SDC Nutrition, Inc., the number one dry protein manufacture in western Pennsylvania, is honored to announce Devenee Schumacher as the new Vice President of Marketing. Devenee is the co-founder of SDC Nutrition and recently served as the director of natural brand management. Devenee commented, “It’s exciting to get promoted in any job that provides growth and understanding of the company brands. It allows one to gain knowledge of competitors on the market, and accept all of the challenges it takes to not only build a business, but see your goals come to life…” Devenee’s culinary background has allowed her to experience all aspects of the food and restaurant industry, which led to the start of her own brand and business with her partner and current CEO Sean Marszalek.
This promotion will help Devenee guide her team with SDC’s goal to three of the four supplement brands the company owns. This rebrand includes over twenty-five new products across all four brands and will be launched by mid-2017. – “A brand needs a new look every three to five years tops, to stay new and exciting. The world doesn’t stop, you either have to grow with it or die with it. Stay current, bring your product to fit in the mentality of your customers”. – Devenee Schumacher
“SDC’s Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Syd Rollok commented ““Devenee’s promotion is a recognition of her many contributions to the growth and success of SDC Nutrition. She’s demonstrated a tremendous range of skills and willingness to continuously learn and grow as a marketing professional operating in a highly fast paced entrepreneurial environment. In the role of VP, Devenee with lead the next generation of our integrated marketing strategies to ensure that our portfolio of sports nutrition brands are relevant and innovative in the highly competitive global sports nutrition category.”
Devenee attended Pennsylvania’s culinary institute and graduated valedictorian of her class. She then started her career working for the Duquesne Club, the number one city club in the United States. She left the restaurant industry to work for Whole Foods Market surrounding herself in the world of organic foods. After five rewarding years with Whole Foods Market, Devenee decided to spread her entrepreneurial wings and start her own business in the nutrition industry. This lead to the creation of the About Time brand and SDC Nutrition Inc.
Marissa Spade
Marissa graduated from Robert Morris University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. She started her career with SDC Nutrition as an intern during her college years and under the guidance of the co-founder Devenee Schumacher she has been an integral part of the Digital and Social Marketing presence for the company.
Internally she claims the token “Millennial” role of the team, but she is involved in every aspect of the digital face of the company from copy writing, public relations, affiliate management, ambassador management, and content creation. Since becoming a full-time member of the team she has most notably launched over 100 published articles for the company and its brands & she has successfully on-boarded over 500 affiliates in the company’s innovative Affiliate program.
Spade is set to launch new innovative content for all of the brand profiles which she is solely responsible for this year and her upcoming national campaigns are set to exponentially increase the overall audience for the company. Stay tuned for her upcoming accomplishments… you won’t want to miss the updates!