Whitney Magnuson - Brand Innovators

Whitney Magnuson

Senior Director, Social Media, Influencers, and Partnerships, Northwestern Mutual

Whitney is an award-winning global marketing executive who has built her career around inspiring diverse, distributed teams to deliver game-changing work that drives unparalleled business impact. In her current role as Senior Director of Social, Influencers, and Partnerships at Northwestern Mutual, Whitney’s passion and talent for full-funnel digital, social media, brand, and content marketing has led to her recognition by groups such as Brand Innovators, Digiday, CIO Review Magazine, and SXSW. Prior to joining NM, she also had the pleasure of leading marketing teams at Hilton, IBM, and Google.

A former attorney and entrepreneur, Whitney brings an analytical and detail-oriented approach to marketing and advertising. When she isn’t working, Whitney is an avid traveler, foodie, and Orangetheory devotee. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and a very spoiled pet cat.