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Stephen Martell

With over 20 years of experience in creative technology, I lead the Innovation team at DE-YAN, a luxury creative studio that specializes in experiential design.

Expertise in creative technology, user experience, and gaming for clients in the luxury, fashion, beauty, and technology space. Clients include Louis Vuitton, Meta, American Express, CFDA, and Fenty Skin. I have also been fortunate to earn recognition from Cannes Lions, Webby, LIA, and Campaign US.

I’m an award winning creative and technology leader, with a career across roles in advertising, founding two startups, and for the past five years establishing Current Studios as a global experience design presence.

I love the creative process and the business. Loving these two things is traditionally seen as contradictory. You either focus on keeping the creative pure, unobstructed from threats of revenue. Or you manage revenue and keeping clients happy, usually at the expense of the creative.

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Stephen Martell

Magic, Memory, Money

April 23, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
A framework for forecasting commercial return before production begins, replacing vanity metrics with measurable business outcomes.
Business of Experience

Roundtable: More Please! ROI, ROX and How to Measure & Deliver Profitable Experiences

April 22, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Whether it’s a brand activation or a B2B event, the challenge is the same: how do you prove experiences deliver measurable outcomes — and earn more budget?
Steve Martell
Chief Innovation Officer

DE-YAN