Mars is a multi-hyphenate creative who delights in CREATING ART that moveS culture forward ↠↠↠↠↠↠↠↠
She started as the co-creator of the Shorty Award-winning viral social media movement #BlackoutDay and has been a featured creative in campaigns like Tumblr’s #ExploreWhatYouLove digital series. From 2017 to 2024, she operated Fourth Planet Consulting and worked with various agency partners to create incredible work for brands. Her industry credits include Webby-nominated social and digital content, viral billboard copy, and other editorial and production work for client partners, including:
Hulu, Lionsgate, Netflix, Girl Scouts of America, BuzzFeed, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and GIPHY.
Her debut book - Girls Can! Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History! - is a collection featuring history-making women published by National Geographic Kids, and she is also a featured essayist in Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy. She recently completed a volunteer tenure as Director of Partnerships on the board of OffColour.org, a Gen Z- and Millennial-led media company striving toward true diversity and inclusion in pop media.
In addition to professional brand work, she spends her time writing music, poetry, and creative fiction for film, television, and comic publishing.
When she isn’t writing, she’s losing herself in her studies.
Contact
marissarei15@gmail.com