After graduating from Pratt Institute in 1975, Amie Cooper had a dream of creating a way that visual artists could participate in producing and promoting their work without having to blindly hand it over to people "in the business" to do it for them without having any control over the results. Without knowing enough about "the business", she worked for two paper merchants, for a bindery, and for a printing plant to gain as much marketing and technical skill to feel confident that she could open her own firm, the Actualizers in 1987. It is important to Amie to understand "the voice" of her clients to form the right teams to reproduce their work. As technical systems change and advance, she continues to update her skill set and bring more reproduction options for her clients to choose from. One more benefit of having Amie on your team is that she has an amazing eye for color. She is known for being very exacting when reviewing color and supervising your press runs. She will always go the extra mile for you.

My pursuit of combining music and art into a career began during my study abroad program at Royalty Studios, College of Art in London. I can confidently say that during my extensive career I worked with every large music label and quite a few obscure ones. At Capitol Records and Virgin Music, I launched and supervised the brands of musical icons like Lenny Kravitz, the Rolling Stones, Christina Aguilera, and Jared Leto. I created campaigns, merch, packaging, styling, stage, and environmental design. When music started to evolve into a space I no longer felt connected to, I worked at boutique agencies and later as an independent consultant, specialising in high-profile brands, creating everything from restaurant decor and clothing lines to experiences that leave a long-lasting impression and lead to brand recognition and continued engagement for Rémy Martin, Sephora, Ford, Kiehl’s, GE, Pfizer, Abbott, and ESPN. My brand work and art has won awards and has been published in Communication Arts and Archive. My contributions to the music industry are featured in the Rock n’Roll Hall of Fame, and I am proud to be an annual judge and a very involved member of the Grammys.

Curiosity is the force that keeps me going. I have a reputation for asking WHY and then figuring out the answers. I asked that question a lot at Scholastic, the Smithsonian Institute, Time Life, National Geographic Kids, and Sesame Place. It is there that I created children’s media that educated through gamification, puzzles, and immersive stories. That skill proved useful when educating consumers and B2B audiences about brands and products. I worked for the top advertising PR agencies in UK, US, and Canada. I launched and managed global and US initiatives, for a variety of high-profile products, in health, beauty, smoking cessation, household products, diabetes care, sports, and food/beverage. I launched million-dollar brands and breathed life into hallmark products for such clients as Unilever, Gilead, HBO, BET, Pfizer, NFL, MAC Cosmetics, Novartis, Merck, and Abbott. Ultimately, I saw an unmet need in the agency world—no one was specialising in creating brand worlds, which are bigger than any logo or any ad. That’s why I formed ACOMPANY Creative Lab, a full-service communication agency, with a focus on a holistic approach to creating brand cultures and championing their lifecycle. I also became certified by the Advertising Ethics Green Shield—and if you’re interested in my awards, I have been recognised in advertising, design, and UX, including a Webby. But perhaps the greatest reward is getting a repeat call from a client who appreciates what we do and the services we provide.

Amanda Moon has worked within the publishing industry for over 25 years. Before founding Moon & Company in 2018, Moon was Director of the Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux book imprint and Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Manager of the Novel Graphics imprint of graphic books in fiction and non-fiction; Editor at Basic Books; Editor at Palgrave Macmillan; and an editorial consultant within She Writes, where she co-founded and launched tutorials on book proposals and related topics. Moon has edited, published, and consulted award-winning authors for decades, and is linked to multiple bestsellers. Books on Moon’s list have been adapted to the screen, consistently secure starred reviews and positive coverage from a wide range of publications, have been featured on “best of the year” lists compiled by major media outlets around the world, and have been translated into many languages. Moon launched Moon & Company in 2018, providing full-service editorial support, ghostwriting and collaboration, content production, and consulting services to individuals, “Big Five” trade publishers and university presses, private companies, and organizations. Moon & Company’s clients range from bestselling authors, imprints within the trade houses, literary agents, universities, and university presses, to emerging authors writing for the academic audience, those within academia who are writing (or interested in writing) their first commercial book, and firms interested in small-scale distribution and collaboration. Moon is committed to partnering with clients to help them bring groundbreaking, market-influencing ideas to target audiences. As Moon is a true believer in the power of creative partnership and teamwork, her company presents an adaptive approach to clients, with options ranging from a boutique, one-on-one collaboration to a full team approach for multidimensional or time-sensitive projects.