Meet Adriana Quaranto: Miami Mama, Blogger, and Marketing Pro
Adriana Quaranto
“Keep yourself ahead of the curve and continue to educate yourself.”
What do you do and what led you to this career?
My name is Adriana. I am Boston born, Florida raised, and New York City seasoned where I was a serial entrepreneur in the fast-paced NYC fashion industry for 10 years. I built a namesake clothing brand from nothing and turned that into a success while working in the corporate fashion world. After that season of my life reached its potential, I built the first event production and marketing agency for emerging brands. Within a year that evolved into offering public relations and influencer marketing to the niche. I was producing 7-10 fashion shows every New York Fashion Week on top of planning and coordinating the next big pop up shop of the season. We had great success! That feels like a lifetime ago. These days, I am taking on an even bigger challenge: motherhood. On February 28th, 2019 my fiance, Eric, and I welcomed our baby girl Stella Rayne into the world. You can now find me living like a local in Miami, Florida where I am blogging about my journey into motherhood by talking about my favorite F words - Fashion, Family, Food, and Fitness. As if that wasn't enough, I am a contributing writer for The Bump, I am an influencer utilizing my social media pages to build awareness around products that I truly love and I consult for businesses to amplify and grow their marketing and sales departments. I am also working in-house as the head of marketing for a local manufacturing company specializing in high-end aluminum products for high-end homes and properties. You could say I'm a busy woman.
What is the name and age of your child?
Stella , who is 8 months old.
What has been your biggest career achievement thus far?
My biggest career achievement thus far would have to be when I built the top agency for emerging fashion brands in NYC in just 3 years.
What is the most rewarding aspect of being a mother?
Knowing that I'm raising a girl in this world to be strong, confident and kick some serious a$$.
And what is the most challenging?
The most challenging is not being able to stay home with her as much as I would like to. Other challenge... NOT SLEEPING! Am I right?!
What is your best advice for someone new to your industry?
Keep yourself ahead of the curve and continue to educate yourself.
What is your best advice for a new mother?
Do the research before you have the baby. Gather a group of mamas who you can talk to and exchange information with. Support is everything.
What's next for you? Do you have any exciting projects coming up?
On a marketing level - I am in the process of talking to a major breast pump company about consulting for them and building their marketing and sales. That should be really exciting. On a fashion level - I was approached by a well known CEO to produce a 6 figure fashion show for them. Waiting to hear back about their bandwidth and if I'll take that on. Fingers crossed it works out!
Follow Adriana at @4fsgiven