WATG Appoints Jennifer Ploszaj Chief Marketing Officer
WATG – one of the world’s leading integrated design firms, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Ploszaj as Chief Marketing Officer. After three years of consulting for WATG and Wimberly Interiors – WATG’s interior design studio – from London, Ploszaj joins the award-winning firm in its New York office full-time. She brings with her 27 years of global marketing experience across design, travel, hospitality, and luxury consumer lifestyle sectors. Ploszaj’s appointment as Chief Marketing Officer – a new position at the firm – is an integral part of President and CEO Anthony Mallows’ vision for growth.
“After consulting for WATG and Wimberly Interiors for the past three years, we’re thrilled Jennifer will be joining us on a full-time basis as Chief Marketing Officer,” said Anthony Mallows, President and CEO. “We are growing the firm – both geographically and into new market segments – and Jennifer’s strategic skills as a communicator and creative marketeer will add tremendous value to our team. Jennifer is a highly collaborative, passionate professional who will thrive in our client-focused environment.”
Ploszaj most recently served as Managing Director at JP Communications – a luxury marketing communications agency which she founded in London in 2011. Notable clients included Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Master Yachts, Kittitian Hill in St Kitts, Kimpton Hotels, Per AQUUM Retreats & Resorts, Forbes Travel Guide and Garbo & Kelly Cosmetics.
Jennifer commented: “I have always admired WATG’s reputation and extraordinary design, including the Kerzner International projects I saw come to life first-hand. I’m honored and excited to join such an incredibly talented group of professionals. WATG is a firm with remarkable momentum and creative energy and I look forward to contributing to the team and supporting Anthony’s long-term vision.”
Prior to founding JP Communications, Ploszaj held leadership roles with some of the world’s most notable hospitality brands including One&Only Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Noble House Hotels & Resorts. Throughout her career, she has curated and led partnerships and collaborations with brands such as TED, Christian Louboutin, Matthew Williamson, Alice Temperley, CNN, BCC, Aston Martin Racing, National Geographic Traveler and the LPGA.
Ploszaj holds a Masters of Business Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
About WATG
WATG is one of the world’s leading integrated design firms with 73 years of history continually operating as an independent firm. WATG’s interior design studio, Wimberly Interiors, was ranked 18th by Interior Design Magazine in their 2017 Hospitality Giants survey.
In 2017, WATG and Wimberly Interiors designed over 240 projects in 52 countries on four continents on behalf of distinguished brands such as Bellagio, St Regis, Hard Rock, Nobu, Six Senses, Four Seasons, Fairmont, Ritz-Carlton, Viceroy, Belmond, Rosewood and Hyatt. In addition, the firm designed numerous mixed-use and urban projects on behalf of institutional and development partners in Dubai, China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Since the firm’s inception in Hawaii in 1945, WATG has grown to offer integrated design services comprising strategy, planning, architecture, landscape, and interiors for urban, tourism and resort destinations. WATG and Wimberly Interiors have offices in Irvine, Beverly Hills, Chicago, New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai and Honolulu, and are best known for creating internationally acclaimed destinations in more than 170 countries across six continents. WATG’s projects are renowned not only for their design and sense of place but also for their bottom-line succes
