Ann Katherine Trost

About Ann Katherine Trost

Accomplished brand marketing and client success leader with nearly 10 years of experience building and elevating brands through integrated campaigns, creative direction, and cross-channel strategy. Delivers high-impact national campaigns that increase engagement, brand visibility, and revenue. Owns $30 million+ budgets. Experienced in agency leadership, client partnerships, and team development.

Experience

1. Brand Director

   Buntin

   Aug 2025 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Client management role leading cross-functional teams to develop and execute integrated brand strategies, ensuring creative, media, and production alignment, on time and within scope. Manage brand assets development, brand strategies, media planning, activations and reporting. Oversee $1 million+ productions and $30 million+ in annual media investments. Primary client contact contributing to brand positioning and campaign strategy. Deliver full lifecycle campaign management, aligning creative, media, and production with brand objectives. Partner with production teams to deliver high-quality campaign assets that improve brand consistency and recognition.

Education

• The University of Alabama

  B S in Human Environ Science / Major in Apparel and Textiles, Concentration in Fashion Retail / Minor in Advertising and General Business

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Prezi
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Sales
• Aims
• Photoshop
• Inventory
• Visual Merchandising
• Networking
• Social Media
• Fashion
• Graphic Design
• Apparel
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Merchandising
• Facebook
• Illustrator
• Hootsuite
• Adobe Illustrator
• Indesign