Gabriella Layne-Avery is a digital storyteller, content marketing specialist & creative director. With nearly a decade of social media experience and a background in journalism and PR, she’s obsessed with helping visionary CEOs work smarter, not harder, to show up on social media with confidence and clarity so they can build their awareness and impact.

Kickstarting her career as a contributing editor for fashion and lifestyle magazines, Gabriella has a penchant for making the complex, often overwhelming nuances of social media feel simple and seamless - a philosophy she’s coined as ‘sustainable social media.’ Credit it to her days of planning quarterly editorial calendars during her journalism era.

She also has a knack for keeping a pulse on what’s up and what’s next to create culturally relevant, timely content that stops the scroll on social media for her clients. She’s used these magic powers to lead the content strategies of leading online communities, including PR Girl Manifesto, Epic Fab Girl, and Black Bride Magazine.

Gabriella is Brooklyn bred and currently living in Long Beach with her wife (whose name is ALSO Gabby - can't make this stuff up!) and her pup Louie. When she isn’t serving clients for her creative studio Strut Communications or guest writing for PLANOLY, you can find her reading a good book, bingeing a new series, or taking (very) long walks around her shoreline city.