Finola is VP, Creative & Client Strategy at Linqia, the leading independent influencer marketing agency in the US. Prior to joining Linqia three years ago, she spent four years at Meta on the Creative Shop team, delivering winning creative strategies across Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and beyond. Previously, she was Brand Strategy Director at Refinery29, where she co-founded R29 Intelligence, the media company’s research and strategy practice focused on Millennial and Gen Z women. Finola started her career as a Marketing Fellow on the WPP Fellowship, the advertising conglomerate’s prestigious future leadership scheme, with stints at Ogilvy in New York and Hill & Knowlton Strategies in London. She has two degrees from the University of Oxford and is a published novelist.