Brian Distefano

Solution Architect, Creative Director

Brian loves working with other talented creatives to draw up insightful strategies and produce work that’s highly effective and differentiated. He’s got a ton of great experience in high-level branding, campaign creation and production, as well as strategy and insight development.
Prior to working with Carbon, Brian worked for some of the biggest B2C and B2B brands across all mediums and platforms. He got his start at the internal agency at Staples and was fortunate enough to work on some of their biggest campaigns, rebrands, and initiatives. He went on to Craft Worldwide and was named Managing Director of Craft Boston where he oversaw a team of about 80 creatives and production experts. From there, Brian worked for B2B giant, Global Payments as their Director of Content and more recently, Wayfair as a Creative Director for one of their boutique brands (Birch Lane).
Brian has always enjoyed consulting and freelance and has done work for CVS, Lowe’s, Amazon, Ocean Spray, Walgreens, Cybereason, and Waters Technology to name a few. He has a deep and broad range of experience and can work on just about anything.
Brian has an MBA from Boston University and currently lives in Sutton, Massachusetts with his son and daughter. He loves skiing and fishing and also owns Purgatory Beer Company. They make incredible craft beer and are located in an historic cotton mill from the 1800s. If you’re ever in the area, give him a shout!