– USA, TX – Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRCT), a leading advertising and marketing technology platform, today announced the appointment of Misty Locke to its Board of Directors effective January 16, 2023, bringing more than 20 years of experience in digital, performance and brand marketing.
About Misty Locke
Misty Locke joins the Direct Digital Holdings Board of Directors following a successful tenure as CMO for industry leader Dentsu Media. Before that, Locke served in several senior executive positions for iProspect, including President of iProspect Americas, Global CCO, and Global CMO. Locke transformed iProspect, a company that she helped grow through a merger in 2008 with her company, Range Online Media, from an SEO brand into the largest and most innovative digital media and performance agency in the world scaled across more than 90 markets with more than 8,000 media and performance specialists.
In her career, Locke has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including General Motors, Adidas, NIKE, The GAP Brands, Microsoft, Estée Lauder Companies, Accor Hotels, Burberry, Heineken, and Kering. She also received the e-Microsoft Bing “Lifetime Achievement” award, for her contribution to the digital advertising industry, and Fast Company listed her on its list of “25 Top Women Business Builders.”
“Direct Digital Holdings has seen strong and resilient growth in a time where the industry overall is facing significant disruption and headwinds,” said Misty Locke. “I look forward to supporting the company’s continued expansion and joining a pioneering team delivering leading digital advertising solutions for clients and especially those in multicultural communities.”
Misty Locke graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Communications.
About Direct Digital Holdings
Direct Digital Holdings, owner of operating companies Colossus SSP, Huddled Masses, and Orange 142, brings state-of-the-art sell- and buy-side advertising platforms together under one umbrella company. Direct Digital Holdings’ sell-side platform, Colossus SSP, offers advertisers of all sizes extensive reach within the general market and multicultural media properties. The company’s subsidiaries Huddled Masses and Orange142 deliver significant ROI for middle-market advertisers by providing data-optimized programmatic solutions at scale for businesses in sectors that range from energy to healthcare to travel to financial services. Direct Digital Holdings’ sell- and buy-side solutions manage approximately 90,000 clients monthly, generating over 100 billion impressions per month across display, CTV, in-app, and other media channels. Direct Digital Holdings is the ninth black-owned company to go public in the U.S. and was named a top minority-owned business by The Houston Business Journal.
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