketing and brand strategist with over a decade of experience, who has consulted for major brands including Indiana University, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Oracle Marketing Cloud, and Allstate Insurance. She also has brand-side experience, overseeing the day-to-day marketing activities of Lion Brand, America’s oldest hand-knitting yarn company, for 6+ years during which time its marketing efforts garnered several PR News Platinum Awards and a Forrester Groundswell Award. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show and PBS.

Zontee serves as a senior strategist and co-lead for consulting firm, Convince & Convert, and she is a contributor to its blog–ranked the #1 content marketing blog in the world by the Content Marketing Institute. In addition, she lectures as a faculty member of Columbia University and an adjunct at the City College of New York, in their respective graduate programs, and she speaks at events and conferences around the U.S.

Zontee received her MS from Columbia University’s Strategic Communications program and her BS in both Marketing and International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Next on her dream vacation list is Marrakesh, Morocco. But in the meantime, you can find her wandering all around New York City.