Marketing · Social Strategy · Creative Direction

Bennett Cummings

I build stories brands and artists tell online — from a 132K-follower author platform to a five-figure nonprofit campaign. Currently studying Marketing at Tulane's Freeman School of Business, aiming toward creative direction for album rollouts.

Bennett Cummings
132K+followers managed on a single platform
$130K+in sales & funds raised across roles
150+members led across clubs & teams

Selected Experience

Where I've made an impact

Social Strategy Dec 2024 — Present

Emily Giffin — Social Media Supervisor

Supervise Instagram (132K+ followers) and TikTok (4K) for a New York Times bestselling author, shaping content strategy around new book launches and building content calendars that keep an established audience engaged between releases.

  • Developed content concepts to promote upcoming novels and sustain relevancy
  • Collaborated directly at strategy sessions to identify emerging content trends
Retail & Ops Dec 2024 — Present

Sprong Children's Shoes — Shift Leader & Social Media Manager

Ran the top-performing sales average in the store (~$2,600/day) while doubling as the brand's social voice — proof that I can hold down both the storytelling and the operations side of a brand.

  • Sold over $100,000 in product in 2025, highest average among all staff
  • Managed distributor order systems (Lightspeed) end-to-end
  • Owned Instagram content and direct customer engagement
Campaign Leadership Aug 2023 — May 2026

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society — Team Leader

Led a 15-person fundraising team to raise over $30,000 in five months — building the outreach system (1,500+ letters, sponsor outreach, Instagram growth) from scratch.

  • Built and ran a 1,500-letter donor outreach campaign via spreadsheet CRM
  • Secured business sponsorships through direct outreach
  • Coached teammates 1:1 on their personal fundraising strategy
Founder Aug 2023 — May 2026

Baking for Breast Cancer — Founder & President

Founded and grew a school fundraising club from the ground up — 25+ bake sales, $3,000+ raised for the American Breast Cancer Foundation, and a nearly 3x membership increase.

  • Grew the club from 44 to 122+ members over 2.5 years
  • Planned and executed 25+ fundraising events
  • Educated the student body on where funds went and how to get involved

About

Why marketing, and why album rollouts

I'm a Marketing student at Tulane's Freeman School of Business, minoring in AI Literacy and Digital Media & Marketing Communications. I care about the moments where a brand — or an artist — decides how the world meets their next chapter. Rollouts like Charli XCX's Brat, built by creative directors like Terrence O'Connor and Imogene Strauss, are what pulled me toward this path: a single color and a lowercase font turned into a cultural moment.

Outside of marketing, I'm into film photography and developing my own rolls, video editing, and house music — all things that show up in how I think about visual storytelling.

Toolkit

Canva CapCut Adobe InDesign Lightspeed Instagram Strategy TikTok Strategy Film Photography Video Editing

Leadership

Building things people show up for

Pace Academy DEI Board — Chair

Led the Student Engagement committee, growing the board from 15 to 30+ members and coordinating K–12 events across the entire school.

TEDxPaceAcademy — Speaker & Organizer

Wrote and performed "The Art of Being Real" for 500+ attendees, then mentored the next class of speakers on writing and delivery.

Get in touch

Let's build something worth talking about.