NEW YORK – October 2, 2026 – Marino a leading national strategic communications firm that builds, elevates, and protects brands, today announced that Vincent Dente has joined the agency as Executive Vice President of Creative and AI Innovation. In the newly created role, Dente will lead Marino Creative and shape how the agency applies artificial intelligence to strengthen creative strategy, content development, production workflows, and client work.

Dente’s arrival marks a significant investment in the next phase of Marino’s creative offering. Over the past decade, Marino Creative has evolved into a central component of the agency's integrated model, partnering with clients across design, social, advertising, video, brand storytelling, and business intelligence. As client needs continue to evolve, Marino is expanding its creative team while building AI-enabled capabilities that help teams move faster, uncover sharper insights, and create more effective work.

Dente brings extensive, award-winning experience leading creative campaigns for brands including Nike, REI, Unilever, FLEX, Novartis, Frito-Lay, and Shire. As EVP, Executive Creative Director at Edelman, he was pivotal in building and scaling the creative team across all four agency practices. He joins Marino with a track record of pairing creative ambition with operational discipline at scale, having most recently served as Chief Creative Officer at Ketchum.

“Vincent is exactly the kind of leader we need as we enter our next chapter of growth,” said John F. Marino, President of Marino. “He has built creative teams at the highest level, understands how to turn creative ambition into disciplined delivery, and brings a clear point of view on how AI can enhance, not replace, the human thinking that drives great work. His arrival gives us a stronger foundation for where Marino is headed.”

As part of his mandate, Dente will work with Marino’s Creative, Strategy, and Intelligence teams to identify the most valuable uses of AI across creative workflows, from research and ideation to content adaptation, production efficiency, and campaign optimization. The focus is practical and client-centered: using emerging tools to improve speed, quality, and impact while maintaining the strategic judgment, editorial rigor, and brand sensitivity that define Marino's work.

“What drew me to Marino was a belief I share completely: That the most powerful work happens at the intersection of intelligence, culture, and creativity. Not when those things inform each other sequentially, but when they operate as one,” said Vincent Dente, Executive Vice President of Creative and AI Innovation. That is what I am here to build, and Marino has already laid the foundation to make it real.”

Dente will be based in Marino's New York headquarters and will work closely with teams across the agency to ensure clients benefit from a fully integrated model as the firm continues to scale.

Today’s announcement comes during a period of significant leadership growth for Marino, following the recent promotions of Elizabeth Latino to Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, and Tom Corsillo and Nicholas Derasmo to Executive Vice President. Together, these moves reflect the firm’s continued investment in senior leadership as it scales its integrated model across strategy, creative, intelligence, and client service.

This appointment represents the first public step in a broader evolution of Marino Creative and the agency’s market positioning. Marino will share more about that next chapter this fall.

About Marino.

Marino is a national marketing, communications, and creative agency delivering data-driven and fully integrated strategies that shape perceptions, amplify impressions, and build high-level relationships that move brands forward. From Fortune 100 companies and global brands, to nonprofits and startups, Marino partners with organizations across every stage and sector, including real estate, corporate and professional services, consumer, social impact, and emerging industries. Headquartered in New York City, with an office in Los Angeles and executive presence in Denver, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, Marino brings full-service integrated marketing expertise to clients across the country.