TRADE SECRET

A career advising platform for real-world guidance and unfiltered insights from industry insiders.

Find your path, navigate transitions, and achieve your goals with support from those who’ve been there before. Our platform connects professionals at all levels with industry experts who get real about what it takes to survive and thrive in their field.

HOW IT WORKS

FOR USERS

Review

advisor profiles and see their professional background, list of advising topics, and booking availablity

Book

a session by selecting your preferred time and securely processing payments within the platform

FOR ADVISORS

Apply

to become an advisor by filling out our simple intake form and interviewing with the Trade Secret team

Set

your availability to meet your preferred schedule, with calendar syncing for seamless time management

Browse

our roster of vetted advisors to find the perfect expert to address your unique questions and needs

Meet

with your advisor one-on-one on a secure online video conferencing platform and receive personal insight and advice to support your professional journey

Build

your profile by setting your rate, linking your payment account, inputting your background info, and selecting topic areas to advise on

Start

booking clients by publishing your profile and reaching out to your extended network using our promotional support services

Meet our advisors.

Each advisor is hand-picked for their knowledge of industry-specific career issues. From visual arts and music to marketing, entrepreneurship, and more, we’ve curated a network of experts with deep insight into their industry's norms, trends, and challenges.

FEATURED ADVISORS

Featured

Morgan Bienvenue

WARDROBE STYLIST

Industries
Fashion

Morgan is a NYC-based wardrobe stylist and brand consultant with over 12 years of experience in the fashion and advertising industries. In the past three years, she's styled shoots for Dossier Perfumes and Lancome, dressed high-profile leaders (including Natalie Kuhn, Co-CEO/Co-Founder of The Class) and celebrities (like Jamie Ward of "His Dark Materials" on HBO and Luke Rollason of "Extraordinary" on Disney), and partnered with Nordstrom as a VIP stylist out of their flagship store on 57th Street.

Dominic Bodden

ILLUSTRATOR & ANIMATOR

Industries
Illustration

Dominic is an award-winning illustrator and animator who has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, the 3x3 illustration annual, and the World Illustration Awards.

Dominic also worked for over ten years in fashion as a costume designer and stylist for a range of artists including The Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and David Beckham.

He is a graduate of the Illustration program at ArtCenter College of Design where he currently teaches business practices to graduating students.

Nils Davey

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & ENTREPRENEUR

Industries
Marketing

I am an award winning creative director, strategist and creative consultant. As a creative director with a wealth of practical knowledge across a broad range of disciplines, clients bring me in to solve both conceptual and practical problems in experiential, branding, strategy and hospitality.

Karine Grigorian

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & ART DIRECTOR

Industries
Advertising • Entertainment

Karine Grigorian is an art director and creative director with years of experience working at award winning advertising agencies such as 180LA and TBWA/Chiat/Day and animation studio Illumination. She has worked with clients ranging from HP and University of Phoenix to Google and Meta. Prior to advertising, Karine worked in film in both production as a set decorator as well as post-production and continues to create design and title graphics for TV and film. She also teaches at her alma-mater, Art Center College of Design.

Katrina Hercules

BRAND STRATEGIST

Industries
Marketing • Design • Business Consulting

Katrina is a brand strategist with 10+ years experience working on marketing, design, and strategic projects for brands including Honda, Youtube, BCG, Timberland, Microsoft, and Pepsi. She currently runs a brand strategy consultancy for early-stage startups and is the strategic cofounder of a personal growth startup.

In addition to her role as a strategist, she is also a professor at ArtCenter College of Design where she instructs students of all majors on the business side of the creative industry, covering topics such as freelancing, contracts, client management, business models, and creative processes.

Katrina has a broad educational background spanning creative, advertising, and business disciplines. Her qualifications include a BFA in Graphic Design from ArtCenter College of Design, an Account Planning certification from Miami Ad School, and she is currently pursuing an MBA at UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Todd Lombardo

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Industries
Marketing • Advertising

I am the founder of SUPR, Inc., a management consultancy for advertising agencies, marketers, and other creative industries. I have 25 years experience leading advertising efforts for brands including Mercedes-Benz, Ebay, Google, IKEA, Apple, Walmart, Panda Express, Snapple, Bumble Bee, FX, Revlon, Merrill Lynch, QDOBA and more, in New York, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area.

Previous to founding SUPR, I was a Managing Director, Head of Client Services, and Head of Social at The Many, formerly Mistress, an independent integrated agency in Los Angeles, where I co-led the winning of pitches, the doubling of revenue, and the tripling of team-size. I am an advertising builder and leader with real-world experience who can articulate brand and advertising visions, with a particular focus on digital and social innovation.

I also spent four years at Yahoo! in the Bay Area as a Marketing Director running marketing communication efforts for technology platforms and publisher initiatives.

I’ve been a judge for the Shorty’s, Effie’s, and Webby’s, and am a Shorty Award winner. I’ve been published in Ad Week, Advertising Age, Campaign, and Huffington Post, among others, run two Substacks, and am a novelist.

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