Collective efforts that yield major results.
EST 2015
Meet the Collective
The James Collective is a bicoastal, specialized PR and integrated communications agency founded by Alison Seibert. The James Collective has cultivated a portfolio of the highest caliber CPG, food and beverage, travel, wellness, and home design brands, making the world more equitable, delicious, and connected.
Who is James? James was Alison’s grandfather. He devoted his life to the foreign service, creating diplomacy and raising up economies from Washington to Turkey to Ghana. The James Collective is an homage to a life spent elevating the careers and companies of others, and in turn enriching our own lives and the culture we thrive in.
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The Collective
Alison Seibert
Founder + Principal
New York + California
20+ years’ marketing + PR experience / MBA in International Business
Live, breathe, and sleep all things food, bev, travel, and design
Keeping up with my age in countries’ passport stamps
Relentlessly asking, “why?”
Mentally at a cafe in Paris’s 11th, but most likely to be found roaming grocery store aisles
Kim Elwell
Vice President
California
Created my own BA in Music Business at SFSU and spent 4 years working with Bob Weir & The Grateful Dead
Results, results, results
Obsessive about fashion and how other industries can inform ours
Born & raised in Napa Valley
Voted most likely to call in a famous favor
Devinne Zadravec
Vice President
New York
Started my career on the other side of the aisle—as a journalist
Obsessively telling clients’ stories and falling in love with their plotlines
Fluent in Spanish and mentally traveling in Spain, sangria in hand
“Have you seen this cute pic of my dog?”
Alt title: VP of Creativity & Collaboration
Erin First
Account Director
California
10+ year tech PR industry vet
Once had my own agency
Resident media training guru
Professionally persistent (see: former life as a synchronized swimmer)
Ask me about my three cats and my kid, maybe in that order
Voted most likely to be your favorite person you met at a party
Sean Taylor
Account Manager
New York
Once a professional chef for 10+ Years
Alumnus of the CIA (the Culinary one!)
Helped open a sustainable food hall in NYC’s Hudson Yards
Leading workouts at sunrise, cheffing Brooklyn backyard cookouts at sunset
Voted most likely to pick you up from the airport (text me your details)
Taylor Bunch
Account Executive
New York
BS in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations from NYU
Obsessed with telling our clients’ stories / turning creative ideas into impact
Former TJC intern snatched up upon graduation
Working in food & bev is a luxury that I never take for granted
Voted best Gen-Z trend reporter
Francesca Soo
Account Coordinator
California
UC Berkeley Grad
Built my own cake business before shifting to PR
Low-key food systems expert (ask me about wholesale markets, writing cookbooks, and cake entrepreneurship)
Bassoonist
Obsessive about floating on the Russian River
Meg Wijemanne
Operations + Executive Assistant
BBA in International Business
Highly empathetic multitasker
Loves a clean spreadsheet and making sure everything is in order
Passionate about fitness but also vanilla milkshakes (it’s called balance!)
Obsessive about impact
Voted most likely to one day become a Sports & Rec Manager
