Nurture Your Business
Grow Your Brand
We provide strategic communications and design & manage social operations for some of the largest companies in the healthcare industry.
About Us
Our Thinking
Whether an established company, a start-up, or a nonprofit organization, we can help you develop strategic communications programs that reach, engage and influence key audiences. We create experiences that will not only help you become socially-relevant but deliver lasting results.
How We Do It
What We Do
We roll-up our sleeves and work with you to understand your needs, uncover insights and identify opportunities. Whether working with your in-house staff, your agencies or reaching into our own network of like-minded strategic and creative partners, we work with you to develop approaches that will not only nurture your business, but that ultimately help you build your brand.
Our Leadership
Marc Monseau: President & Founder
Marc has spent almost 20 years devising new ways to reach, engage and influence people through digital channels. Marc’s varied career includes serving as an analyst for a London-based market research group and reporting for the international news organization, Bloomberg Business News both in the US and Europe. Marc spent 14 years at Johnson & Johnson, where he handled corporate media relations, issues management, proactive financial communications, and executive communications. Marc was responsible for creating and launching Johnson & Johnson’s first corporate blog, www.jnjbtw.com, launched the corporation on Facebook and Twitter, created corporate-wide social media policies, and guided the development of a media strategy for the corporation that became a model for other health organizations to follow.Marc is also a regular contributor to the video blog, Pharmfresh.TV, and is an advisory board member of the Digital Health Coalition.
Jay Bryant: Managing Director
Jay has held various roles in business and product development with agencies, publishers & software developers. Projects at Mint Collective have included work for BMS, Cutanea, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Otsuka and consumer brands Jay’s account work at LiveWorld.com included large social media projects for Walmart, Intel and Pfizer. Other work includes TV Guide, where he developed and deployed one of the largest blogging communities focused on entertainment and awarded 5 patents for development work. Earlier, Jay held senior positions at Educational Testing Service, bigchalk.com, KOZ.com and Freedom Communications.
Jay earned a BA in Photography from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, and completed graduate studies in Journalism at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He got his start in journalism as an intern photographer at the White House and spent many years as a newspaper photographer and editor before starting work in digital communications in 1996.
Services
Internal Change Management Communications
External Digital and Social Media Communications
Issues Management & Crisis Communications
Content Creation & Editorial Services
Community Management & Moderation Services
Online Media Relations & Reputation Management
Digital Site Curation
Our Staff
Mark Violi: Chief Content Strategist
With 20 years’ experience in advertising and media, Mark has a deep background in visual and written communications for a diverse array of business-to-business and consumer marketing clients. Following serving as Art Director for multiple agencies, Mark spent 14 years as Senior Web Designer at Munich Reinsurance America where he developed and maintained multiple corporate websites for internal and external audiences, while also engaging in corporate communications of all kinds. Driving real-word success in the areas of web development, social media influence, content creation, digital marketing, video production and more, Mark’s added value goes beyond design to create compelling and authentic brand narratives.
Emma Devaney: Senior Moderator
Emma provides moderation and monitoring services for our pharmaceutical clients. She has been with Mint Collective for 4 years. Her training includes adverse event reporting and social media policies. Emma attended Penn State.
Gina Minella: Partner & Senior Moderator
Gina is one of the partners in our agency and is focused on monitoring work for pharmaceutical companies. Her background includes training in adverse event reporting. Before joining Mint Collective, she spent 17 year working in public schools in New Jersey.
Denita Stevens: Content Writer
Denita uses her experience as a writer to develop and create content for social media. Before joining the team she volunteered as a CASA in Texas and served on the board of Lake Whitney Rescue Association to organize local efforts as well as create and maintain a media presence for both local non-profits. Before receiving her BA in journalism from Baylor University, Denita was a Sports Reporter for the “Baylor Lariat” and worked in the Sports Department at the “Waco-Tribune Herald.” She was the winner of the 2000 Academy of American Poets Prize and the 2000 Virginia S. Beall Poetry Prize after spending a summer abroad studying Spanish literature at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. Her work has appeared in various publications which includes most recently the 2016 IT WOW international anthology.
Isabel Bryant: Project Manager
Isabel provides technical assistance to the agency for web development, video editing and audio production for our clients. Isabel holds an MA in Audio Production from The University of Westminster (UK) and a BA in Interactive Media from The College of New Jersey.
Advisory Board
Dr. Adam Setter (Pharma.D), Chicago,IL
Dr. Setter serves as an advisor to our agency to help guide our processes in dealing with pharmaceutical clients. Setter holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University and a B.A. in Biochemistry from Augustana College.
Nicole Moore (MSN, FNP-C), Rockford, IL
Nicole received a Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of Illinois Chicago and is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She has worked for the Swedish American Hospital System for 10 years as a nurse practitioner in family practice and registered nurse in the progressive care unit, float pool, and ER.
Contact Us
Or contact us at: email: jbryant@mintcollective.net or phone: 212-699-0878 We are located at: 1104 Lundvall Ave, Rockford, IL 61107