Stephanie Hooper

Stephanie Hooper

Chief Growth Officer @ Light Elegance Nail Products

About

Chief Growth Officer | Strategic Growth & Category Creation As Chief Growth Officer at Light Elegance & McConnell Labs, I lead strategic, super-scaler growth initiatives driven by breakthrough product innovation and disciplined brand expansion. The focus is on McConnell Labs’ private-label capabilities and Light Elegance’s category-leading products, I help drive global growth in professional beauty—specifically high-performance nail care, gel, acrylic, and skin care products proudly manufactured in the USA in Redmond, Oregon. Founded in 1999, Light Elegance has earned its reputation as an industry leader through an unwavering commitment to innovation, safety, and performance. Every product is formulated in-house to ensure premium quality, HEMA-free and vegan formulations that minimize allergic reactions while delivering long-lasting wear and vibrant color. The brand’s award-winning gels, builder systems, and industry-leading education empower nail professionals worldwide to create exceptional results and build thriving businesses. What’s inside matters. Explore the brand and reviews from nail professionals around the world: • https://lightelegance.com/ • LE University • https://www.mcconnelllabs.com/ In addition to my executive role, I work as a consultant offering both full-time CMO and fractional CMO services for brands seeking transformational growth. I’m known as a category creator and disruptor—bringing clarity, momentum, and commercial results to complex challenges. I am a 100% certified Board-Ready C-Level executive with a deep passion for connection, engagement, and innovation. I’ve led teams, brands, and global launches from inception to scale, delivering world-class outcomes. Highlights include developing and launching the Lora DiCarlo brand globally via DTC—generating $4M in revenue in under two weeks—and creating category-defining products for brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Nordstrom, AT&T, Starbucks, Microsoft, and Xbox. I’m also a certified Dare to Lead™ executive, I focused on modern leadership, talent development, and high-trust cultures. My mission is simple: provide best-in-class stewardship, strategy, and execution—leveraging cutting-edge GCP technologies and elite CWX technical and business expertise to help brands grow boldly and sustainably.

Country

United States

City

Greater Bend Area

Industry

Marketing & Advertising

Skill

Strategic Planning, Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Recruiting, Operations Management, Marketing Strategy, Advertising, Branding Development, Direct Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Online Advertising, Marketing Communications, Integrated Marketing, Brand Development, Lead Generation, Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Digital Media

Experience

Light Elegance Nail Products

Chief Growth Officer

Light Elegance Nail Products

LinkedIn
2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Global

We've got great chemistry! Fueled by incredible product innovation from McConnell Labs, Light Elegance is a global professional beauty company focused on nail care specializing in high-quality gel, acrylic and skin care products - all manufactured in the USA in Redmond, Oregon. Founded in 1999 the brand has become a respected leader in the industry by focusing on innovation, safety, and performance—formulating every product in-house to ensure premium quality, HEMA-free and vegan formulations that reduce the risk of allergic reactions while delivering long-lasting wear and vibrant colors. Their award-winning gels, builder systems, and comprehensive educational support help nail professionals create beautiful, durable manicures and grow their businesses, earning trust and loyalty from salons and technicians around the globe. What's inside matters! Visit https://lightelegance.com/ to read the reviews from Nail Techs from around the world. https://lightelegance.com/ + LE University https://www.mcconnelllabs.com/

Brighter Children

Advisory Board Member

Brighter Children

LinkedIn
2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Global

Brighter Children is a global venture philanthropic organization that serves some of the most vulnerable children in the world by investing in one of the most important things a society can invest in - their education. We currently work with partner schools in Honduras, India, Colombia, Kenya andGuatemala. So far, Brighter Children has sponsored the education of over 8,000 primary-age children. For these children, education is a pathway, likely the only pathway, out of a cycle of extreme generational poverty. Learn more: https://www.brighterchildren.org/ Donate: https://brighterchildren-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1393662

CWX

Chief Marketing Officer

CWX

LinkedIn
2021-8 - 2025-12 · 4 yrs 5 mos

United States

CloudWerx is an engineering-based consulting firm focused on business acceleration for tech companies. Whether you’re looking to cut costs, enhance security, optimize, migrate, or completely modernize your organization, CloudWerx has the elite technical and business expertise to get you there. We specialize in Google Cloud. Tailoring Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies to your unique needs is our north star. As the public cloud partner delivering the most cutting edge innovations to the market, we’re proud to partner with Google Cloud. With GCP and CloudWerx on your side, you’ll drive enterprise-wide productivity and efficiency like never before.

