Carissa Trombino — Experiential Marketing Director
Selected Work

Experiential marketing, pop-ups & brand activations.

17+ years designing and producing live brand experiences — from designer showhouses and museum openings to executive activations and branded street campaigns — for clients spanning fashion, arts, finance, and consumer media.

Showtime House2010
Designer Showhouse · Brand Activation

Showtime House 2010 turning a hotel into an immersive brand world.

Designed the guest experience for a high-profile designer showhouse, transforming the Cassa Hotel & Residences into a series of immersive, story-driven spaces inspired by Showtime's original programming, turning outdoor hotel spaces into fully realized brand worlds for a landmark NYC cultural event.

Role
Guest Experience Designer
Format
Immersive Install · Promotion
Partners
Showtime · Cassa Hotel & Residences
Rising CurrentsMoMA
Museum Exhibition · Cultural Opening

"Rising Currents" Opening a seamless arrival for MoMA's landmark show.

Shaped the arrival experience for the Museum of Modern Art's "Rising Currents" exhibition opening, designing a seamless, high-touch entry moment for a high-profile cultural audience.

Role
Guest Experience & Arrival Lead
Format
Exhibition Opening · VIP Arrival
Partners
MoMA · dlandstudio
Branded StreetActivations
Consumer Brands · Field Activation

StreetTalk turning sidewalks into live brand moments.

Serve as field producer and creative consultant for StreetTalk, an experiential advertising agency, editing creative briefs and managing client relationships for over 200 branded street interview activations per quarter for consumer brands including Dropps, Dose, and Princess Cruises.

Role
Field Producer & Client Lead
Format
Branded Street Interviews · 200+ / quarter
Partners
Dropps · Dose · Princess Cruises
WWD BeautyCEO Summit
Fashion Media · Executive Summit

WWD Beauty CEO Summit elevating fashion's most influential voices.

Managed speaker logistics, attendee registration, and networking programming for one of the fashion industry's premier executive summits. Increased conference attendance by 22% through celebrity, brand, and tastemaker management.

Role
Event & Registration Lead
Format
Executive Summit · Networking
Partners
Condé Nast · Fairchild Fashion Media
Co-MarketedExecutive Events
Financial Services · Executive Panels

Co-Marketed Executive Events pairing climate tech with financial authority.

Produced and co-hosted executive panels, including a co-marketed event on climate technology with BlackRock's Aladdin Climate team and a leadership forum with Women's World Banking.

Role
Producer & Co-Host
Format
Executive Panel · Co-branded
Partners
BlackRock · Women's World Banking

Brands & venues.

MoMA Condé Nast Showtime BlackRock Variety Coller Capital The Rainbow Room Cassa Hotel & Residences Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Plaza Hotel Neue Galerie New York WWD / Fairchild Fashion Media Wall Street Journal The Cut Financial Times

What I bring.

Pop-up & activation production
Brand experience design
Vendor & build management
On-site event coordination
Guest registration & check-in
Speaker & talent management
Invitation design & logistics
VIP & executive hospitality
Budget management
Client Highlights

Key client wins include a 15% increase in newsletter subscriptions, $1M in new business leads generated, and coverage in The Wall Street Journal and The Cut.