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LINDA SAINT MARC

Associate Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media Studies at The New School 

Linda Saint Marc is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Parsons School of Design, where she teaches graduate courses in Media Management, Brand Management, Media Ethics, and Management Capstone. She brings her extensive industry experience to her teaching, with a career spanning six continents and a focus on media business development, brand strategy, and intellectual property licensing. Her academic work focuses on how media organizations create sustainable and lasting value through strategic innovation, with a particular emphasis on the roles of brand assets, audience trust, and responsible leadership in a rapidly changing global media environment. In the classroom, she emphasizes critical inquiry, evidence-based decision-making, and professional standards of practice to support students in translating theory into real-world applications, setting them up for success in their careers.    Linda is the founder and executive producer of Media Smart Citizens and Media x Women, organizations that advance media and information literacy and strengthen professional community and leadership development for early career professionals in media. In addition to her teaching and consulting work, she contributes to institutional service through faculty and community engagement initiatives, supporting professional learning communities to facilitate in-depth conversations and emerging research and scholarship in the media industry.   

Degrees Held

• Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology
• M.S. in Media Management, The New School - School of Media Studies
• B.S New York University School of Business and Public Administration                                                                                
• Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Harvard University - Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
• Women’s Leadership Development Certificate, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
• Fine Arts Certificate, Parsons - The New School for Design
• Brand Leadership Certificate, Columbia University Graduate School of Business  

Professional Affiliation

• FIPP - the network for global media
• MEDIA x WOMEN
• Media Smart Citizens
• Licensing International
• IRTS Foundation -Building Future Media Leaders
• Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York
• New York University Alum
• American Library Association (ALA)
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)    

Recent Publications

Creator, producer, and publisher of multi-media projects:

• Fast Media World News podcast, creator and executive producer
• The Center for Fast Media online environment, co-creator 
• Fast Media concept and the Fast Media Awareness model, creator and author 
• What is Media? co-author, creative director, and executive producer 
• Media Smart Citizens Digital Resource for The New York Public Library  https://libguides.nypl.org/mediasmartcitizens LibGuide for The New York Public Library, co-producer
• New York City – World's Media Capital video series, show creator and executive producer  
• Express Your Power, an award-winning, globally recognized four-part animated video series distributed by The New York Public Library, creator and executive producer
• Smart Money Habits - Financial Literacy Video Series, creative director and executive producer, in partnership with The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Everyday Media + Tech Solutions, Guides to Improve Your Life, creator and executive editor  
• Media Smart Citizens digital media platforms
• How She Made It podcast, creator and executive producer
• Media x Women digital media platforms

Performances and Appearances

Before becoming an associate professor of professsional practice, Linda Saint Marc began teaching part-time at PARSONS in 2004 and the Media Management Graduate Program in 2013 while serving as a c-suite executive in media industry. List of courses include:

• Media Management + Leadership  
• Management Capstone  
• Media Ethics 
• Entrepreneurship 
• Intellectual Property + Licensing  
• Competitive Strategies
• Media Deal Making
• Independent Study - Digital Media
• Understanding Media Studies - International Affairs

Further academic and industry lecture appearances include WeWork Labs, Worldwide Media Marketplace (WMM), The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Harvard Business School, FIPP Magazine Brand Management the Certificate Programme, Stony Brook University, The American Library Association (ALA), The New York Public Library, The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), The UNESCO MIL Alliance, and Fresenius University of Applied Sciences MBA Program.

Research Interests

The Media Industry, Intellectual Property Law, Creative Arts, Women's Issues, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Public Pedagogy, Brand Development

Awards And Honors

Professional Media Industry Awards + Nominations

• 7-time Telly Award winner
• 2-time Signal Award winner
• Anthem Award winner
• Communicator Award winner
• W3 Award winner
• SXSW Innovation Award nominee
• Cannes World International Film Festival Award winner

• The New School Distinguished University Teaching Award nomination, Academic Year 2025- 2026 
• The New School Distinguished University Teaching Award nomination and finalist, Academic Year 2022- 2023 
• Outstanding Faculty Advisor to a Student Organization, 21st Annual Narwhal Student Leadership Awards at The New School, 2023 
• The New School Distinguished University Teaching Award nomination, Academic Year 2020- 2021 
• Distinguished Media Management Graduate Program Alumni Award recipient, November 2018