YOUR BRAND HAS A STORY
I have the experience to build and tell it effectively.
For the past 12 years, I've overseen personal & professional brands for 100's of top talent and athletes to startups and Fortune 500 brands across sport, tech, and entertainment.
Let's work together.
SEE THE STATS
60K+
Followers
100%
Positive Speaker Reviews
500+
Talent & Brands Consulted
HEY, I'M ADRIENE.
And I love building brands.
After growing my own professional brand, I started helping athletes, talent and organizations build their brands ,too. Because having a strong professional brand unlocks unlimited economic opportunities.
With a community of 60K+ professionals across athletes, sports, tech and entertainment, I’m a leading example of the modern professional leveraging their personal brand.
92% of people trust recommendations from individuals (even if they don't know them) over brands.
I’ll help them build trust with you, your talent and your organization, too.
SPEAKING
SOME OF MY SIGNATURE TALKS:
Previous spoke at events hosted by: Overtime, Hispanic Executive's Latinos in Sports, National Sports Forum, Sports & Entertainment Equity Network (SEEN), and more.
- Personal & Professional Branding 101 with topics like LinkedIn, storytelling, and thought leadership - how building professional brands is the best way to achieve your goals
- Navigating the sports, media and entertainment industry - how to actually get hired in 2024 and confidently grow in your career without stress or burnout
- How to approach community building and networking with confidence, so you never get left on "read" again
- Building my personal & professional brand online to help me grow to 60K followers and land jobs at LinkedIn, NBA, LA Clippers, Adidas, FOX Sports, EA, IMAX, and UCLA Athletics, including how I used LinkedIn to get hired in just ONE week
- The future of work, NIL, athletes in business, creator economy, women in sports, salary negotiations, innovation and beyond
Contact: hello@adrienebueno.com
Adriene presents information in an easy-to-consume manner regardless of your level as a professional. Her insights are straightforward and actionable and our group received so many takeaways from her. I highly recommend Adriene as a trusted partner for your workshop needs.
— Anne Doepner
Sr. Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Minnesota Vikings
PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNER WITH ME ON:
- Custom content (videos, blogs, etc.)
- Influencer campaigns
- Product collaborations
- Brand ambassadorship
- Affiliate marketing
Previous partners include: Underrated, Women in Sports Tech, Hollister, FanHub, and more.
Contact: hello@adrienebueno.com
Adriene's advice for our Career Toolkit on personal branding has helped young professionals in our community transform their professional identities to fully encapsulate their unique skills and experiences. We would absolutely recommend Adriene to other brands looking for someone to create content with them in the sports industry.
— Emma Henzes
Marketing & Content Manager
Women in Sports Tech (WiST)
CONSULTING
CONSULTING BRANDS ON:
- Personal & Professional Branding
- Thought Leadership
- Content & Marketing Strategy
- Social Media Campaigns
- Community Building
Previously worked with A-List celebrities and brands from Fortune 100 companies to startups across sports, tech, and entertainment.
Contact: hello@adrienebueno.com
Adriene was a pleasure to work with during her time at LinkedIn -- she was relentlessly supportive of our talent at CAA, and always took the time to understand challenges our clients may have been facing on platform + showcase best practices to them for success on LinkedIn. More than that, Adriene is a bright light & a true star in the sports & entertainment industries, boasting a rare combination of both high caliber work and high levels of empathy.
— Kevin Belbey
Agent
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
ABOUT ADRIENE
Adriene Bueno is a sports and entertainment entrepreneur & professional passionate about building brands with over 12 years of experience working at companies including the NBA, LinkedIn, LA Clippers, Adidas, FOX Sports, Electronic Arts (EA), UCLA Athletics, Hashtag Sports, IMAX, and more.
FOUNDER
BALLER CAREERS
Career coaching 100's of job seekers in sports and entertainment for the past 7 years, helping them land jobs at sports teams, leagues, media, brands, and beyond.
EXECUTIVES, ATHLETES & SPORTS SENIOR COMMUNITY MANAGER
Managed 500+ creators on LinkedIn from athletes (pro, retired, collegiate), talent, player personnel (coaches, agents, managers) to content creators, executives (Fortune 500 C-Suite, entrepreneurs, social media managers) and more.
Talent includes: Kevin Durant, Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr., Sloane Stephens, Stephen A. Smith, Jen Welter, Cam Newton, Angela Ruggiero and more.
Brands include: Disney, Lululemon, NFL, Front Office Sports, CAA, Boardroom, Bodyarmor, Under Armour, Dell, Salesforce, Cisco, DocuSign, Shopify, Slack, Oracle, Grammarly and more.
SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
NBA
Led the overall rebrand project management process for the NBA G League in partnership with Gatorade and global stakeholders across all 30 NBA teams, 27 G League teams, and 18 partners.
MARKETING & ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ELECTRONIC ARTS
Executed global campaigns with cross-functional teams on EA's esports and gaming titles including Madden NFL, FIFA, NHL, Star Wars, Sims.
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Send an email to hello@adrienebueno.com to get started.
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