Stella Rising | Company Profile, Culture & Jobs

We accelerate profitable growth through unified strategy, activation, and measurement for beauty, health, food, and lifestyle brands. At Stella Rising, we're celebrating two 2025 wins: we're Ad Age's Media Agency of the Year, Silver, and our SVP of Analytics & Consumer Insights was named to Ad Age's Media Buying Power List!

Founded in 1982

Westport, Connecticut, USA

103 employees (45 in marketing)

www.stellarising.com

Salaries

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People

Marketing leadership

Jessica Ortiz

Vice President, SEM

At the company for 12 years 1 month

Marlea Clark

EVP, Marketing and Insights

At the company for 12 years 6 months

Lindsay Haskell

Associate Director of SEO

At the company for 2 years 3 months

Elizabeth Timmis McHugh

Senior Director, Content & Agency Marketing

At the company for 7 years 9 months

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

33 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Funding

Total funding

$92.1M

Last raise

$22.1M

Debt Financing, 10 years ago

Funding history

Mar 2014

Venture Round Stella Rising · $22.1M

Jan 2013

Private Equity Round Stella Rising

Audience

Monthly website visitors

16.7K

Month over month+26.4%

Quarter over quarter+66.8%

Top sourceDirect (43.2%)

Traffic source mix

Direct

43.2%

Search

40%

Referral

Links

www.stellarising.com

Crunchbase

X (Twitter)

Stella Rising insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded

1982

Headquarters

Westport, Connecticut

Employees

51-200

8% decline last 12mo

Marketing team

45

44% of company

38 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.

Company stability and risk

Shows a quick risk view from growth, funding age, and news.

Main result

Medium risk

Series C–like · Shrinking 8% last 12 months · More mature · Last funding 3+ years ago

Trend

2022-12-26 -> 2025-11-24

Headcount (12 months)

-8%

Last funding round

120 months ago

Negative news (120 days)

0

Risk score4/7

Website traffic

Shows traffic size, change, and traffic sources.

Monthly website visitors

16.7K

Month over month+26.4%

Quarter over quarter+66.8%

Top sourceDirect (43.2%)

Traffic source mix

Direct

43.2%

Search

40%

Referral

G2 quick view

Shows G2 rating and review trend.

Main result

0 / 5

0 reviews saved

Reviews month over month

—

Reviews quarter over quarter

—

Reviews year over year

—

LinkedIn followers

Shows follower count and growth.

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

11.8K

12-mo growth

+4.4%

Monthly growth

+1.8%

Job openings

Shows open jobs, growth, and role changes.

Main result

1 open jobs

Open jobs trend: 0%

Open jobs growth

0%

Biggest role change

—

Latest open role

Director Search Engine Optimization

Marketing leader strength

Shows how strong marketing leadership looks at company level.

Medium

Marketing is represented at senior leadership level. Typical leader time at company: 2.9 years.

Founder or CEO

Saved founder and CEO profiles.

Andrea Van Dam

Chief Executive Officer

Marketing team size

Shows saved marketing team size.

45

44% of the company • 38 saved marketing people

Hiring manager

Shows saved hiring contacts for this job area.

Kate Dillon SHRM - SCP

Chief People Officer

First hire or larger team

Shows if this looks like one hire or a bigger team.

Looks like larger team

Based on saved marketing team size: 45.

Funding

Shows saved funding data.

Total funding

$92.1M

Last raise

Debt Financing

10 years ago

Funding details

Amount raised

$92.1M

Last round

Debt Financing

Last fundraise

10 years ago

Marketing leadership

Shows saved marketing leaders.

Elizabeth Timmis McHugh

Senior Director, Content & Agency Marketing

Lindsey Broussard

Director, SEM

Kristen Simeral

Director, Digital Analytics

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Headcount -8% year over year

9.7%

Social

5.7%

Paid referral

1.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

11.8K

12-mo growth

+4.4%

Monthly growth

+1.8%

Stella Rising insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded

1982

Headquarters

Westport, Connecticut

Employees

51-200

8% decline last 12mo

Marketing team

45

44% of company

38 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.

Company stability and risk

Shows a quick risk view from growth, funding age, and news.

Main result

Medium risk

Series C–like · Shrinking 8% last 12 months · More mature · Last funding 3+ years ago

Trend

2022-12-26 -> 2025-11-24

Headcount (12 months)

-8%

Last funding round

120 months ago

Negative news (120 days)

0

Risk score4/7

Website traffic

Shows traffic size, change, and traffic sources.

Monthly website visitors

16.7K

Month over month+26.4%

Quarter over quarter+66.8%

Top sourceDirect (43.2%)

Traffic source mix

Direct

43.2%

Search

40%

Referral

G2 quick view

Shows G2 rating and review trend.

Main result

0 / 5

0 reviews saved

Reviews month over month

—

Reviews quarter over quarter

—

Reviews year over year

—

LinkedIn followers

Shows follower count and growth.

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

11.8K

12-mo growth

+4.4%

Monthly growth

+1.8%

Job openings

Shows open jobs, growth, and role changes.

Main result

1 open jobs

Open jobs trend: 0%

Open jobs growth

0%

Biggest role change

—

Latest open role

Director Search Engine Optimization

Marketing leader strength

Shows how strong marketing leadership looks at company level.

Medium

Marketing is represented at senior leadership level. Typical leader time at company: 2.9 years.

Founder or CEO

Saved founder and CEO profiles.

Andrea Van Dam

Chief Executive Officer

Marketing team size

Shows saved marketing team size.

45

44% of the company • 38 saved marketing people

Hiring manager

Shows saved hiring contacts for this job area.

Kate Dillon SHRM - SCP

Chief People Officer

First hire or larger team

Shows if this looks like one hire or a bigger team.

Looks like larger team

Based on saved marketing team size: 45.

Funding

Shows saved funding data.

Total funding

$92.1M

Last raise

Debt Financing

10 years ago

Funding details

Amount raised

$92.1M

Last round

Debt Financing

Last fundraise

10 years ago

Marketing leadership

Shows saved marketing leaders.

Elizabeth Timmis McHugh

Senior Director, Content & Agency Marketing

Lindsey Broussard

Director, SEM

Kristen Simeral

Director, Digital Analytics

9.7%

Social

5.7%

Paid referral

1.2%