MarCom Worx

Fractional CMO, Branding & Operations

MarCom Worx

2010-10 - 2025-10 · 15 yrs 1 mo

Multi City

Past Roles & Clients: Past Chief Engagement Officer - 52 Limited Past Chief Marketing Officer - Lora DiCarlo - Bend, Oregon Created the brand from inception and developed and executed a global DTC launch that generated $4m in revenue. Other Global, National & Regional Clients: Dojo Partners, Alcon, Continuus Materials, The Factors Group: (PGX, Natural Factors, Webber Naturals, Whole Earth & Sea), Mid Oregon Credit Union, Hyundai, Medtronic, Microsoft, Domino's Pizza, Intel, Knowledge Universe, Starbucks, AT&T Wireless, Disney, Subway, adidas, Nike, Linked In, macth.com, Johnson & Johnson, Sierra Online/Vivendi, Blizzard, Medl Mobile Non- Profit: Advocates for Life Skills, Opportunity Knocks, Salvation Army, Washington Athletic Club MarCom Worx is a consulting professional services company specializing in marketing strategies to meet business needs. Specialities include senior marketing leadership and operational effectiveness leadership with a focus on profitability and ROI. Services are available for freelance or long and short term contracts for B2C or B2B businesses.

52 Limited

Chief Engagement Officer

52 Limited

LinkedIn
2010-1 - 2017-8 · 7 yrs 8 mos

United States

Strategic leadership guiding Clients and Talent towards business building and professional growth. Connecting, engaging and delivering best in class stewardship for global, regional and startup brands.

Fiction

Chief Marketing Officer

Fiction

LinkedIn
2010-10 - 2014-11 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Portland, Oregon Area

Our mission is to deliver strategy & design that represent smart and incisive thinking, are beautiful to behold, and anticipate what’s next for our clients and their consumers. We do this through smart, beautiful, next – a framework that guides the experiences we create, makes them thoughtful, emotional, human. It shapes our dialogue with brands connecting a story with a person to last beyond the moment, become something owned and shared. Because every brand, like every experience we love and remember, is a story waiting to be understood.

Babcock Jenkins

SVP Client Service

Babcock Jenkins

LinkedIn
2008-10 - 2010-11 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Portland, Oregon

Management position to guide, lead and grow Client Service & Project Management practices and Teams. Established best practices around operational success to contribute to the overall success of the Agency. Responsible for 80% of the agency revenue and great revenue between 27%-62% year over year.

SapientRazorfish

SVP Group Account Director

SapientRazorfish

LinkedIn
2003-11 - 2008-1 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago & New York

Responsible for key accounts including Microsoft, Xbox, Dr. Pepper, Verizon and Nike. Led strategic efforts to market the agency while working to support the overall brand efforts and agency profitability.

Vivendi

VP of Marketing Communications

Vivendi

LinkedIn
1999-1 - 2003-11 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Seattle & Los Angeles

Managed marketing communication internal departments (team of 65): Creative Services, Media, Public Relations, Promotions, Direct Marketing, Production, Digital/Interactive and Special Events. Managed an $185m budget and delivered between 55%-85% bottomline cost savings year over year.

McCann

Senior Account Supervisor

McCann

LinkedIn
1996-1 - 1999-3 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Seattle, WA & San Francisco, CA

Led the client service and strategy teams for the four growth divisions of AT&T Wireless including Voice/Cellular, Wireless Data, Messaging/SMS and Aviation/Inflight Communications. Launched the PocketNet Phone - the first data enabled phone. Managed an $135m budget and increased agency revenue by 45%.

Education

University of Washington

University of Washington

LinkedIn

Women Board of Directors Development Program

2022-11 - 2022-11 · 1 mo

Certified as "Board Ready"

San Diego State University

San Diego State University

LinkedIn

Marketing, Business, Advertising, Journalism

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