Callie Schweitzer is the Global Creator Programs Lead at LinkedIn. She oversees its Creator Accelerator Program, which is part of the platform’s $25 million commitment to supporting creators. She was previously a senior editor at LinkedIn, leading the editorial coverage of the marketing industry for the platform’s 770+ million global members. Prior to joining LinkedIn, she founded The Callie Co., an executive advisory firm that worked with well-known brands, best-selling authors and top executives at FORTUNE 500 companies to increase reach, relevance and revenue. She is a highly creative and strategic media and technology leader, speaker and advisor who has received wide industry recognition for her impact including being named twice to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, referred to as “the future of media” on Business Insider’s 30 Most Important Women in Tech Under 30, AdWeek’s list of Future Publishers, Inc.’s 30 Under 30, and one of TIME’s 140 Best Twitter Feeds in the World. PureWow named her to its PureWow 100 celebrating the next 100 women emerging in culture calling her "the 20-something who’s already a media mogul." In 2019, she was selected for the prestigious 92Y WomeninPower fellowship and joined the women’s network Chief as a founding member.
Prior to launching The Callie Co., she was the Chief Content Officer at Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington’s health and well-being company, overseeing editorial and corporate content and advertising sales. She was the executive producer of The Thrive Global Podcast. She has held senior leadership positions working across editorial, audience, marketing and revenue at Time Inc. and TIME, Vox Media and Talking Points Memo. At TIME, she founded and launched a women's focused brand called Motto. She is also an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, The Huffington Post and PEOPLE. She is on the advisory board of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, GenHERation, Womaze, Shiffon Co., the Startup Girl Foundation, and the DeepTrust Alliance, which is focused on fighting the spread of misinformation. She attended the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and first in her Annenberg class.