The MBC Marketing Agency at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has announced its student teams for the fall 2025 semester.
The MBC Marketing Agency is a fast-paced, hands-on opportunity where students deliver high-impact marketing work for real companies enrolled in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program — an innovative degree designed to help entrepreneurs scale their startups through expert mentorship, advanced business tools, and comprehensive resources.
The student-run, student-led agency plays a critical role in this journey, amplifying the efforts of MBC founders with professional-grade marketing solutions that directly impact their growth.
Through the agency, students don’t just study marketing — they execute it. Each participating MBC company selects from a suite of core deliverables designed to strengthen visibility and accelerate growth:
- Feature Article – Crafting compelling narratives that capture a company’s story, mission, and value proposition.
- Website Audit – Providing in-depth feedback on site performance, user experience, and SEO optimization.
- Content Creation – Producing professional-grade materials, with companies choosing between short-form content, a commercial, or an explainer video.
- Website Improvement –Designing, enhancing, and launching website pages for new or un-launched webpages. A newly added deliverable for Fall 2025, built from a successful “test and learn” pilot that is now integrated into the agency’s mainstream services.
This year, the MBC Marketing Agency is not only supporting domestic companies but has also gone global, working with MBC Global companies in Africa. Associates have gained first-hand experience working with entrepreneurs across the United States, Canada, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, giving students an invaluable cross-cultural marketing perspective while offering founders fresh strategies and creative execution.
For entrepreneurs, the agency’s work strengthens branding, digital presence, and audience engagement, often providing marketing assets and strategies that would otherwise be out of reach for early-stage startups.
For students, this is a launchpad for their careers. Associates build professional portfolios, sharpen high-impact marketing skills, and learn the realities of working in fast-moving startup environments.
To learn more about the MBC Marketing Agency and the Master of Business Creation program, visit eccles.utah.edu/mbc/agency.
Fall 2025 Associates
This semester’s associates represent a highly talented group spanning 12 different majors.
Their work is made possible through scholarships generously funded by the Sorenson Legacy Foundation. To ensure the continued growth and impact of the agency, the MBC Marketing Agency welcomes additional support. If you or your organization are interested in partnering with us through scholarships or other contributions, the agency wants to connect to you. Email mbcglobal@eccles.utah.edu.
Below are associates organized by role, then listed alphabetically by last name.
Student Directors
- Cole Cable – Marketing | Minor: Entrepreneurship
- Shaelyn Preede – Finance
- Chase Watts – Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Team Leaders
- Sadie Bowen – Computer Science
- Luke Brooks – Finance | Emphasis: AFA & Real Estate
- Valery Castillo Ramos – Marketing and Strategic Communications
- Sara Hakes – Strategic Communications
- Kasch Hart – Marketing
- Marley Huggins – Film & Media Arts and Communications
- Jack Leake – QAMO | Minor: Ecology & Legacy
- Ilene Magana – Marketing
- Rie Mori – Kinesiology | Minor: Family & Consumer Sciences
- Lindsey Nguyen – Marketing
- Ava Rowan – Marketing
- Jack Siwinski – Finance and Entrepreneurship
- Ali Shimabuku – Finance
- Connor Snow – Marketing
- Ava Valentino – Business Administration
Associates
- Reman Adhikari – Computer Science | Minor: Information Systems
- Cory Cadwell – Marketing
- Winter Chamberlain – Marketing
- Scotty Florell – Film & Media Arts | Minor: Entrepreneurship
- Wyatt Grow – Finance
- Drayton Hill – QAMO (Emphasis: Finance) | Minor: Entrepreneurship
- Tim Hyland – Film | Minor: Entrepreneurship
- Grace Liou – Operations and Supply Chain | Minor: Games
- Nurbolat Nurush – Marketing | Minor: Entrepreneurship
- Xander Riessen – Marketing | Minor: Environmental & Sustainability Studies
- Sophia Rossi – Strategic Communications | Minor: Business Administration
- Shayne Rushing – Marketing
- Kyle Sincock – Marketing | Minor: Design
- Talia Silva – Strategic Communications
- Katherine Turner – Communication | Minor: Parks, Recreation, & Tourism
